Sunčana Glavak (born 1968) is a Croatian politician of the

Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union (, , HDZ) is a major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. Since 2016, it has been the ruling political party in Croatia under the incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. It is one of the ...

(HDZ) who has been serving as a

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since 2019.

Early career

During her journalism studies, Glavak began her career as a journalist. She worked as a speaker, presenter and editor at Radio Čakovec. In 2004, Glavak started working at the

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as a spokesperson for the Ministry and head of its Public Relations Department.

Political career

In the 2007 national elections, Glavak became a

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of the

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, representing the HDZ list. However, she suspended her mandate following her appointment as deputy spokesperson of the government led by

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. In the 2014 presidential election, she was a staff member of

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's campaign. From 2016, she served as spokesperson for the Government of the Republic of Croatia under successive prime ministers

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and

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. In 2018, she resigned from this post and returned to the Croatian Parliament, where she replaced Darko Horvat. Glavak has been serving as a

since 2019, succeeding

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who gave up her seat to join the

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. She has since been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer.Intergroup
European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glavak, Sunčana Living people MEPs for Croatia 2019–2024 Croatian Democratic Union MEPs Croatian Democratic Union politicians Women MEPs for Croatia 21st-century Croatian women politicians 1968 births People from Čakovec MEPs for Croatia 2024–2029