Vesna Pusić
Vesna Pusić | |
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President of the Croatian People's Party | |
In office 23 March 2013 – 16 April 2016 | |
Preceded by | Radimir Čačić |
Succeeded by | Ivan Vrdoljak |
In office April 2000 – 6 April 2008 | |
Preceded by | Radimir Čačić |
Succeeded by | Radimir Čačić |
First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia | |
In office 16 November 2012 – 22 January 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
Preceded by | Radimir Čačić |
Succeeded by | Tomislav Karamarko |
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs | |
In office 23 December 2011 – 22 January 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
Preceded by | Gordan Jandroković |
Succeeded by | Miro Kovač |
Member of the Croatian Parliament for the 1st electoral district | |
In office 30 January 2016 – 22 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Igor Kolman |
In office 2 February 2000 – 22 December 2011 | |
Succeeded by | Igor Kolman |
Personal details | |
Born | FPR Yugoslavia | 25 April 1953
Political party |
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Spouse | Jurgis Oniunas |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Awards | Legion of Honour (Chevalier) |
Website | Official website |
Vesna Pusić (Croatian pronunciation:
After becoming involved in politics in the early 1990s, Pusić served five consecutive terms as
Early life and education
Vesna Pusić was born on 25 March 1953 in
Professional career
After graduation, Pusić worked from 1975 to 1979 as a member of the International Research Group doing research on
Pusić lectured at the
Political career
Vesna Pusić was one of the 28 founding members of the liberal Croatian People's Party (HNS-LD) in 1990, after participating in the Coalition of People's Accord. She left party politics in 1992, but rejoined the same party in 1997 and was later its president between 2000 and 2008, and again since 2013. She first entered the Croatian Parliament in the 2000 parliamentary election, and has been reelected in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015.
In 1992 Pusić was the co-founder and director of the Erasmus Guild, a nongovernmental, nonpartisan
In 2005 and 2008,
In the
After
Pusić was reelected to the Parliament on 2015 parliamentary elections and served as a Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament between 3 February 2016 and 14 October 2016.
She was reelected to the Parliament at the
UN Secretary-General candidature
On 3 September 2015 the Croatian Government decided to nominate Pusić as the official Croatian candidate for the
The UN's role in the
Another issue that has been brought up is the
Pusić participated in the UN debate that was held on 12 July 2016. On the question of the Hungarian ambassador to the UN concerning which way of leadership is needed by the UN and the world, Pusić replied that standards have dropped in the past 20 years, stating that "phrases and lack of accountability are currently very popular. I believe that we do not want leadership that is based on platitudes and speaking only what people want to hear.", adding that today's leaders need vision, persistence and courage. She stated that she wanted to be Secretary-General because the UN topics of peace, human rights and development have taken center stage throughout her life.[12] When commenting on the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), she stated that the court wasn't perfect, but that it would have been much worse without it, adding that it sent an important message; "If you commit a war crime, you will be caught."[13] Pusić expressed her concern about the wave of cynicism in current national and international politics. In addition, she stated that being a female candidate was important, and noted that the UN had been dominated for 50 years by men.[14]
After receiving 11 'discourage' votes on a first informal closed-door straw poll of the 15-member UN
Activism
Vesna Pusić is very popular in the Croatian LGBT community. In 2011, Zagreb Pride attenders awarded her with the "gay friendly person of the decade".[17] She has been regular attendant at Zagreb LGBT pride.[18]
Her brother Zoran is a civil rights and peace activist, serving as President of the Civic Committee for Human Rights, and chairman of the Anti-Fascist League of the Republic of Croatia since 21 March 2015.[19]
Private life
Pusić is married to a Lithuanian-American entrepreneur Jurgis Oniunas with whom she has a daughter Daina who is a film director.
In 2017 French President François Hollande awarded Pusić with the highest order of France, Legion of Honour for "advocating European goals and contributing to the co-operation between France and Croatia." During the awarding ceremony held on 17 January 2018 in the residency of the French Ambassador in Zagreb, French ambassador to Croatia Philippe Meunier stated: "You knew how to convey the European values and the tolerance we share, our shared values - your condemnation of hate speech, your interest in cooperating with minorities, your concern for the value of cultural and ethnic diversity in Croatia, and your humane speech about accepting refugees."[21]
Bibliography
- Democracies and Dictatorships, Durieux, Zagreb 1998
- The Leaders and the Managers, Novi Liber, Zagreb 1992
- Industrial Democracy and Civil Society, Sociološko društvo Hrvatske, Zagreb 1986.
- Industrial Democracy in Europe, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981 (co-author)
- European Industrial Relations, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981 (co-author)
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Vesna Pusić - Biografija" (in Croatian). Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Vesna Pusić - Zastupnici 6. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora" [Vesna Pusić - Representative in the 6th assembly of the Croatian Parliament] (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-953-57313-2-0.
- ^ Vesna Pusić (20 June 2014). "cv | Vesna Pusić". Vesnapusic.com.hr. Retrieved 5 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "A liberal heads the negotiations for the access of the Croatia into the EU". ELDR. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ Eduard Šoštarić; Robert Bajruši (16 June 2008). "Plan to destroy HNS: Sanader to remove Vesna Pusic from the head of the Alliance for the European Union". Nacional. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ Zrinka Korljan (16 January 2014). "VESNA PUSIĆ O ISKLJUČENJU ČAČIĆA Željeli smo zaštititi stranku od destabiliziranja. Morali smo reagirati". Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Advocacy Cholera Accountability". Ijdh.org. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ Sengupta, Somini (5 April 2016). "U.N. Strives for Transparency in Picking New Secretary General". The New York Times.
- ^ Sandra Laville (18 January 2016). "UN whistleblower who exposed sexual abuse by peacekeepers is exonerated | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "UN Web TV".
- ^ Darko Tomas / EPH (13 July 2016). "VELIKO SUČELJAVANJE KANDIDATA ZA GLAVNOG TAJNIKA UN-a Vesna Pusić dobila veliki aplauz -Jutarnji List". Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Pusić u debati za tajnicu UN-a zaradila veliki pljesak | N1 HR". Hr.n1info.com. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "UN debate: Candidates for top job debate on live TV - News from". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Vesna Pusić odustala od kandidature za šeficu UN-a: "Moje šanse za izbor nisu realne"".
- ^ Withdrawal of candidature of Vesna Pusić, 4 August 2016
- ^ Martina Čizmić (18 June 2011). "Homofob desetljeća Marijana Petir, Homofrend Vesna Pusić" [Marijana Petir - homophobe of the decade, Vesna Pusić - homo-friend] (in Croatian). Nacional. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Pusić zahvalna organizatorima Gay Pridea" (in Croatian). Javno.com. 26 June 2008.
- ^ Ma.B. (21 March 2015). "Osnovana Antifašistička liga - antifašisti izrazili zabrinutost zbog razvoja događaja u Hrvatskoj". Dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Portal Jutarnji.hr (9 August 2009). "Utrka za mjesto prve dame ili gospodina gospođa Hebrang bježi od kandidature, kao i njezin suprug". Jutarnji.hr. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Vesni Pusić uručen orden Viteza Nacionalnog reda Legije časti".
External links
- Official website (in Croatian)
- "Abandoning the War Mentality". interview with Vesna Pusic. Central Europe Review. 27 April 2000.