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Jadranka Kosor
Jadranka Kosor is a Croatian politician and former journalist who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011, having taken office following the sudden resignation of her predecessor Ivo Sanader. Kosor was the first and so far only woman to become Prime Minister of Croatia since independence.
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culture · Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011 · journalist · politician · poet · writer · also Jadranka Kosor, Kosor
Born 1 July 1953 · Q57611
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2023· 1 entry
Reached the semi-final of Croatia's Masked Singer
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2021· 2 entries
rtvslo.si: 12 let po Trakošćanu bi Jadranka Kosor in Borut Pahor vse ponovila še enkrat
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Kosor was awarded with the Grand Order of Queen Jelena with Sash and Morning Star by President of Croatia Zoran Milanović for "extraordinary contribution to the international position and reputation of the Republic of Cr
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2019· 1 entry
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2017· 1 entry
Published a book which included texts she wrote on her blog and columns written for the Slovenian leftist newspaper Dnevnik in the period from 2015 to 2017 in which she commented on Croatian interior and foreign poli
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2016· 1 entry
“an insult to war veterans and their friends who gave their lives for a democratic, independent, and free Croatia”
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2015· 1 entry
Kosor was granted police protection
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2013· 1 entry
Was expelled from HDZ for "damaging the reputation of the party"
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2012· 2 entries
Were both acquitted by the ICTY's Appeals Panel and released from custody
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Testified at the trial in the Fimi Media corruption case against Ivo Sanader
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2009· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Croatia (2009–2011).
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2003· 1 entry
Became the minister in the Croatian department for Family, Veterans and Inter-generational Solidarity in the Croatian Government of Ivo Sanader
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1995· 3 entries
Kosor was the vice-president of the HDZ party between 1995 and 1997, and from 2002 up to 2009 when she became the president of the party.
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Kosor became a representative in the Croatian Parliament as a member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
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Was elected party vice-president and was elected to serve in Parliament for the first time
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Ivan Šibl Award (1994).
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1989· 1 entry
And quickly climbed up the party hierarchy
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1971· 2 entries
Jadranka Kosor was married twice; between 1971 and 1981 to Hrvoje Markul, an editor of the HTV Entertainment Program, and between 1984 and 1993 to Ivo Škopljanac, the radio host.
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Her book of poetry Koraci was published by the Pakrac branch of Matica hrvatska
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1953· 1 entry
Born 1953-07-01.
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