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Vesna Pusić

Sociologist, Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Founding Member of Foreign Policy Forum, Croatia

Prof. Pusić served as the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, First Deputy Prime Minister, Government of the Republic of Croatia (2011 – 2016), and was an Official Candidate of the Republic of Croatia for the position of the UN Secretary-General (2016). Vesna Pusić was elected as a Member of the Croatian Parliament for six terms. She was also a Chairwoman of the National Committee for Monitoring the EU Accession Negotiation (2007 – 2011). She is a founding member of Croatia’s People’s Party – Liberal Democrats and was its leader for 11 years, served as a Vice-President of the Party of European Liberals (ALDE Party), and as a Vice-president of the Board of the Institute of Human Sciences, Vienna. Vesna Pusić also works as a Professor of Sociology and Political Theory at the University of Zagreb.