About Croatian Government

Mirela DSc Holy

Minister for Environment and Nature Protection
Mirela Holy
Mirela Holy
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  • Address: Ulica Republike Austrije 20, 10 000 Zagreb

Biography

Curriculum Vitae
• Born in Zagreb on 15 December 1971

Education
• 2005: Earned her Doctor's degree in humanities at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb
• 2000: Earned her Master's degree in humanities at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb
• 1996: Graduated in ethnology and comparative literature at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb
• 1990: Finished the Secondary School for Applied Art in Zagreb
• 1986: Finished the Vladimir Nazor Primary School in Zagreb

Political Career
• 2008–2011: Elected to Croatian Parliament, vice-chairperson of the Environmental Protection Committee, member of the Physical Planning Committee, the Gender Equality Committee, and the Interparliamentary Cooperation Committee
• 2008: Chairperson of the SDP Environmental Protection Council
• 2004–2008: Member of the Executive Board of the Central Board of the SDP
• Member of the SDP since 1998

Professional Career
• 2005–2008: Client and project manager and executive director at Maksima komunikacije
• 2001–2005: Intern, secretary at the Minister's office and staff member at the Ministry for Environmental Protection and Physical Planning
• 1999–2000: Activities and event organizer at the Dubrava Popular University

Publications, memberships
• Five published professional papers
• Two published books: Mythical Aspects of Ecofeminism (2007) and Apocalypse (1991)
• Member of the Croatian Public Relations Association and the Croatian Ethnologic Society

Foreign languages
• English and Spanish

Hobbies
• Reading, designing clothes, walking dogs