• Date of birth: 1st July 1953 in Pakrac

Education

• Graduated at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb
• Elementary School and High School completed in Lipik

Professional career

• 1991-1995 As a journalist of Croatian Radio she prepared radio shows for refugees of the Homeland War and she covered this sector for the Informative Program of Croatian Radio
• 1972 Journalist – correspondent for Večernji list, Radio Zagreb

Political career

• 2003 appointed Vice Prime Minister and Minister of the Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity
• 2002 Elected Deputy President of the HDZ at the 7th General HDZ Convention
• 1995-2002 Elected Vice-President of the HDZ
• 1998-2002 President of the HDZ Women Association «Katarina Zrinski»
• 1995-2000 Member of Parliament and Vice-President of the House of Representatives
• 2000 Elected representative in the 5th election unit

Publications

• Award “Zlatno pero” of the Croatian Journalist Association
• Award of the European Community for Humanitarian Work
• Award “Europski krug” of the Croatian European House
• Life Achievement Award “Ivan Šibl” Croatian National TV
• Honorary Membership in the Association of Parents of Deceased War Veterans
• Honorary Vice President of the Deaf and Blind Association “Dodir”
• Published four books (two with the topic related to Homeland War and two poetry books)

Foreign languages

• English - fluent
• German - passive

Hobbies

• Music, dancing, reading