About Croatian Government

Milanka Opačić

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Policy and Youth
Milanka Opačić
Milanka Opačić
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  • Address: Trg Burze, 10 000 Zagreb

Biography

Curriculum Vitae
• Born in Zagreb on 17 April 1968
• Mother of one

Education
• 1991: Graduated in politology from the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb,
• 1987: Finished secondary school for culture and art in Zagreb
• 1983: Finished the Marko Orešković Primary School in Zagreb

Political Career
• 2008–2011: Member of Croatian Parliament, Chairperson of the Committee for Families, Youth and Sport, Vice-chairperson of the SDP parliamentary group
• 2003–2007: Member of Croatian Parliament, vice-chairperson of the Committee for Labour, Social Welfare Policy and Health Care, member of the Committee for Families, Youth and Sport, vice-chairperson of the SDP parliamentary group
• 2002–2003: Member of Croatian Parliament, chairperson of the Committee for Gender Equality, member of the Legislation Committee, member of the Credentials and Immunities Committee, vice-chairperson of the SDP parliamentary group
• 2000–2002: Member of Croatian Parliament, chairperson of the Credentials and Privileges Committee
• 1995–2000: Staff member of Croatian Parliament
• 1992–1995: Elected to Croatian Parliament – House of Representatives
• 1993–1995: Member of the Central Board of the SDP
• 1996–2000: Vice-chairperson of the Central Board of the SDP, member of the Central Board, member of the Executive Board of the SDP
• 2000–2003: Member of the Central Board of the SDP
• 2004: Vice-president of the SDP
• Member of the SDP since 1990

Memberships
• 2003–2011: member of the Child Protection Hotline Association

Foreign languages
• English