Marijana Puljak

Marijana Puljak
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 July 2020
Constituency	Electoral district X
Co-leader of Centre
In office 15 November 2020[1] – 6 November 2021[2] Serving with Dalija Orešković, Marin Račić, Dario Carev
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ivica Puljak
President of Pametno
In office June 2015 – 15 November 2020
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of Split City Council
In office 19 May 2013 – 16 May 2021
Personal details
Born	Marijana Rakuljić[3] (1971-08-19) 19 August 1971 (age 53) Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party	Centre (2013–present)
Spouse	Ivica Puljak ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Split
Website	marijana.org

Marijana Puljak (née Rakuljić;[3] born 19 August 1971) is a Croatian politician and computer scientist who is serving as a Member of Parliament since 2020.[4]

She graduated in computer science from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of the University of Split in 1994. After graduation, she worked in a firm "SWING Informatics". Since 2005, she worked in Splitska banka and later held the position of a department director.[5]

Puljak is the founder of the liberal party Pametno, formed in Split out of the citizens' initiative Za pametne ljude i pametan grad ("For smart people and a smart city"). The initiative was born out of the activist fight for a new school, missing in the district of Žnjan. In 2010, Puljak served as President of the Split City District of Žnjan which had around 6000 citizens. She was a candidate for Mayor of Split in 2013 and 2017.[6][7][8]

She served as president of Pametno from its foundation in 2013. After Pametno merged with Party with a First and Last Name (IP) and became the Centre, Puljak became one of the four co-leaders of the new party, together with Dalija Orešković, Marin Račić and Dario Carev. Orešković and Puljak were elected to the Croatian Parliament in the 2020 Croatian parliamentary election, as leading candidates of the Pametno - IP - Focus coalition.[7]

She is married to Ivica Puljak, a physicist serving as the incumbent Mayor of Split and president of Centre. They have two daughters and a son together.[9]

References

1. "Ujedinjuju se Pametno i SIP, poznato ime i vodstvo nove stranke: "Spajanje se provodi kao personalna fuzija"". dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). Nova TV. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
2. "Ivica Puljak izabran za predsjednika stranke Centar". n1info.hr (in Croatian). N1. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
3. "Pametni ljudi za pametan grad". Dugi Rat Online (in Croatian). 26 March 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
4. "Marijana Puljak". sabor.hr. Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
5. "TKO JE MARIJANA?". marijana.org. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
6. "Hrvatski sabor". strankacentar.hr. Centre. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
7. "Tko je Marijana Puljak? Svoj politički život počela je borbom za izgradnju osnovne škole, a dokaz je da politika i ljubav idu skupa". dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). Nova TV. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
8. Brajević, Ines (4 September 2017). "Puljak: Priča o školi Žnjan-Pazdigrad je priča o bitci isključivo upornih roditelja". dalmatinskiportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
9. "Djeca Ivice Puljka njegov su najveći ponos, nižu međunarodne uspjehe, a evo čime se bave". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Večernji list. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2024.