Milanka Opačić

Milanka Opačić
Minister of Social Policy and Youth
In office
23 December 2011 – 22 January 2016
Prime MinisterZoran Milanović
Preceded byDarko Milinović (Health and Social Welfare)
Succeeded byBernardica Juretić
Personal details
Born (1968-04-17) 17 April 1968 (age 56)
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyBM 365 (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		SDP (1990–2018)
Children1

Milanka Opačić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǐlaːŋka ǒpatʃitɕ]; born 17 April 1968) is a Croatian politician who served as a Minister of Social Welfare and Youth at centre-left Cabinet of Zoran Milanović from 2011 to 2016. She served as one of four vice-presidents of the Social Democratic Party, the main centre-left political party in the Sabor. She was first elected to Sabor in the 1992 parliamentary election, and was reelected in 2000, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2016.

Education and career

Opačić was born in Zagreb, SR Croatia, then part of SFR Yugoslavia, where she attended elementary and secondary school. In 1990, inspired by Ivica Račan, she became a member of the Social Democratic Party. She studied political science at the University of Zagreb, graduating in 1991.[1] In 1992, Opačić became the party's vice-president[1] and entered the Sabor as a representative of the Serbs of Croatia.[2] She was re-elected to the Sabor in 2000, 2003 and 2007. She was one of the closest associates of former Prime Minister Zoran Milanović.[1]

In September 2018, she left SDP and joined Bandić Milan 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party in August 2019.[3]

Personal life

Opačić is a single mother. She adopted a daughter named Lana in 2003.[1][4] She is an atheist.[5] Despite starting her career as a representative of the Serb minority in the Sabor, Opačić stated in Nedjeljom u dva that she does not label her nationality.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Milanka Opačić" (in Croatian). Večernji. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. ^ "IZBOR ZASTUPNIKA U ZASTUPNIČKI DOM SABORA REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE" (PDF). Republic of Croatia. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2015-06-05. Srbi kao pripadnici nacionalne manjine ... 9. Milanka Opačić
  3. ^ "Milanka Opačić učlanila se u stranku Milana Bandića". N1. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. ^ Godeč, Željka (23 December 2003). "Lana i ja izabrale smo se međusobno" (in Croatian). Nacional. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Poznati hrvatski ateisti i agnostici" (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. ^ Tomšić, Davor (31 October 2018). "Tko je zapravo Milanka Opačić? Oličenje bezveznjaka kakvi vladaju Hrvatskom". Index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
Political offices
Preceded byas Minister of Health and Social Welfare Minister of Social Policy and Youth
2011–2016 		Succeeded by