Dubravka Šuica
Dubravka Šuica | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Vice President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography | |
| In office 1 December 2019 – 1 December 2024 | |
| President | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the European Parliament for Croatia | |
| In office 1 July 2013 – 30 November 2019 | |
| Succeeded by | Sunčana Glavak |
| Mayor of Dubrovnik | |
| In office 25 May 2001 – 30 June 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Vido Bogdanović |
| Succeeded by | Andro Vlahušić |
| Member of the Sabor | |
| In office 2 February 2000 – 22 December 2011 | |
| Constituency | X electoral district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dubravka Luetić 20 May 1957 Dubrovnik, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Croatian Democratic Union (since 1990) |
| Other political affiliations | European People's Party (since 2013) |
| Spouse | Stijepo Šuica |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Dubravka Šuica (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈduːbravka ˈʃujtsa]; née Luetić; born 20 May 1957) is a Croatian politician of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) who was Vice-President of the European Commission and the Commissioner for Democracy and Demography from 2019 to 2024. She previously served as a member of the European Parliament from 2013 to 2019. Since December 2024 she serves as the European Commissioner for Mediterranean in the Von der Leyen Commission II.
She served two consecutive terms as mayor of Dubrovnik between 2001 and 2009. She was the first female mayor of Dubrovnik and one of the first female mayors of major Croatian cities in modern Croatia. She served as a member of the Croatian Parliament in three terms from 2001 to 2011. Since 2004, she has been elected five times in a row as vice-president of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. In October 2012, she was elected vice-president of the EPP Women's association and in June 2019 vice-president of the EPP's EU parliament group.