Martina Dalić is a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n economist and finance official currently serving as Croatia's Minister of Finance

Ministry of Finance (Croatia)

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Croatia is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of state finances and the budget.- List Ministers :- External links :*...

 having been appointed to the office on 29 December 2010. She is member of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union

Croatian Democratic Union

The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...

 (HDZ) and resides in Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

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Born in Velika Gorica

Velika Gorica

Velika Gorica is the largest and most populous city in Zagreb County, Croatia. The city itself has a population of 31,341, while the municipality has a population of 63,511 inhabitants .Velika Gorica is the centre of the historical Turopolje region....

, Dalić graduated from the University of Zagreb

University of Zagreb

The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...

 Faculty of Economics and Business in 1990. She was hired by the Croatian finance ministry in 1995 as the head of the macroeconomic forecasting department under Finance Minister Božo Prka. and in 1997 became assistant minister. In 2000 she left the public sector and was employed at Privredna banka Zagreb

Privredna banka Zagreb

Privredna banka Zagreb or PBZ is the second largest bank in Croatia , owned by Intesa Sanpaolo group of Italy. It is listed on the Zagreb Stock Exchange and is one of 24 companies included in the CROBEX share index....

 as chief economist

Chief economist

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After HDZ returned to power following the 2003 election

Croatian parliamentary election, 2003

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 she returned to the ministry in 2004 and worked at the Central State Strategy Office (Središnji državni ured za strategiju) and was the country's chief negotiator in matters pertaining to financial legislation during Croatia's European Union accession negotiations

Accession of Croatia to the European Union

Croatia applied for European Union membership in 2003, and the European Commission recommended making it an official candidate in early 2004. Candidate country status was granted to Croatia by the European Council in mid-2004...

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External links

• Martina Dalić profile at the Government of Croatia official website