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Sunčana Glavak | |
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| Member of the European Parliament forCroatia | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Dubravka Šuica |
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| Born | (1968-12-09)9 December 1968 (age 56) |
| Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
Sunčana Glavak (born 1968) is a Croatian politician of theCroatian Democratic Union (HDZ) who has been serving as aMember of the European Parliament since 2019.[1]
During her journalism studies, Glavak began her career as a journalist. She worked as a speaker, presenter and editor at Radio Čakovec.
In 2004, Glavak started working at theMinistry of Culture as a spokesperson for the Ministry and head of its Public Relations Department.
In the2007 national elections, Glavak became amember of theCroatian Parliament, representing the HDZ list. However, she suspended her mandate following her appointment as deputy spokesperson of the government led byPrime MinisterIvo Sanader.
In the2014 presidential election, she was a staff member ofKolinda Grabar-Kitarović's campaign. From 2016, she served as spokesperson for the Government of the Republic of Croatia under successive prime ministersTihomir Orešković andAndrej Plenković. In 2018, she resigned from this post andreturned to the Croatian Parliament, where she replacedDarko Horvat.
Glavak has been serving as aMember of the European Parliament since 2019, succeedingDubravka Šuica who gave up her seat to join theEuropean Commission. She has since been serving on theCommittee on Foreign Affairs.[2] In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo[3] and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer.[4]