Ana Lovrin

Ana Lovrin (Croatian pronunciation: [âna lǒːʋrin] or [ǎːna-]; born 2 December 1953), is a Croatian politician. She held the post of Minister of Justice in the first and second cabinets under Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, from February 2006 to October 2008. She was the third female holder of that office, as well as being the third consecutive woman after Ingrid Antičević-Marinović and Vesna Škare-Ožbolt.

Ana Lovrin
11th Minister of Justice of Croatia
In office
10 February 2006 – 10 October 2008
Prime MinisterIvo Sanader
Preceded byVesna Škare-Ožbolt
Succeeded byIvan Šimonović
Personal details
Born (1953-12-02) 2 December 1953
Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb

Lovrin was born in Zagreb and graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law. A member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) since 1993, Lovrin held several party and political posts in the city of Zadar, where she was deputy mayor under Božidar Kalmeta. After Kalmeta was appointed Minister in December 2003, she replaced him as mayor of Zadar.[1] That same year she was also appointed chairman of Zadar HDZ, member of the Zadar County HDZ, and was made member of the HDZ central committee. In February 2006 she was also appointed minister, replacing Vesna Škare-Ožbolt, and continued to hold the post until October 2008 when she was replaced by a non-party minister Ivan Šimonović.[2]

She was also elected to the 5th and 6th assembly of the Croatian Parliament, and currently serves as chairman of the parliamentary justice committee.[3]

Family

Lovrin is married and a mother of four daughters.[1]

References
  1. "Ana Lovrin" (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. "Sanader smijenio Rončevića, Lovrin i Benka - nasljeđuju ih Karamarko, Šimonović i Faber". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 6 August 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. "Hrvatski sabor - Ana Lovrin" (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Archived from the original on 8 July 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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