Mato Franković

Mato Franković (listen; born 23 February 1982) is a Croatian politician who has been mayor of Dubrovnik since 2017.[1] A member of the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), he served as a member of the Croatian Parliament from 2016 to 2017, and is serving since 2020.[2][3]

Mato Franković
Mayor of Dubrovnik
Assumed office
4 June 2017
Preceded byAndro Vlahušić
Nada Medović (Acting)
Member of the Croatian Parliament
for 10th electoral district
Assumed office
22 July 2020
In office
14 October 2016  9 June 2017
Preceded byLovro Kuščević
Personal details
Born (1982-02-23) 23 February 1982
Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyHDZ
SpouseNikolina Franković
Children2
Alma materRochester Institute of Technology

Early life and education

Franković was born in Dubrovnik. He finished elementary school in Ponikve on the Pelješac peninsula, and first three grades of high economic school in his hometown.[4]

He continued his education in the United States, where he finished fourth grade of high school through an international student exchange program. After Franković came back to Croatia, he enrolled the Rochester Institute of Technology and obtained a high school qualification Associate in Applied Sciences.[4]

Business career

In 2003 Franković started to work in Generalturist tourist agency, where he passed all positions from airport operative through operations manager all the way to branch manager and regional director and director of subsidiary Lanta Generalturist in Montenegro.[4]

In 2009 Franković was appointed as the director of ACI Marina Dubrovnik. In the last seven years under his leadership, ACI Marina Dubrovnik has won seven awards for the best marina in category of medium marina, and financially the last five years has recorded the best results in the chain of ACI marinas.[4]

He retained position of the director of ACI Marina Dubrovnik for eight years, up until the year 2017, when he was elected Mayor of Dubrovnik. He also took on the role of regional coordinator for covering the South Adriatic region (2013–2015).[5]

Franković was also chairman of Hotel Maestral's advisory board (2006–2012). At the regular election assembly of the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) in 2016, he was elected to the tourist board of the HTZ, the so-called tourist government of the country.[4]

Political career

Franković is an active member of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and has been chairman of party's branch in Dubrovnik since 2014.[4][6]

Franković served as a member of Dubrovnik-Neretva County in three terms, and as president of the Dubrovnik City Council from 2015 until January 2017.[4][7]

In the 2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Franković was elected as a member of the Croatian Parliament and until 9 June 2017, when he took the mayor role, served as member of the parliament's Committee on Local and Regional Self-Government, the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation.[2][4]

In the 2017 local elections, Franković was elected Mayor of Dubrovnik.[8] He was reelected as mayor in the 2021 local elections.[9]

In the 2020 Croatian parliamentary election, Franković was reelected to the Croatian Parliament and became member of the parliament's Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation.[3]

References

  1. "Gradonačelnik" (in Croatian). Grad Dubrovnik. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. "Franković, Mato" (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. "Franković, Mato" (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. "Mato Franković". www.hdzdubrovnik.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ACI Marina
  6. "Mato Franković ponovno izabran za predsjednika Gradskog odbora HDZ-a Dubrovnik" (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  7. Miletić, Nikša (7 April 2015). "POTVRĐENO Mato Franković novi predsjednik Gradskog vijeća!" (in Croatian). dulist.hr. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  8. "PROFIL NOVOG GRADONAČELNIKA Saznajte sve o Matu Frankoviću". dubrovackidnevnik.rtl.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  9. "Franković gradonačelnik Dubrovnika, Dobroslavić ostaje župan". vijesti.hrt.hr (in Croatian). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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