- Jadranka Kosor
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name = Jadranka Kosor
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office2 = Minister of Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergeneration Solidarity
predecessor2 = Office created
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term_start2 =23 December ,2003
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primeminister2=Ivo Sanader
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birth_date =1 July ,1953
birth_place =Pakrac ,Croatia
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footnotes =Jadranka Kosor (born
July 1 ,1953 inPakrac ,SR Croatia ,Yugoslavia ) is a Croatianpolitician andjournalist .Kosor graduated law in
Zagreb , and worked as a journalist from 1972. During theCroatian War of Independence , she worked as a radio-journalist and her show covered war topics such asrefugee problems and disabledwar veteran s. She also worked briefly as a correspondent for theBBC during this time.In 1995 she became a representative in
Croatian Parliament as a member of theCroatian Democratic Union (HDZ). She was also the vice-president of the Croatian Parliament.Kosor was the vice-president of the HDZ party between 1995 and 1997, and from 2002 up to today. In 2003, she became the minister of family, veterans and inter-generational solidarity in the
Croatian Government ofIvo Sanader .HDZ nominated her as their presidential candidate for the presidential election of 2005. In the first round, she overtook
Boris Mikšić by a few percent to reach the second place. She then faced off Stipe Mesić in the second round, but lost.Bosnian rapper
Edo Maajka made a song about her because she denied himCroatia n citizenship.External links
* [http://www.vlada.hr/en/naslovnica/o_vladi_rh/clanovi_vlade/jadranka_kosor_dipl_iur Jadranka Kosor's CV at the Croatian Government website]
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