Speaker

Mrs Šuica is a Croatian politician from the City of Dubrovnik, where she served for two terms as its first female mayor and was awarded the 2006 World Mayor Award. Dubravka Šuica entered politics in the 1990s as a member of the Croatian Democratic Union and served as a Member of the Croatian Parliament and Vice-Chair of the EU Integration Committee. Between 2004 and 2009 she was a Board Member of the Union of the Association of Towns and Municipalities of the Republic of Croatia. For ten years she was the Vice-President of Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. From 2008 to 2011 she was the President of Croatian Parliament Delegation in Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. From 2013 to 2019 Dubravka Šuica served as a Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee. In June 2019, Šuica was elected as first Vice-Chair of EPP Group in the European Parliament. Since December 2019 until December 2024, Dubravka Šuica obtained a role of Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography. She is currently acting as Vice-President of EPP and Vice-President of EPP Women. She has been confirmed as European Commissioner for the Mediterranean in the second Commission of President Ursula von der Leyen, for the mandate 2024 – 2029.