Nina Obuljen Koržinek

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Nina Obuljen-Koržinek
Obuljen-Koržinek in 2018
Minister of Culture and Media
Assumed office
19 October 2016
Prime MinisterAndrej Plenković
Preceded byZlatko Hasanbegović
Personal details
Born
Nina Obuljen

(1970-05-27) 27 May 1970 (age 53)
Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union
SpouseHrvoje Koržinek
ParentNikola Obuljen (father)
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb

Nina Obuljen-Koržinek (born 27 May 1970) is a Croatian violinist and political scientist serving as Minister of Culture and Media since 2016.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Nina Obuljen Koržinek was born in 1970 in Dubrovnik, in the family of Nikola Ćićo Obuljen who served as mayor of Dubrovnik from 1993 until 1997. After finishing elementary and high school in her hometown she enrolled in the University of Zagreb's Academy of Music, from which she graduated violin, and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, from which she graduated French language and comparative literature. Since 2013, she holds PhD in political science from the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb where she defended her doctoral thesis "Impact of international integration processes on the changes of scope of national cultural policies". In addition, she graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia.[2]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Biografija: Nina Obuljen Koržinek, ministrica kulture". Dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Tko je Nina Obuljen Koržinek". N1 HR. Retrieved 20 October 2016.