Marija Lugarić
Marija Lugarić was born on 5 June 1978 in Zagreb, Croatia. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP; Croatian: Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske) and has been a member of the Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski sabor) during its fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh term.
Political Career[edit]
In 1997 Lugarić was elected the first female chairperson of The Youth Forum (Croatian: Forum mladih SDP-a, FM SDP) and became a member of the Main Committee of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Lugarić has been a member of the Croatian Parliament since 2000. Her current mandate began on 22 December 2011. She is a member of the Legislation Committee, a member of the Labour, Retirement System and Social Partnership Committee, a member of the Committee on the Family, Youth and Sports, a member of the Interparliamentary Co-operation Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Group to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Previously, Lugarić was a member of the Education, Science and Culture Committee.
Education[edit]
Lugarić graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Zagreb, Department of Paedagogical Sciences - primary school teacher.
