Key facts
- Preceded by
- Thorbjørn Jagland
- Succeeded by
- Alain Berset
- Prime minister
- Andrej Plenković
- Born
- ( 1963-04-09 ) 9 April 1963 (age 63) , Mostar , PR Bosnia and Herzegovina , FPR Yugoslavia (modern Bosnia and Herzegovina )
- Party
- Croatian Democratic Union
- Education
- University of Zagreb , College of Europe
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- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Cabinet of Andrej Plenković
- Given name
- Marija
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Croatia
- Place of birth
- Mostar
- Educated at
- College of Europe
- Employer
- Council of Europe
- Political party
- Croatian Democratic Union
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Bachelor of Arts
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- Marija Pejčinović Burić - 11. März 2024 (cropped).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Marija Pejčinović Burić ( pronounced [mǎrija pejt͡ʃǐːnoʋit͜ɕ bûrit͜ɕ]; born 9 April 1963) is a Croatian politician of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union party who served as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia from 2017 to 2019. She was the third woman to hold the post of foreign minister, following Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and Vesna Pusić. Pejčinović Burić previously served as a Member of Parliament during its Sixth Assembly (2008–2011), representing the 6th electoral district.
On 26 June 2019, she was elected as the 14th Secretary General of the Council of Europe, defeating Belgium's foreign minister Didier Reynders by 159 votes to 105. Pejčinović Burić's term began on 18 September 2019 and concluded on 18 September 2024, when she was succeeded by former Swiss President and Interior Minister, Alain Berset.
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