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Vesna Pusić is a Croatian politician, university teacher, philosopher and political scientist, born on 25 March 1953 in Zagreb. Her father is Eugen Pusić. She was educated at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, and was employed by the University of Zagreb. Her field of work is politics and political science, and she is an atheist.
Pusić is a member of the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats, the European Council on Foreign Relations and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Her works include Demokracije i diktature and Vladaoci i upravljači.
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- Works
- 2
Top works
- Demokracije i diktature
- Vladaoci i upravljači
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,186x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,579x
- Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2023 · cited 4,078x
- Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
· 2021 · cited 3,155x
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Radimir Čačić
- Succeeded by
- Ivan Vrdoljak
- Prime minister
- Zoran Milanović
- Born
- ( 1953-03-25 ) 25 March 1953 (age 73) , Zagreb , PR Croatia , FPR Yugoslavia (modern Croatia )
- Party
- Croatian People's Party (1990–2017) Civic Liberal Alliance (2017–present)
- Spouse
- Jurgis Oniunas
- Parent
- Eugen Pusić (father)
- Alma mater
- University of Zagreb
- Awards
- Legion of Honour (Chevalier)
- Website
- Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vesna
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Croatia
- Place of birth
- Zagreb
- Father
- Eugen Pusić
- Occupation
- political scientist
- Employer
- University of Zagreb
- Political party
- Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
- Languages spoken
- Croatian
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- political science
- Official website
- vesna-pusic.hns.hr
- Image
- 20 obljetnica osnivanja OS RH Vesna Pusic 26052011 2.jpg
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- 1953-03-25
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Encyclopedic overview
Vesna Pusić ( Croatian pronunciation: [ʋɛ̂sna pǔːsitɕ]; born 25 March 1953) is a Croatian sociologist and politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the centre-left cabinet of Zoran Milanović. She was Croatia's second female Foreign Minister taking the office after Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. She is known as an outspoken liberal and an advocate of European integration, anti-fascism, gender equality and LGBT rights.
After becoming involved in politics in the early 1990s, Pusić served five consecutive terms as MP, having been elected to the Croatian Parliament in the 2000, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2016 parliamentary elections. She also ran in the 2009–10 presidential election, coming in fifth out of twelve candidates. During her 2008–2011 parliament term she chaired the parliamentary committee for tracking the progress of Croatia's accession negotiations with the European Union. She also held the post of Vice-President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR).
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