Biography of Marija Pejčinović Burić
Born: 1963
Nationality: Croatian
Languages: French, English, Spanish - active knowledge; German - passive knowledge
Education
- 1993 - 1994 College of Europe, Bruges (Belgium) and Warsaw (Poland), Post-graduate study - Master in European Studies
- 1980 - 1985 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia Bachelor of Science Degree
Work Experience
- June 2017 - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
- May - November 2018 Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
- November 2016 - June 2017 State Secretary, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
- 2013 - 2016 European Policy Expert - Independent consultancy (work on EU, UNDP and bilaterally funded projects in the candidate and potential candidate countries, as well as in European Neighbourhood countries)
- 2008 - 2011 Deputy in the Croatian Parliament (HDZ): Chairperson - Delegation of the Croatia - EU Joint Parliamentary Committee; Head of the delegation of the Croatian Parliament to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly; Member of the European Integration Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the National Committee for the Follow-up of Negotiations; Member or alternate member of the Croatian Parliament delegations to Parliamentary Assemblies (PA) of: the Council of Europe, the Western European Union, the Parliamentary Mediterranean Union; Member of the Parliamentary Public Relations Committee, PA Western European Union; the Economic and Development Committee, PA Council of Europe; Chairperson of the Sub-committee for Development, PA Council of Europe; Chairperson of the Croatian – USA Friendship Society in the Croatian Parliament
- 2005 - 2008 State Secretary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
- 2004 - 2005 State Secretary, the Ministry of European Integration
- 2000 - 2004 Assistant Minister, the Ministry of European Integration
- 2006 - 2008 Member of the Croatian Negotiation Team for membership in the EU, Negotiator for Chapters: 30 External Relations, 31 Foreign, Security and Defense Policy, 34 Institutions and 35 Other Issues
- 2005 - 2006 Member of the working group “Free movement of capital” in the Croatian Negotiation Team for EU membership
- 2006 - 2008 Chairperson for Croatia in the EU Stabilisation and Association Committee
- 2005 - 2006 National Coordinator for Assistance Programmes and Co-operation with the EU
- 2004 - 2006 National Coordinator for ISPA Programme
- 2000 - 2001 Member of Negotiating team for Stabilisation and Association Agreement Croatia - EU
- 1997 - 2000 Director of Corporate Communications, PLIVA Inc., Zagreb
- 1995 - 1997 Director of the Europe House Zagreb, Zagreb
- 1991 - 1994 Secretary General of the Europe House Zagreb; Deputy Secretary General of the European Movement Croatia
- 1988 - 1991 Expert Associate for Foreign Trade, “Končar Engineering”, Zagreb
Other Work Experience
- 2003 - 2011; 2017 - Lecturer at the seminars of the Diplomatic Academy of Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, History of European Integration and Founding Treaties; Parliamentary Democracy; EU Institutions and the Decision Making Process; Croatia as the member of European Union - challenges and opportunities
- 2012 - 2013 Lecturer at the seminars of the State School for Public Administration - the Lisbon Treaty
- 1991 - Lecturer at seminars and conferences on European integration in Croatia and abroad
Board Memberships and Projects
- President of the Initiative - Partnership for Open Government, Croatia, 2017
- Member of the Board of Directors of CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies), Brussels, since 2016
- Member of the Board of Management of the Alliance française in Zagreb, 2003 - 2013
- Member of the Board of Management of the Foundation for Civil Society Development, 2003 - 2008; 2017
- Member of the Steering Committee of the “Public Administration” magazine, since 2005
- Participant in the scientific project “Europeisation of the Croatian Public Administration”, 2006 - 2011
- Member of the Steering Committee of the “civilsociety.hr” magazine, 2004 - 2008
- Representative of the Republic of Croatia at Le Conseil permanent de la Francophonie 2012 - 2015
- Vice-President for Central Europe, Institute Robert Schuman for Europe (IRSE), Chantilly, 1996 - 1997
- Representative of the Croatian Section at the European Committee of the Europe at School/ L’Europe à l’Ecole, 1995 - 1996
- Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia, Alps Adriatic Working Community, Working Group for Youth, 1991 - 1993
Author and editor of articles on topics related to European Integration
- Role of the Croatian Parliament in the European Integration, Etudes européennes, ENA, Strasbourg, 2011
- Reversing the sharp Decline in Youth Unemployment, Report to the PA Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2011
- Council of Europe as a Promoter of European Integration: Case Study Croatia, Crossroads, Skopje, 2010
- The Efficiency of the Use of the EU Pre-Accession Funds in Croatia, Croatian Public Administration – 3, Zagreb, 2010
- EUphorie in Kroatien, Kulturreport, Fortschritt Europa, Stuttgart, 2004
- Should we discard Croatian Identity while joining the EU?, Croatian Identity in the EU, Centre for Advancing of the Church Social Tenet, Zagreb, 2003
- A brief Overview of the History of European Integration, Croatia and Europe, European Movement Croatia and Europe House Zagreb, Zagreb 1997
- Co-operation in the south-east Europe, Europe House Zagreb Seminar, Zagreb, 1996
- Last Chance for Peace in Bosnia and Croatia, The Sunday Times, Valletta, February, 1996
- Istria and European Integration, Istrian Club Conference, Zagreb, 1995
- Phare: a part of Strategy for EU Integration, Europe House Zagreb Seminar, 1995
- All about Phare Programme, Pan Liber, Osijek, 1994
- The Goals and Consequences of the Previous Enlargements, Europe House Zagreb Seminar, April 1994
- The European East Today: Romania and Bulgaria; Hungary and Albania EM Magazine, Zagreb, May-June 1994
- L’Elargissement de l’Union européenne, Collège d’Europe, La these de DEA, Bruges - Varsovie, 1994
- Editor in Chief of PLIVA Magazine (1997 - 1999) and Euroforum, Magazine of the Ministry of the European Integration of the Republic of Croatia (2002 - 2005)
Other Professional Training
- Advanced language learning and "au pair" work in Paris (1.5 years), London (1 year) and Salamanca (6 months), 1985 - 1988
- Diplomatic course, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia and the Law School of Zagreb, April-July 1992, Zagreb
- Study visit to Germany - Berlin, Land Brandenberg: Postdam, Frankfurt am Oder, 2011
- Study visit to Belgium and Netherlands: Permanent Representative USA to NATO - headquarter NATO, Brussels and Brunssum, 2009.
- Study visit to Japan: Japan - diplomatic and economic history, relations EU - Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto, 2009.
- Study visit to Denmark: “Strategic Planning in Public Administration”, 2008, Copenhagen
- Study visit to Slovakia: “Pre-accession funds”, “Structural and Cohesion Funds”, 2005, Bratislava
- Study visit to Ireland: “Structural and Cohesion Funds”, 2005, Dublin
- Study visit to Finland: “Structural and Cohesion Funds”, 2005, Helsinki,
- Study visit to Germany: “Germany as a Transition Country”, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2002, Berlin and Leipzig
- Study visit to Hungary, Albania, Bulgaria and Romania, March - April 1994
- Study visit to the Council of Europe and the European Parliament, invitation by L’Ecole Centrale from Paris, 1990, Strasbourg
- Course in professional management: "Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Management", Management Centre Europe, 1998, Brussels
- Seminar: "The European Union After 1996", Salzburg Seminar Foundation scholarship, 1995, Salzburg
- Participant at number of other professional training courses on management, communication skills etc., since 1990
Membership in political parties
- Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)