Tonino Picula | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Croatia | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2013 | |
| Observer of the European Parliament for Croatia | |
| In office 1 April 2012 – 1 July 2013 | |
| Mayor of Velika Gorica | |
| In office 17 June 2005 – 17 June 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Šuker |
| Succeeded by | Dražen Barišić |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 27 January 2000 – 22 December 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Ivica Račan |
| Preceded by | Mate Granić |
| Succeeded by | Miomir Žužul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 August 1961 Mali Lošinj, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Spouse | Marijana Mikić |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) |
| Website | Official website |
Tonino Picula (born 31 August 1961) is a Croatian politician currently serving his fourth term as a Member of the European Parliament for Croatia, having successfully run in 2013, 2014, 2019 and 2024 European elections.[1]
Picula entered Croatian politics in the early 1990s in recently formed democratic Croatia and had served four consecutive terms as a member of the Croatian Parliament, having been elected in 2000, 2003, 2007, and 2011 parliamentary elections as a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP).[2] He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003[3] under prime minister Ivica Račan, and as mayor of Velika Gorica from 2005 to 2009.[4]
Picula is a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP) and sits with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament.[5][6]
- ^ "Home | Tonino PICULA | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Arhiva izbora Republike Hrvatske". www.izbori.hr. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "MVEP • Croatian Ministers for Foreign Affairs". www.mvep.hr. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Arhiva izbora Republike Hrvatske". www.izbori.hr. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "SDP Croatia - Our MEPs". www.sdp.hr. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Our members". Socialists & Democrats. Retrieved 10 March 2021.