Ana Lovrin is a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n politician. She held the post of Minister of Justice

Ministry of Justice (Croatia)

The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of prosecuting government cases and the administration of institutions falling within the scope of the judiciary system ....

 in the first and second cabinets under Prime Minister Ivo Sanader

Ivo Sanader

Ivo Sanader |Split]]) is a Croatian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009.Sanader obtained his education in comparative literature in Austria, where he also later worked in the 1980s. He worked as a journalist, in marketing, publishing and also as a private...

, from February 2006 to October 2008.

Lovrin was born in Zagreb

Zagreb

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 and graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law. A member of the Croatian Democratic Union

Croatian Democratic Union

The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...

 (HDZ) since 1993, Lovrin held several party and political posts in the city of Zadar

Zadar

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, where she was deputy mayor under Božidar Kalmeta

Božidar Kalmeta

Božidar Kalmeta is a Croatian politician, currently serving as Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure in the Croatian Government .-Early life:He graduated in 1982 from the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Agronomy.From 1982 to 1993 he...

. After Kalmeta was appointed Minister in December 2003, she became mayor of Zadar. That same year she was also appointed chairman of Zadar HDZ, member of the Zadar County

Zadar County

Zadar County is a county in Croatia, it encompasses northern Dalmatia and southeastern Lika. Its center is the city of Zadar.- Population :According to the 2001 census, Zadar County has population of 162,045...

 HDZ, and was made member of the HDZ central committee. In February 2006 she was also appointed minister, replacing Vesna Škare-Ožbolt

Vesna Škare-Ožbolt

Vesna Škare-Ožbolt is a Croatian politician.Before the first democratic elections in 1990, Škare-Ožbolt used to work in Croatian judiciary...

, and continued to hold the post until October 2008 when she was replaced by a non-party minister Ivan Šimonović

Ivan Šimonovic

Ivan Šimonović is a Croatian diplomat, politician and law scholar. He was in October 2008 appointed Justice Minister of Croatia. On May 3, 2010, Šimonović was appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights.-Biography:...

.

She was also elected to the 5th and 6th assembly of the Croatian Parliament, and currently serves as chairman of the parliamentary justice committee.

Lovrin is married and a mother of four daughters.

External links

• Ana Lovrin at the Parliament of Croatia
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