(Tonino) Picula - Hoofdinhoud

Tonino Picula is a member of the European Parliament since 1 April 2012 for the "Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske", which is aligned with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. Picula is elected on behalf of Croatia.

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  professor of sociology, 1986
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  expert associate for literature in Hrvatski Sabor Kulture (Croatian Cultural Association), from 1987 until 1989
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  secretary of the Kulturni Radnik (Cultural Worker) magazine, from 1987 until 1989
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  secretary of the Croatian society for friendship with Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 1994 until 2000
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  councillor in the Zagreb county assembly, from 1997 until 2000
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  minister of foreign affairs, from 2000 until 2003
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  mayor of Velika Gorica, from 2005 until 2009
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  co-founder and member of the board of directors of the Velika Gorica-based 'Wings of Love' organisation for the protection of abused and traumatised children, from 2005 until 2011
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  member of the Sabor (Croatian Parliament), from 2007 until 2013
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  leader and special coordinator of election observation missions of the OSCE and other international organisations in Moldova, Kazakhstan, Russia, Georgia and Armenia, from 2010 until 2013
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  vice-president of the OSCE PA, from 2011 until 2013
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  member European Parliament, from 1 April 2012

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  secretary for international relations of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), from 1993 until 2000
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  member of the central committee of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), from 2004 until 2008
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  member of the delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the organisation for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA), from 2004 until 2012
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  member of the SDP Presidency, from 2008 until 2012
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  rapporteur of the committee on political affairs and security of the OSCE, from 2010 until 2011
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  head of the Sabor delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the Mediterranean, from 2011 until 2013

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  graduate sociology at the University of Zagbreb