Currently, Member of Parliament, Croatia
Official Candidate of the Republic of Croatia for the position of the UN Secretary-General (2016)
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, First Deputy Prime Minister, Government of the Republic of Croatia (2011 – 2016)
Member of the Croatian Parliament elected in sixterms (2000; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2016)
Chairwoman of the National Committee for Monitoring the EU Accession Negotiation (2007 – 2011)
Founding member and leader for 11 years of Croatia’s People’s Party – Liberal Democrats
Vice-President of the Party of European Liberals (ALDE Party) in three terms (2007 – 2013)
Vice-president of the Board, Institute of Human Sciences, Vienna
Professor of Sociology and Political Theory, University of Zagreb
Taught at a number of American and European universities
The author of five books and numerous scientific and professional articles
Honours and Awards
- Awarded Chevalier dans l’Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur, by the President of the French Republic, for outstanding achievement in promoting European goals, both in personal and professional capacity (2016)
- Awarded “Dr. Elemér Hantos Prize”, by the Central Europe Foundation, Zurich, for outstanding achievements in promoting Economic Cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe (2013)