Željka Markić
Markić protesting the Istanbul Convention, March 24, 2018, Zagreb
Born
Željka Živković

(1964-11-11) 11 November 1964
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroat
EducationSchool of Medicine, University of Zagreb
Organization(s)U ime obitelji, Mary's Meals
SpouseTihomir Markić
Children4

Željka Markić (née Živković; born 11 November 1964) is a leader of Croatian right-wing movement U ime obitelji (In the Name of Family).[1]

She was born in Zagreb, then Yugoslavia, as the oldest of six children.[2] She attended Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb and graduated from School of Medicine at University of Zagreb.[3]

She worked as a war reporter during the Croatian War of Independence and later for BBC, NBC and RAI II.[3] She was editor of the Nova TV news programme from 2004 to 2007. She also edited television shows on Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT). Markić was a contributor to Human Right Watch from 1992 to 1994.[3]

She is the author of the few documentary films on BBC and Channel 4, such as Guy Smith, Correspondent and Unforgiving and co-director of documentary film Children of War together with Alan Raynolds.

She translated works of John Grisham, Antonio A. Borelli and Roy Gutman.[4]

She was the first president of the right-wing party Croatian Growth and founder of Croatian subsidiary of Mary's Meals organisation.

She is one of the key organisers of the 2013 Croatian constitutional referendum[5] for which civic initiative U ime obitelji (In the Name of Family) had collected 749,613 signatures.[6]

She is married to physician Tihomir Markić with whom she has four sons.[7]

Markić's opposition to LGBT rights has repeatedly drawn criticism in the media.[8][9] She has opposed Croatia's ratification of the Istanbul Convention on preventing violence against women and domestic violence.[10][11] She is also opposed to abortion and euthanasia.

References

  1. ↑ Croatia Right-Wingers Provoke Bad Memories of 1941
  2. ↑ Bradarić, Ivan. OBITELJ PRED NOVIM IZAZOVIMA Veritas. Access date 01-04-2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Željka Markić Biografija.com. Published 12-02-2018. Access date 01-04-2018.
  4. ↑ Markić, Željka - list of works and translations Catalogue of KGZ (Zagreb Public Libraries). Retrieved 01-04-2018.
  5. ↑ Inicijativa U ime obitelji predala Saboru potpise Croatian Radiotelevision. Published 14-06-2013. Retrieved 01-04-2018.
  6. ↑ SABOR: Inicijativa 'U ime obitelji' predala Saboru potpise i zahtjev za referendum PolitikaPlus. Published 14-06-2013. Retrieved 01-04-2018.
  7. ↑ Ferina, Zrinka; Beck, Boris. Djeca nisu prepreka za karijeru Nacional. Published 27-04-2010. Retrieved 01-04-2018.
  8. ↑ Pofuk, Branimir (17 November 2013). "Željka Markić ima pravo ako se složimo da smo životinje koje određuje način parenja". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Jergović, Miljenko (19 November 2013). "MILJENKO JERGOVIĆ Iza Željke Markić ne stoje vjerska učenja, stoje razni poglavari". Jutarnji list. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Vuković, Rozita; Turčin, Kristina (20 March 2018). "ZADNJI UDARAC KONZERVATIVNE FRONTE ISTANBULSKOJ KONVENCIJI Markić i udovice planiraju spriječiti glasanje o Istanbulskoj konvenciji u Saboru!". Jutarnji list. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Sarnavka i Markić burno raspravljale o Istanbulskoj konvenciji". Večernji list (in Croatian). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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