Famous People with Name Koli

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic: is a Croatian diplomat. She currently serves as the Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy at NATO. She is the first woman ever to be appointed the position of Assistant Secretary General at NATO. From 2008 to 2011, she was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Croatia to United States. She was sworn in as ambassador on March 19, 2008. From 2005 to 2008 she was the foreign minister of Croatia. In 1992, Grabar-Kitarovic became an advisor to the international cooperation department of the ministry of science and technology of Croatia. In 1993 she moved to the foreign ministry, becoming an advisor. In 1995 she became the head of the North American department of the foreign ministry, remaining in that position until 1997. In 1997 she began to work at the Croatian embassy in Canada, as a diplomatic councilor until October 1998 and then as a minister-councilor. She remained in Canada until 2000. In 2001 Grabar-Kitarovic became a minister-councilor to the ministry of foreign affairs. She left that position in 2003. In November 2003 she was elected to the Croatian Parliament from the seventh electoral district as a member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). In the government formed in December 2003, she became the minister of European integration, beginning negotiations in 2004 for Croatia to join the European Union. In February 2005 she was nominated to become the foreign minister of Croatia.