Dalija Orešković
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Dalija Orešković | |
|---|---|
 Orešković in 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 22 July 2020 | |
| Constituency | Electoral district I |
| President of the Conflict of Interest Commission | |
| In office 11 February 2013 – 11 February 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Mate Kačan |
| Succeeded by | Nataša Novaković |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 June 1977 |
| Party | DOSIP (2019–2020, 2023–) |
| Other political affiliations | Centre (2020–2023) |
| Spouse | Frane Letica
(m. 2009; div. 2020) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb (LL.B., LL.M.) |
Dalija Orešković (born 18 June 1977) is a Croatian lawyer and politician. She has been serving as a member of the Croatian Parliament since 2020. From 2013 to 2018, she held the position of president of the Conflict of Interest Commission.
Orešković is the founder and leader of the centre-left political party Dalija Orešković and People with a First and Last Name (DOSIP), established in 2023 as a continuation of the Party with a First and Last Name, originally founded as START in 2018. Between November 2020 and November 2021, she served as co-president of the political party Centre.
Orešković was born in Zagreb on 18 June 1977.[1] She completed her primary and secondary education in the city before graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb in 2000. She later obtained a master's degree in European Law and passed the bar examination in September 2003.[2]
She began her legal career in 2001, working in the law offices of Davor Begić, and later at the firms of Damir Šebetić and Mikulčić–Lončarić–Bahun–Topić. In 2009, together with her husband Frano Letica, she opened a joint law office, where she worked until 2013.[3]
From 2013 to 2018, Orešković served as president of the Conflict of Interest Commission, having been elected to the post by the Croatian Parliament from among 199 applicants.[4] During her tenure, she initiated proceedings against a number of prominent political figures, including President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović,[5] Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko,[6] Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić, and Split Mayor Željko Kerum.[7] In February 2018, Orešković sought re-election to the post.[8] In the first round of voting in the Parliament, the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) supported her opponent Nataša Novaković.[9] Following her weaker result in the initial round, Orešković withdrew from the contest, after which Novaković was elected as her successor.[10]
