Kristina Ikić Baniček
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Kristina Ikić Baniček | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Sisak | |
| In office 11 June 2013[1] – 23 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Dinko Pintarić[2] |
| Succeeded by | Domagoj Orlić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kristina Ikić 22 September 1975 |
| Party | Social Democratic Party of Croatia (1998-) |
| Spouse | Darko Baniček[3] |
| Children | 2[4] |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Croatologist Sociologist |
Kristina Ikić Baniček (ⓘ) (born 22 September 1975) is a Croatian politician who has been mayor of Sisak since 2013 to 2025. She is a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP).
Kristina Ikić Baniček was born in the town of Sisak on 22 September 1975. After finishing elementary and high school in her hometown, she moved to the Croatian capital of Zagreb where she attended University Department for Croatian Studies of the University of Zagreb where she eventually graduated sociology and croatology (cultural study program dedicated to the study of Croatian cultural and national identity[5]).[4]
Career
In 2002, Ikić Baniček started working as a counselor for EU funds in the Croatian mine action center. Between 2001 and 2005, she served as a councilwoman at the Assembly of the Sisak-Moslavina County, and between 2005 and 2013 as a councilwoman in the Council of the City of Sisak. At the 2013 local elections she contested 10-year mayor of Sisak, conservative Dinko Pintarić (HDZ), lost first round, but surprisingly emerged as a winner in the second round. She was reelected at the 2017 local elections.[6]
In 1996, she got involved in the work of SDP Youth Forum, and has been active in the SDP's Sisak branch since 1999.[4]