Pjer Šimunović
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Pjer Šimunović | |
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| Croatian Ambassador to the United States | |
| Assumed office September 8, 2017 | |
| President | Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Zoran Milanović |
| Preceded by | Josip Paro |
| Croatian Ambassador to Israel | |
| In office August 2012 – April 2016 | |
| President | Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Ivo Josipović |
| Preceded by | Marica Matković |
| Succeeded by | Vesela Mrđen Korać |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1962 |
| Spouse | Ružica Šimunović |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb (B.A.) King's College London (M.A.) |
Pjer Šimunović (born 8 January 1962) is Croatian diplomat and former journalist who has served as the Croatian Ambassador to the United States since 2017. He presented his credentials to President Donald Trump at the White House on September 8, 2017. He succeeded Josip Paro, who served as Croatia's ambassador in Washington from April 2012 to May 2016.[1]
Born in Split, Croatia, while it was a part of Yugoslavia, Šimunović earned a B.A. in Philosophy, Comparative Literature, and Italian Language and Literature at the University of Zagreb in 1988.[1]
Šimunović started his career as a journalist at Večernji List, a conservative daily newspaper in Zagreb, from August 1988 to October 1990. He covered the unraveling of the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe, including free elections in Poland, the Romanian Revolution, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and other events. He was then a fellow for European affairs at the Fondation Journalistes en Europe (Foundation for Journalists in Europe) in Paris, France, from October 1990 to June 1991.[1]
Šimunović left Croatia in October 1993 to work at BBC World Service Radio's Croatian Section as a journalist and producer, remaining until September 1998. At the same time, he earned a master's degree in War Studies at King's College London in December 1997.[1]
