Nansi Tireli

Nansi Tireli
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
22 December 2011
President

Ivo Josipović (2011–2015)

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2015–)

Prime Minister

Zoran Milanović (2011–2016)

Tihomir Orešković (2016–)

Constituency VIII electoral district
2nd President of the Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
In office
15 February 2015[1]  20 March 2016
Preceded by Dragutin Lesar
Succeeded by Tomislav Končevski
Personal details
Born (1965-02-26) 26 February 1965
Vinež near Labin, Croatia
Political party Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (2010–)
Alma mater Polytechnic of Rijeka
Occupation Politician

Nansi Tireli (born 26 February 1965) is Croatian entrepreneur and politician who served as the president of the left-wing Croatian Labour Party and a member of the Croatian Parliament for VIII electoral district since 2011.[2]

Early life

Nansi Tireli was born in small village Vinež near Labin in Istria. She graduated from Polytechnic of Rijeka with diploma in Economy of Entrepreneurship. She has been working as private entrepreneur since she graduated.[3][4]

Political career

Nansi Tireli is a member of the left-wing Croatian Labour Party. She was elected to the Croatian parliament for the first time in 2011 elections.

In the Croatian Parliament

In the 7th Parliament assembly she served as a President of the "Parliament Committee for Gender Equality" and member of the Committees for "Health and Social Policy" and "Interparliamentary Cooperation". She is also member of "National Council for Monitoring the Implementation of Anti-Corruption Strategy", as well as Deputy member of the "Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe".

After Dragutin Lesar resigned as Labour party president, Tireli become acting president for next 7 months. At the Party's elections held on February 15, 2015 she was elected as new party president with votes of 117 out of 186 delegates.[5] During her term as Party president she managed to get Labour party into the major national coalition of center-left parties, Croatia is Growing and win 3 seats for her party in the 2015 elections but nevertheless, the coalition lost and she joined the opposition.

On 20 March 2016, Tireli lost in the Labour party presidential elections to Tomislav Končevski.[6]

Private life

Mrs. Tireli is divorced and has two children, daughter Ana and son Robert.

References

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