The most handsome president flies in economy class, cheers for his favorite team in the stands with ordinary fans and speaks five languages
During the 2018 World Cup, media and football fans around the world paid attention to Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic . And not only because her country’s national team reached the finals of the World Cup, but also because of the beauty of this woman and her habit of being with the people, not using the privileges due to her position.
Many were surprised that Grabar-Kitarovic flew to Russia in economy class, and during the match with Denmark, wearing a Croatian national team jersey, she cheered for her team right in the stands, along with the rest of the fans. Moreover, she was very emotionally ill, worried, indignant and urging the players on with screams.
Grabar-Kitarovic and French President Emmanuel Macron. Source: GLOBAL LOOK PRESS
Beauty Kolinda and mixed up candid photos
Grabar-Kitarovic’s presence at the World Championships “resurrected” a story on the Internet from three years ago, when everyone began publishing photographs of a woman very similar to the President of Croatia, but in a very revealing swimsuit, claiming that it was her. Now the pictures have again spread across Western media and social networks. “The sexiest president!” read the captions under the photo.
Many really believed that the photo depicted the head of Croatia, but knowledgeable people reported that the beauty in a bikini is porn actress Coco Austin , wife of rapper Ice-T, and the photo was taken nine years ago on the beach in Miami. It is worth noting that the resemblance between 50-year-old Grabar-Kitarovic and the porn star is simply amazing.
The actress and the President of Croatia are really similar. Source: REUTERS
Master of International Relations and Polyglot
This April, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic turned 50 years old. She was born in the Croatian city of Rijeka, and grew up in a small village where her parents had their own butcher shop and a small farm. But Kolinda, although she loved rural life, dreamed of studying and becoming a flight attendant. Fate decreed otherwise.
The girl studied well and at the age of 17 won a grant to study in the USA, where she managed to master English perfectly. During her studies, she received a scholarship, but this money was still not enough and the student had to work part-time as a laundress - fortunately, she was accustomed to physical labor and the work was not a burden to her.
Returning home, she received a master's degree in international relations from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb, and won Fulbright scholarships to the George Washington University and the University of Zagreb School of Government. Kennedy University, Harvard University, and was a visiting fellow at the Paul G. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington.
In addition to English, she speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese, and understands Italian, French and German quite well.
Education
After returning from America and receiving a school certificate in Croatia, the girl was thinking about a career as a flight attendant or translator. Having entered the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, she improved her skills in foreign languages and studied literature. In 1989, I met my future husband, who was receiving an engineering education at the same university. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic owes him the interest in politics that manifested itself in her youth. Having received a bachelor's degree in philology in 1993, she changed her field of study:
- 1995-96 – studied at the Vienna Diplomatic Academy;
- in 2000 she completed her master’s degree in international relations in her home country;
- in 2002-03, as part of the Fulbright program, she studied at the University of John Washington, and later at the State School. management at Harvard;
- at another American university named after Johns Hopkins, she was invited to the position of research assistant;
- in December 2020, she returned to her home university to receive her doctorate.
Kolinda with the President of Poland at a Holocaust memorial ceremony, 2016
Kolinda Grabar's political career began at the Ministry of Science and Technology while she was still studying to become a philologist.
Youngest President
The future president began her brilliant career in 1992 as an adviser to the Department of International Cooperation of the Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology, then the talented 25-year-old girl was appointed adviser to the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Three years later, she headed the North American department of the country's Foreign Ministry. From 1997 to 2000 she worked as a diplomatic adviser and deputy ambassador at the Croatian Embassy in Canada, and then returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a minister-counselor.
In November 2003, Grabar-Kitarović was elected to the Croatian Parliament and until 2005 she served as the Minister of European Integration of Croatia, for the next three years she served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Croatia, from 2008 to 2011 she was the Ambassador of Croatia to the United States, and from 2011 to 2014 - NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy.
She became the first woman to serve as president of her country, as well as the youngest president - she was only 46 years old at the time of her election.
The President of Croatia presented Vladimir Putin with her country's national team jersey. Source: REUTERS
President of Croatia in a swimsuit
Almost immediately after the end of the presidential elections in Croatia, a heated discussion began on social networks about the newly elected candidate and the first woman in the country’s history to hold this post, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. Moreover, attention was drawn not only to the political course that she will implement in her post, but also to photographs of the President of Croatia in a swimsuit.
Biography of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic was born in the town of Rijeka on April 29, 1968. The girl was brought up in the suburbs, not far from the town itself. There her parents kept a shop and ran a household. From early childhood, the girl was distinguished by diligence in her studies and diligence. For example, although Kolinda’s native dialect is the Chakavian dialect of the Croatian language, she was also able to master the Shtokavian dialect, which is the basis of the country’s literary language. Later, Kolinda Grabar also studied English, Portuguese and Spanish.
An intelligent and diligent student, at the age of 17 Kolinda was able to win a grant to study abroad in the USA. Here she took courses at many prestigious universities, and she also studied in her home country, at the University of Zagreb. There Kolinda Grabar met her future husband Yakov Kitarovich. The couple got married in 1996, and now they already have two children - daughter Corina and son Luca.
In her youth, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic received an excellent education, which helped her build a successful career. She started it in 1992 and then consistently moved up the career ladder. Kolinda specialized mainly in foreign affairs of the state, fulfilling the duties of an ambassador, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of her native country. Soon she was able to advance to an international post in the leadership of NATO. Here she worked on issues of public diplomacy.
In the winter of 2014, it became known that Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic was going to nominate her own candidacy for the main post of the country. At the same time, the woman was elected from the opposition party, and her main opponent was the current President of Croatia. However, Kolinda, in a tense struggle for votes, was able not only to get into the second round of voting, but also snatched victory with a minimal margin of votes. In February 2020, the first female President of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, was sworn in and inaugurated.
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in a swimsuit
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic is a fairly young lady, moreover, she became the first female president in the history of the country, and this is still a rarity for the whole world. Therefore, it is not surprising that a large number of discussions have flared up around her appearance. Photos of the head of the country from his vacation that appeared on the World Wide Web were also able to stir up public interest. There, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic appears in front of the camera in a swimsuit, showing off her beautiful figure. Such published photographs are very rare for female politicians, who most often appear before the public in strict and rather closed suits.
By the way, there is a funny misunderstanding connected with these photographs. The fact is that many journalists accepted the Internet duck as truth and placed instead of real photographs of the President of Croatia in a swimsuit, a photo of the Hollywood star Nicole Austin. The girl really has some external resemblance to Kolinda, they are similar in build, height, and both are blonde. Admiring reviews were also devoted to the images of this girl.
Fighter for the rights of women and sexual minorities
Grabar-Kitarovic defends the rights of sexual minorities and once stated that if her son turned out to be gay, she would certainly support him.
The president considers the ban on abortion to be an absolutely meaningless thing that will lead to nothing good. In her opinion, the birth rate needs to be regulated in more civilized ways.
She also diligently defends the interests of women. It was the head of Croatia who became the author of the program to create jobs for socially disadvantaged segments of the population and comprehensive support for women's entrepreneurship.
In addition, she issued a regulation according to which Croatian employers are obliged to pay men and women equally for work of equal value.
Career
While still a student, in 1992 Grabar began working in the public service - first as an adviser to the department of international cooperation in the Ministry of Science and Technology, then, since 1993, in various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she was invited by a professor.
This was a turning point for the country, because... Croatia had just gained independence in 1991. So Kolinda, while engaged in international affairs, witnessed the emergence of a new statehood for her homeland.
From 1995 to 1997, Grabar-Kitarovic headed the Department of Relations with North America.
After the opening of the Croatian Embassy in Canada, Grabar was sent there as an envoy, where she worked from 1997-2002.
In 2000, she received a Master's degree in International Relations from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb.
In 2002, after a change in the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Grabar-Kitarovic was recalled from Canada. By that time she was pregnant, the pregnancy was difficult, but the management did not allow her to stay in Canada. Returning, Kolinda continued to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this same period, she applied for a Fulbright scholarship to study international relations and security policy.
In 2002-2003, she was a Fulbright Scholar at George Washington University, a fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a visiting scholar at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington. After completing the scholarship programs, Grabar-Kitarovic returned from the USA to her homeland.
In November 2003, she was elected to parliament from the Croatian Democratic Commonwealth. In the new government headed by Ivo Sanader, Kolinda received the post of Minister for European Integration, which she held from 2003 to 2005. In 2004, she negotiated Croatia's accession to the EU.
After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of European Integration were merged in 2005, Grabar-Kitarovic became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (the first woman in the history of the country to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Her main task in this post was to work on Croatia's accession to the EU and NATO. In total, Grabar-Kitarovic headed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2008.
In 2008-2011, she served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Croatia to the United States. From July 2011 to September 2014 - NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy (the first woman to serve as an assistant to the head of NATO).
She has been married to Yakov Kitarovich since 1996, the couple has two children - Katarina (born 2001) and Luka (born 2003).
Speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently, has basic knowledge of German, French and Italian. He is interested in literature and cinema, loves traveling and jogging in nature.
