Željka Markić

Željka Markić (née Živković; born 11 November 1964) is a leader of Croatian right-wing movement "In the name of Family" (U ime obitelji)[1]

Željka Markić
Markić protesting the Istanbul Convention, March 24, 2018, Zagreb
Born (1964-11-11) November 11, 1964
Zagreb, Croatia
NationalityCroat
EducationSchool of Medicine, University of Zagreb
OrganizationU ime obitelji, Mary's Meals
Spouse(s)Tihomir Markić
Children4

She was born in Zagreb, then Yugoslavia, as the oldest of six children.[2] She attended Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb and graduated from School of Medicine at University of Zagreb.[3]

She worked as a war reporter during the Croatian War of Independence and later for BBC, NBC and RAI II.[3] She was editor of the Nova TV news programme from 2004 to 2007. She also edited television shows on Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT). Markić was a contributor to Human Right Watch from 1992 to 1994.[3]

She is the author of the few documentary films on BBC and Channel 4, such as Guy Smith, Correspondent and Unforgiving and co-director of documentary film Children of War together with Alan Raynolds.

She translated works of John Grisham, Antonio A. Borelli and Roy Gutman.[4]

She was the first president of the far-right party Croatian Growth and founder of Croatian subsidiary of Mary's Meals organisation.

She is one of the key organisers of the 2013 Croatian constitutional referendum[5] for which civic initiative U ime obitelji (In the Name of Family) had collected 749,613 signatures.[6]

She is married to physician Tihomir Markić with whom she has four sons.[7]

Markić's opposition to LGBT rights has repeatedly drawn criticism in the media.[8][9] She has opposed Croatia's ratification of the Istanbul Convention on preventing violence against women and domestic violence.[10][11] She is also pro-life on abortion and euthanasia.

References
  1. Croatia Right-Wingers Provoke Bad Memories of 1941
  2. Bradarić, Ivan. OBITELJ PRED NOVIM IZAZOVIMA Veritas. Access date 01-04-2018.
  3. Željka Markić Biografija.com. Published 12-02-2018. Access date 01-04-2018.
  4. Markić, Željka - list of works and translations Catalogue of KGZ (Zagreb Public Libraries). Retrieved 01-04-2018.
  5. Inicijativa U ime obitelji predala Saboru potpise Croatian Radiotelevision. Published 14-06-2013. Retrieved 01-04-2018.
  6. SABOR: Inicijativa 'U ime obitelji' predala Saboru potpise i zahtjev za referendum PolitikaPlus. Published 14-06-2013. Retrieved 01-04-2018.
  7. Ferina, Zrinka; Beck, Boris. Djeca nisu prepreka za karijeru Nacional. Published 27-04-2010. Retrieved 01-04-2018.
  8. Pofuk, Branimir (17 November 2013). "Željka Markić ima pravo ako se složimo da smo životinje koje određuje način parenja". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  9. Jergović, Miljenko (19 November 2013). "MILJENKO JERGOVIĆ Iza Željke Markić ne stoje vjerska učenja, stoje razni poglavari". Jutarnji list. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  10. Vuković, Rozita; Turčin, Kristina (20 March 2018). "ZADNJI UDARAC KONZERVATIVNE FRONTE ISTANBULSKOJ KONVENCIJI Markić i udovice planiraju spriječiti glasanje o Istanbulskoj konvenciji u Saboru!". Jutarnji list. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  11. "Sarnavka i Markić burno raspravljale o Istanbulskoj konvenciji". Večernji list (in Croatian). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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