Josipa Rimac
Politician, Person
1980 –
Who is Josipa Rimac?
Josipa Rimac is a Croatian politician and mayor of Knin. She is part of the Croatian Democratic Union party. She was elected mayor in June 2005 at the age of 25, making her the youngest mayor in the country.
Rimac was born in Lukar and spent her first four years of schooling in Knin, until the Croatian war of independence broke out in the 1990s. She then went to school in Rijeka and Split and returned to Knin in October 1995, when the fighting stopped. Rimac studied at the school of economics where she also learned the English language. She also spent a lot of time volunteering for the local Red Cross in Knin, and in 2000 was named director of the Red Cross in the city of Knin, the youngest director in the country. In 2005, Rimac was promoted to director of the Red Cross in Šibenik-Knin County. She has been involved with politics since school, and became a member of the HDZ. On June 10, 2005, she was elected mayor of Knin.
Rimac is married with a young daughter.
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- Born
- Feb 25, 1980
Croatia - Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Croatia
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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