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| office1 = [[Prime Minister of Croatia]]
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| term_start1 = 6 July 2009
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| deputy1 = [[Slobodan Uzelac]]<br />Božidar Pankretić<br />[[Darko Milinović]]<br />Domagoj Ivan Milošević<br />[[Petar Čobanković]]<br />[[Gordan Jandroković]]
| predecessor1 = [[Ivo Sanader]]
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| office2 = [[Ministry of Croatian Veterans|Minister of Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity]]
| primeminister2 = [[Ivo Sanader]]
| term_start2 = 23 December 2003
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| office3 = [[Opposition (Croatia)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| primeminister3 = [[Zoran Milanović]]
| term_start3 = 23 December 2011
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| successor3 = [[Tomislav Karamarko]]
| office4 = [[List of chairpersons of the Croatian Democratic Union|President of the Croatian Democratic Union]]
| deputy4 = [[Darko Milinović]]
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| term_start7 = 28 November 1995<ref>http://www.sabor.hr/sites/default/files/uploads/inline-files/HS_1995-1999_ZD_1_ocr.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| term_end7 = 2 February 2000
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| constituency7 = XXVI electoral district{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|7|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lipik]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|PR Croatia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|FPR Yugoslavia]]
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| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2013–2015; 2015–present)
| otherparty = [[League of Communists of Croatia|SKH]] (until 1990)<br />[[Croatian Democratic Union|HDZ]] (1995–2013)<br />[[Successful Croatia]] (2015)
| parents = {{ubl|Mirko Kosor|Zorica Belan}}
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Hrvoje Markulj|1977|1981|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Ivo Škopljanac|1984|1993|reason=divorced}}}}
| children = 1
| alma_mater = [[University of Zagreb]]
| signature = Accession Treaty 2011 Jadranka Kosor signature.svg
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'''Jadranka Kosor''' ({{IPA-hr|jǎdraːnka kɔ̂sɔr|
Kosor started working as a
As prime minister, Kosor failed to commit to structural reforms although she managed to prevent the country's budgetary meltdown with two budget revisions and the introduction of new taxes as a response to the ongoing economic crisis. During her tenure, she strongly advocated a zero-tolerance policy to political corruption and organized crime. This uncompromising stance, along with the new [[criminal code]] passed before her term began, opened the door to unprecedented efforts to combat corruption. This resulted in
In 2021, Kosor was awarded with the [[Grand Order of Queen Jelena|Grand Order of Queen Jelena with Sash and Morning Star]] by President of Croatia [[Zoran Milanović]] for "extraordinary contribution to the international position and reputation of the Republic of Croatia" and for "the development of relations between the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian people and other states and peoples."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.predsjednik.hr/en/news/president-milanovic-confers-grand-order-of-queen-jelena-with-sash-and-star-on-former-croatian-prime-minister-jadranka-kosor/|title=President Milanović Confers Grand Order of Queen Jelena with Sash and Star on Former Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor|date=9 December 2021}}</ref>
==Early life==
Jadranka Kosor was born in [[Lipik]] to Zorica Belan and Mirko Kosor. She finished primary education in [[Pakrac]].<ref name="slobodna-2009">{{cite news | url = http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Hrvatska/tabid/66/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/60602/Default.aspx | language = hr | newspaper = [[Slobodna Dalmacija]] | title = Djetinjstvo Jadranke Kosor: ljepotica i vunderkind | date = 4 July 2009 | access-date = 14 March 2011}}</ref> Her parents divorced when she was two, and she spent her childhood living with her grandmother.<ref name="Jadranka Kosor">{{Cite news |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/enciklopedija/jadranka-kosor-18120|title=Jadranka Kosor|access-date=14 November 2017|language=hr}}</ref> Her childhood friends describe her as a pretty, smart, and sociable girl that loved poetry and wrote songs. She contested a beauty pageant and was selected runner up for Miss Swimming Pool of Lipik.<ref name="Jadranka Kosor"/> She studied in [[Zagreb]], where she graduated in law and began working as a journalist from 1972 as a correspondent for ''[[Večernji list]]'' and [[Radio Zagreb]]. In 1971, her book of poetry ''Koraci'' was published by the Pakrac branch of [[Matica hrvatska]].<ref name="slobodna-2009" /> During the [[Croatian War of Independence]], she worked as a radio-journalist and her show explored war topics such as [[refugee]] problems and disabled [[war veteran]]s.<ref name="vlada">{{cite web |url=http://www.vlada.hr/en/naslovnica/o_vladi_rh/clanovi_vlade/jadranka_kosor_dipl_iur |title=Jadranka Kosor (Members of Government) |access-date=24 August 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119232039/http://www.vlada.hr/en/naslovnica/o_vladi_rh/clanovi_vlade/jadranka_kosor_dipl_iur |archive-date=19 January 2008 }}. Vlada.hr. Retrieved on 16 March 2013.</ref> She also worked briefly as a correspondent for the [[BBC]] during this time.
==Politics==
[[File:EPP Summit March 2011 (71).jpg|right|thumb|Kosor with German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]]]
In 1995, Kosor became a representative in the [[Croatian Parliament]] as a member of the [[Croatian Democratic Union]] (HDZ). She was also the vice-president of the Croatian Parliament. From 1999 to 2000, she was president of the HDZ's Women's Association Katarina Zrinski. She is credited with the number of female candidates from the HDZ in the [[2000 Croatian parliamentary election|2000 elections]] doubling.<ref>{{cite book |
Kosor was the vice-president of the HDZ party between 1995 and 1997, and from 2002 up to 2009 when she became the president of the party. In 2003, she became the minister in the Croatian department for Family, Veterans and [[Inter-generational]] Solidarity in the [[Croatian Government]] of [[Ivo Sanader]].<ref name="vlada"/>
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HDZ nominated her as their presidential candidate for the [[2005 Presidential elections of Croatia|presidential election of 2005]].<ref name="vlada"/> In the first round, she overtook [[Boris Mikšić]] by a few percent to reach the second place. She then faced off [[Stipe Mesić]] in the second round, but lost.
In July 2009, she was politically installed as the head of the [[Croatian Democratic Union]] following the resignation of Ivo Sanader.<ref name="Croatia closer to first woman PM">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8134577.stm |title=Croatia closer to first woman PM |date=4 July 2009
==Prime
On 1 July 2009, Croatian
===Domestic policy===
[[File:Cristina Fernandez con Jadranka Kosor.jpg|200px|thumb|Kosor with Argentine President [[Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner]] in May 2010]]
[[File:Flickr - europeanpeoplesparty - EPP Summit September 2010 (147).jpg|thumb|Kosor with Bulgarian Prime Minister [[Boyko Borisov]] at an [[European People's Party|EPP]] summit in Meise, September 2010]]
In the first month of her term Kosor, faced with a huge deficit and high unemployment, introduced an emergency budget aimed to reduce spending and the national debt. One of the most unpopular austerity measures taken along with the introduction of the budget was a new income tax called the "crisis tax" ({{lang|hr|krizni porez}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/novosti/hrvatska/clanak/id/65028/jadranka-kosor-krizni-porez-zahvatit-ce-sve|title=Jadranka Kosor: Krizni porez zahvatit će sve!|date=27 August 2009}}</ref> In addition, the [[value-added tax]] rate was increased from 22% to 23%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/vlada-uvodi-krizni-porez-od-3-i-povecava-pdv-na-23/2825849/|title=Vlada uvodi krizni porez od 3% i povećava PDV na 23%!|date=22 July 2009}}</ref> Businesses criticized the tax hikes as well as the idea of tax code changes in the middle of the fiscal year as an unreasonable burden, while independent economists mostly noted how new taxes would cut consumer spending and further slow down the economy. The Opposition criticized the new measures heavily, calling the crisis tax ''[[harač]]'', a historical Turkish loanword representing a tax implemented during the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the late Middle Ages.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.24sata.hr/news/prva-godina-kosor-uvela-harac-i-produljila-recesiju-179906|title=Prva godina: Kosor uvela harač i produljila recesiju}}</ref> Indeed, the government's handling of finances was unpopular among the public resulting in the Prime Minister's dismal approval rating of 32% by the end of her first month.
In the last quarter of 2009, many public officials, as well as members of the boards of various government agencies, became suspected of participating in corrupt activities. An unprecedented number{{how many|date=July 2018}} of officials were detained and arrested under these allegations which resulted in both praise and criticism of Kosor's government. The praise was mostly directed by those{{who|date=July 2018}} who believed that the government had finally taken a stronger stance against political corruption, while others{{who|date=July 2018}} criticized the fact that most suspects were, in fact, members of Kosor's own [[Croatian Democratic Union]]. The Opposition accused the government, especially the prime minister, for political responsibility, claiming that it was impossible that Kosor didn't know what was happening around her when she was a vice president of the government almost seven years before becoming prime minister.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} The accusations grew louder as more and more corruption affairs were tied with the former prime minister, Ivo Sanader.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} On 30 October 2009 [[Damir Polančec]], member of the HDZ Presidency, resigned as deputy prime minister and minister of the economy following allegations of corruption.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCFoDwAAQBAJ|title=Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019|editor-first=Tom|editor-last=Lansford|chapter=Croatia|year=2019|publisher=CQ Press |isbn=978-1-5443-2712-9}}</ref>
On 3 January 2010, Ivo Sanader announced he was returning to active politics, saying it was a mistake he ever left. He accused Kosor and the members of the HDZ Presidency of failed leadership citing [[Andrija Hebrang (son)|Andrija Hebrang's]] poor result in the [[Croatian presidential election, 2009-2010|first round of the presidential election]] held just a week earlier.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/sanader-odluka-da-se-povucem-iz-aktivne-politike-bila-je-pogreska-74610|title=Sanader: Odluka da se povučem iz aktivne politike bila je pogreška}}</ref> Hebrang received, for HDZ as the largest party in the country, an embarrassing 12% of the votes claiming third place, the lowest result for an HDZ presidential candidate ever. [[Ivo Josipović]], the candidate of the largest opposition party, the [[Social Democratic Party of Croatia|Social Democratic Party]], won a landslide victory in the resulting runoff on 10 January.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/josipovic-uvjerljivo-pobijedio-za-bandica-samo-lika-i-dijaspora/2212542/|title=Josipović uvjerljivo pobijedio, za Bandića samo Lika i dijaspora|date=10 January 2010}}</ref> Most political pundits, as well as the majority of the public, believed the true reason of Sanader's surprise return was fear that he will eventually be tied with the numerous corruption scandals which have emerged since he left office. On 4 January, the day after Sanader's ''coup'' as it was called by the press, the HDZ Presidency decided to evict Sanader from the party.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ivo-sanader-izbacen-je-iz-hdz-a/2210571/|title=Ivo Sanader izbačen je iz HDZ-a!|date=4 January 2010}}</ref> The Croatian public quickly rallied in support of Kosor against the hugely unpopular former prime minister, resulting in the highest support for any prime minister since polling began, topping at 77% by the end of February.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/milanovic-preskocio-premijerku-kosor-po-popularnosti-149285|title=Milanović preskočio premijerku Kosor po popularnosti}}</ref>
Throughout 2010, the economy topped corruption as the biggest concern of the government, and the enthusiasm for Kosor and her government soon wore off. Industry shed tens of thousands of jobs, and unemployment soared. Consumer spending reduced drastically compared to record 2007 levels, causing widespread problems in the trade as well as transport industries. The import/export balance did derive a benefit from a large decrease in imports and a more tempered decrease in exports. The continuing declining standard resulted in a quick fall in both the Prime Minister's as well as government's support. In June, Kosor proposed loosening the labor law and making it more business-friendly. This was greatly opposed by the unions who have organized a petition against the proposed changes demanding a referendum on the issue. The petition was signed by over 700,000 citizens, unprecedented in Croatia. Just as the [[2010 Croatian labour law referendum]] was being prepared, the government decided to drop the proposed changes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/kosor-milanovicu-ja-i-tebi-skupljam-placu-154892|title=Kosor: Milanoviću, ja i tebi skupljam plaću}}</ref> The [[Constitutional Court of Croatia|Constitutional Court]] ultimately declared the referendum issue moot, but ordered the government not to subject any changes to the labor law in the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ustavni-sud-sindikatima-vi-ste-neznalice-koje-pozivaju-na-rusenje-drzave/1887987/|title=Ustavni sud sindikatima: Vi ste neznalice koje pozivaju na rušenje države|date=20 October 2010}}</ref> This was seen as a legal way to avoid the referendum which many speculated would be a referendum on the Government rather than on the labor law. The unions criticized the move calling it undemocratic, announcing protests.
In August 2011, at the official celebration of [[Victory Day (Croatia)|Victory Day]], Kosor sent a public greeting to Croatian generals [[Ante Gotovina]] and [[Mladen Markač]] who were in April of the same year found guilty in a first instance verdict of war crimes and crimes against humanity by [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|ICTY]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/croatia/8684853/Croatian-prime-minister-hails-convicted-war-crimes-generals.html|title=Croatian prime minister hails convicted war crimes generals|date=5 August 2011|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> In 2012, they were both acquitted by the ICTY's Appeals Panel and released from custody. Kosor's statement was criticized by Serbian president [[Boris Tadić]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,91446,10079398,Serbia__Tadic_potepia_Kosor_za_pozdrowienie_skazanych.html|title=Serbia. Tadić potępia Kosor za pozdrowienie skazanych generałów |publisher=[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]|language=pl|access-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> leader of the [[Independent Democratic Serb Party]] (SDSS) [[Milorad Pupovac]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/142147/Pupovac-osudio-premijerkin-pozdrav-Gotovini.html|title=Pupovac osudio premijerkin pozdrav Gotovini|date=7 August 2011|publisher=T-Portal|language=hr|access-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> Deputy Prime Minister [[Slobodan Uzelac]] (SDSS), as well as by leaders of the opposition [[Social Democratic Party of Croatia|Social Democratic Party]] and [[Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats|Croatian People's Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/zbog-pozdrava-gotovini-na-premijerku-jadranku-kosor-ljuti-i-lijevi-i-desni/964326/|title=Zbog pozdrava Gotovini na premijerku Jadranku Kosor ljuti i lijevi i desni|publisher=[[Jutarnji list]]|language=hr|access-date=7 August 2011|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230706/http://www.jutarnji.hr/zbog-pozdrava-gotovini-na-premijerku-jadranku-kosor-ljuti-i-lijevi-i-desni/964326/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] expressed concerns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/amnesty-international-zabrinut-zbog--posebnog-pozdrava--jadranke-kosor-koji-je-uputila-anti-gotovini-i-mladenu-markacu/965034/|title=Amnesty International zabrinut zbog 'posebnog pozdrava' Jadranke Kosor Gotovini i Markaču|language=hr|access-date=10 August 2011|archive-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610194450/http://www.jutarnji.hr/amnesty-international-zabrinut-zbog--posebnog-pozdrava--jadranke-kosor-koji-je-uputila-anti-gotovini-i-mladenu-markacu/965034/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur64/010/2011/en/ Document – Croatia: Praise for "Operation Storm" creates climate of impunity] . Amnesty.org (9 March 2011). Retrieved on 2013-03-16.</ref>
===Foreign relations===
Jadranka Kosor signed an agreement with [[Borut Pahor]], the prime minister of [[Slovenia]], in November 2009, that ended [[Slovenia's blockade of Croatia's EU accession]] and allowed [[Accession of Croatia to the European Union|Croatian EU entry negotiations]] to proceed. On 9 December 2011, Prime Minister Kosor and President [[Ivo Josipović]] signed [[Treaty of Accession 2011|EU Accession Treaty]] in [[Brussels]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Josipovic-i-Kosor-potpisali-pristupni-ugovor-s-Europskom-unijom|title=Josipović i Kosor potpisali pristupni ugovor s Europskom unijom! / Novi list|first=Neomedia|last=Komunikacije|website=www.novilist.hr|date=9 December 2011 }}</ref>
===Standing in opinion polls===
[[File:Kosorapproval.png|thumb|Kosor's approval ratings (IpsosPuls November 2009 – December 2011)]]
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;font-size:90%; text-align:upleft; background:white"
|+ Jadranka Kosor's approval ratings
!Date
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|1 August 2009
|First month in office
| 32<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/sokantni-rezultati-istrazivanja-sdp-potukao-hdz.html#video|title=Nikad veća razlika: SDP 'potukao' HDZ}}</ref>
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|29 January 2010
|After expelling Sanader from the party
| 71<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/gradzani-rad-vlade-ocjenjuju-pozitivno.html|title=Nakon svih afera: SDP i HDZ čvrsto drže svoje pozicije}}</ref>
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|30 June 2010
|Labour Union referendum
| 39<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/67-gradzana-misli-da-zemlja-ide-u-pogresnom-smjeru.html|title=Pesimizam i nepovjerenje: Kosor snažno gubi popularnost!}}</ref>
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|25 December 2010
|Arrest of Ivo Sanader
| 33<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dnevnik.hr/sdp-pojedinacno-najjaca-stranka-kosor-pala-za-44-posto.html|title=SDP najjači, potpora Jadranki Kosor pala za 44 posto}}</ref>
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|25 November 2011
|Last poll before losing the election
| 23<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://odluka2011.dnevnik.hr/clanak/vijesti/izbori-2011-crobarometar-kampanja-nikome-nije-donijela-nista.html |title=Izbori 2011. - Crobarometar: Kampanja nikome nije donijela ništa - Odluka 2011 |access-date=22 November 2012 |archive-date=28 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228204250/http://odluka2011.dnevnik.hr/clanak/vijesti/izbori-2011-crobarometar-kampanja-nikome-nije-donijela-nista.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! 27 February 2010
! '''Personal High'''
! '''77'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/u-ovom-trenutku-kosor-se-dobro-prodaje.html|title=U ovom trenutku Kosor se 'dobro prodaje'}}</ref>
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! 29 October 2010
! '''Personal Low'''
! '''22'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ekskluzivno-dramatican-pad-i-hdz-a-i-sdp-a.html|title=Ekskluzivno: Dramatičan pad i HDZ-a i SDP-a!}}</ref>
|-
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==Post-premiership==
[[File:Borut Pahor, Jadranka Kosor and Boris Tadić in 2010 11.jpg|200px|thumb|Kosor with Serbian President [[Boris Tadić]] and Slovenian Prime Minister [[Borut Pahor]]]]
Following HDZ's defeat at the [[2011 Croatian parliamentary election|2011 parliamentary election]], Kosor handed over power to newly elected prime minister, Social Democrat [[Zoran Milanović]]. On 23 December 2011, Kosor was elected Deputy Speaker of the [[Croatian Parliament]] and was also chairwoman of the HDZ's Deputy Club and [[Opposition (Croatia)#List of leaders of the Opposition since the first multi-party election|leader of the opposition]].<ref name="Hrvatski sabor">{{cite web |url=http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=5343|title=Hrvatski sabor|website=www.sabor.hr}}</ref> Kosor contested [[Elections in the Croatian Democratic Union#2012 leadership election|2012 HDZ leadership election]] and came in third out of five candidates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/novosti/hrvatska/clanak/id/167714/tomislav-karamarko-je-cetvrti-predsjednik-hdz-a--najveci-gubitnici-kosor-seks-i-milinovic|title=Dvije kutije prebrojane: Karamarko ima 371, a Kujundžić 342|date=21 May 2012}}</ref> A [[Moderate|moderate conservative]], Kosor continuously publicly criticized [[Tomislav Karamarko]]'s leadership and the new, more conservative, party platform. In 2012, she testified at the trial in the Fimi Media corruption case against Ivo Sanader.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.hr/search?q=Jadranka+Kosor+svjedločila+protiv+Ive+Sanadera&rlz=1C1CHBF_enHR768HR769&oq=Jadranka+Kosor+svjedločila+protiv+Ive+Sanadera&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 |title=Search results |website=www.google.hr}} {{Better source needed|date=August 2022}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=This is a set of Google search results and could change at any time|date=June 2019}} On 12 June 2012, Kosor and [[Vladimir Šeks]] were removed from the positions of Deputy Speakers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/hdz-smijenio-seksa-i-kosor-s-mjesta-potpredsjednika-sabora-nagodit-ce-se-u-slucaju-fimimedia/620255.aspx|title=HDZ smijenio Šeksa i Kosor s mjesta potpredsjednika Sabora: Nagodit će se u slučaju Fimi-media?}}</ref> In 2013, she was expelled from HDZ for "damaging the reputation of the party".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/jadranka-kosor-jednoglasno-izbacena-iz-hdza/665083.aspx|title=Jadranka Kosor jednoglasno izbačena iz HDZ-a!}}</ref>
Kosor continued as an independent, considerably more liberal, politician and eventually formed a deputy club with two [[Croatian Civic Party]] MPs. Kosor voted in favour of presenting the issue of the [[2013 Croatian constitutional referendum|2013 referendum on banning same-sex marriage]] before the Constitutional Court, and against the proposed Constitutional change which represented a change from her previous position on homosexuality and same-sex marriage since she had been known for being against the expansion of LGBT rights. She also voted for the Life Partnership Act which gave same-sex couples in Croatia rights equal to heterosexual married couples.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/black/clanak/jadranka-kosor-homofob-godine/471979.aspx |title=Jadranka Kosor homofob godine |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=24 January 2010 |website=Index.hr |language=hr |trans-title=Jadranka Kosor homophobe of the year |access-date=2 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Damjan Tadić/CROPIX |url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/kosor--pricom-o-gay-brakovima-zele-zasjeniti-cinjenicu-da-sve-poskupljuje--buric--za-nas-gay-nije-ok/1027463/ |title=Kosor: Pričom o gay brakovima žele zasjeniti činjenicu da sve poskupljuje. Burić: Za nas gay nije OK! -Jutarnji List |publisher=Jutarnji.hr |date=11 May 2012 |access-date=19 May 2016 |archive-date=12 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712205402/http://www.jutarnji.hr/kosor--pricom-o-gay-brakovima-zele-zasjeniti-cinjenicu-da-sve-poskupljuje--buric--za-nas-gay-nije-ok/1027463/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/304768/Zbog-referenduma-o-braku-dobivala-sam-uvredljive-poruke.html |title='Zbog referenduma o braku dobivala sam uvredljive poruke!' |newspaper=tportal.hr |date=16 December 2013 |access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crol.hr/index.php/politika-aktivizam/5894-kosor-zakon-o-zivotnom-partnerstvu-razrada-je-ustavne-ideje-o-jednakosti |title=Kosor: Zakon o životnom partnerstvu razrada je ustavne ideje o jednakosti – CroL |publisher=Crol.hr |access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref> After receiving death threats in 2015, Kosor was granted police protection.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/jadranka-kosor-ima-policijsku-zastitu/845942.aspx|title=Jadranka Kosor ima policijsku zaštitu}}</ref> After speculation that she might be the [[Social Democratic Party of Croatia|SDP's]] candidate,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/kosor-jos-ne-zna-s-kim-ce-na-izbore-milanovic-ne-iskljucuje-ponudu-na-sdpovoj-listi-/845123.aspx|title=Kosor još ne zna s kim će na izbore, Milanović ne isključuje ponudu na SDP-ovoj listi}}</ref> Kosor eventually decided to participate in the [[2015 Croatian parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary election]] as a candidate for the liberal [[Successful Croatia]] coalition in the [[Croatian Parliament electoral districts|5th electoral district]]. She wasn't elected to the parliament. She continued to criticize Tomislav Karamarko and [[Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović]] as well as [[Bridge of Independent Lists]] party for their indecisiveness.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/jadranka-kosor-otvorila-blog-pa-ostro-udarila-po-pregovorima-mosta-i-koalicija/860351.aspx|title=Jadranka Kosor otvorila blog pa oštro udarila po pregovorima MOST-a i koalicija}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/kosor-ubola-studenticu-kolindu-zbog-visoke-ako-stalno-ucis-ne-mozes-gubiti-vrijeme-na-preseljenje/859395.aspx|title=Kosor "ubola" studenticu Kolindu zbog Visoke: Ako stalno učiš, ne možeš gubiti vrijeme na preseljenje}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/jadranka-kosor-oplela-po-petrovu-predbacuje-cacicu-da-moze-s-jednima-i-drugima-a-sam-to-predlaze/858227.aspx|title=Jadranka Kosor oplela po Petrovu: Predbacuje Čačiću da može s jednima i drugima, a sam to predlaže}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/kosor-ne-smije-se-reci-koalicija-ali-ovo-valjda-smije--potpisali-su-za-mandatara-kojeg-ne-poznaju/864282.aspx|title=Kosor: Ne smije se reći koalicija, ali ovo valjda smije - potpisali su za mandatara kojeg ne poznaju}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/kosor-ironicno-o-karamarku-e-da-tako-se-i-on-meni-kleo-na-vjernost-prije-upisivanja/863512.aspx|title=Kosor ironično o Karamarku: E, da, tako se i on meni kleo na vjernost prije upisivanja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/kosor-na-twitteru-bocnula-kolindu-jednim-pitanjem/862193.aspx|title=Kosor na Twitteru bocnula Kolindu jednim pitanjem}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/kolinda-na-fejsu-lupetala-o-orjunasima-kosor-je-poklopila-neki-ljudi-nisu-dorasli-funkciji/900542.aspx|title=Kolinda na Fejsu lupetala o Orjunašima, Kosor je poklopila: Neki ljudi nisu dorasli funkciji}}</ref> In February 2016, she called on Prime Minister [[Tihomir Orešković]] to remove [[Zlatko Hasanbegović]] from the position of the Minister of Culture after photograph of him wearing a cap with an [[Ustaše]] badge was published.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/kosor-ako-hasanbegovic-ne-bude-smijenjen-onda-je-ovo-karikatura-od-vlade/874185.aspx|title=Kosor: Ako Hasanbegović ne bude smijenjen, onda je ovo karikatura od Vlade}}</ref> In August 2016, Kosor stated that yelling [[Za dom spremni]] was "an insult to war veterans and their friends who gave their lives for a democratic, independent, and free Croatia".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/jadranka-kosor-svaki-za-dom-spremni-danas-u-kninu-je-uvreda-braniteljima/910832.aspx|title=Jadranka Kosor: Svaki "Za dom spremni!" danas u Kninu je uvreda braniteljima}}</ref>
Kosor is very active on [[Twitter]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/black/clanak/foto-jadranka-kosor-iznenadila-fotografijom-ovo-je-vec-raspojasanost/988376.aspx|title=FOTO Jadranka Kosor iznenadila fotografijom: "Ovo je već raspojasanost"|website=www.index.hr}}</ref> where she writes on daily events and statements by politicians. She also maintains a personal blog - "Day After Yesterday - On Obverses and Reverses of Politics".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jadrankakosorblog.wordpress.com|title=Dan nakon jučer|website=Dan nakon jučer}}</ref> In 2017, she published a book which included texts she wrote on her blog and columns written for the Slovenian leftist newspaper [[Dnevnik (Slovenia)|Dnevnik]] in the period from 2015 to 2017 in which she commented on Croatian interior and foreign politics.
In 2023, she reached the semi-final of Croatia's [[Masked Singer]].<ref name="Insider2023">{{cite web |title='ŠTETA ŠTO JE ISPALA, BAŠ JE BILA MOĆNA': Kosor je i dalje glavna tema u državi, svi su oduševljeni njezinim nastupima |url=https://insider.story.hr/politika/a2247/Jadranka-Kosor-u-Masked-Singeru.html |website=Insider |access-date=3 July 2023 |language=hr}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Jadranka Kosor was married twice; between 1971 and 1981 to Hrvoje Markul, an editor of the HTV Entertainment Program, and between 1984 and 1993 to Ivo Škopljanac, the radio host. Her son [[Lovro Škopljanac]] (b. 1984) works as a senior assistant at the Department of Comparative Literature at the [[Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb|Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/spektakli/jadranka-kosor-postaje-baka-sin-lovro-skopljanac-31-tajno-se-vjencao-s-djevojkom-mateom-cekaju-bebu/174115/|title=JADRANKA KOSOR POSTAJE BAKA Sin Lovro Škopljanac (31) tajno se vjenčao s djevojkom Mateom, čekaju bebu|date=9 October 2015}}</ref>
She has published five books - two of poetry, two related to the Croatian War of Independence and one containing her comments on Croatian politics. Kosor received ''The Golden Pen Award of the Croatian Journalists' Association'', ''European Union's Humanitarian Award'', ''European Circle Award of the Croatian European House'' and ''[[Croatian Radiotelevision|HRT]]'s Lifetime Achievement Award "Ivan Šibl"''. She is an honorary member of the ''Association of Parents of Deceased Veterans'', Honorary Vice President of the ''Association of the Deafblind "Dodir"'', Honorary President of the ''Association of Homeland Defence War Veterans - HVIDRA'', Honorary President of the ''Association of Croatian Homeland Defence War Veterans Treated for PTSD of the Šibenik-Knin County - "Tvrđava Knin"'' and Honorary President of the ''International Committee of Humanists for the Protection of Children and Families from Abuse and Violence''.<ref name="Hrvatski sabor"/>
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