Romana Jerković
Member of the European Parliament for Croatia
Assumed office
1 February 2020
Personal details
Born (1964-11-28) 28 November 1964
Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Political partySDP
Alma materUniversity of Rijeka

Romana Jerković (born 28 November 1964) is a Croatian politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the Croatian nationwide constituency since February 2020.

Political career

Member of the Croatian Parliament, 2011–2015

Jerković was a member of the Sabor from 2011 to 2015.[1]

Member of the European Parliament, 2020–present

Jerković stood for her party at the 2019 European Parliament election in Croatia failing to win a seat immediately but securing a seat among the British seats that were redistributed after the UK left the European Union. She took her seat in the European Parliament after Brexit.[2]

In parliament, Jerković has since been serving on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.[3] She has been the parliament's rapporteur on the European Commission's 2021 proposal for a regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions (eIDAS).[4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Jerković is part of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee[5] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Romana Jerković (SDP)".
  2. ↑ Morgan, Sam (2019-05-31). "Post-Brexit Parliament: Winners and losers". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  3. ↑ Romana Jerković European Parliament.
  4. ↑ Laura Kabelka (7 June 2022), Leading MEP proposes changes on privacy, access, interoperability for European digital wallet Euractiv.
  5. ↑ Romana Jerković European Parliament.
  6. ↑ Intergroup European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC).


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