Tonino Picula

Tonino Picula MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Croatia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2013
Observer of the European Parliament for Croatia
In office 1 April 2012 – 1 July 2013
Mayor of Velika Gorica
In office 17 June 2005 – 17 June 2009
Preceded by	Ivan Šuker
Succeeded by	Dražen Barišić
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 27 January 2000 – 22 December 2003
Prime Minister	Ivica Račan
Preceded by	Mate Granić
Succeeded by	Miomir Žužul
Personal details
Born	(1961-08-31) 31 August 1961 (age 62) Mali Lošinj, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Political party	Social Democratic Party Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Spouse	Marijana Mikić
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Zagreb (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Website	Official website

Tonino Picula (born 31 August 1961) is a Croatian politician currently serving his fourth term as a Member of the European Parliament for Croatia, having successfully run in 2013, 2014, 2019 and 2024 European elections. .^[1] He got involved in politics in the early 1990s and had served four consecutive terms as a member of the Croatian Parliament, having been elected in 2000, 2003, 2007, and 2011 parliamentary elections as a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP).^[2] He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2003^[3] under prime minister Ivica Račan, and as mayor of Velika Gorica from 2005 to 2009.^[4]

Picula is a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP) and sits with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament.^[5][6]