PROFILE OF VICE PREMIER ZELJKA ANTUNOVIC

ZAGREB, Jan 28 (Hina) - Zeljka Antunovic, a newly-appointed Vice Premier of Croatia's new coalition Government of six parties, was born in Virovitica in 1955. She is married and has two children. From 1995 to 1999 she was a representative of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDPH) at the Croatian National Sabor and chairwoman of the Committee for Family, Youth and Sport. Antunovic graduated from Zagreb's Faculty of Foreign Trade in 1979 and in 1999 completed "Management in Transition Conditions" programme at Harvard University. Between 1980 and 1984 she headed the finance department at the meat- processing industry "Sljeme" and between 1984 and 1993 she headed the finance department at Zagreb's Housing-Utility company. She was the editor-in-chief and advisor with "Accounting and Finances" magazine of the Croatian Association of Accountants and Financial Officials from 1993 to 1995. She wrote several articles and handbooks on economy and finances. Between 1994 and 1995 and 1997 and 1998 Antunovic was a member of the Zagreb City Assembly. From 1994 to 1995 she was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Head Committee and from 1997 to 1998 a member of the SDP Committee for Zagreb. She was the president of the SDP Women's Social Democratic Forum from 1995 to 1999. (hina) rml