| Ivana Kekin | |
|---|---|
 Kekin in 2024 | |
| Member of the Croatian Parliament | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 15 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Rada Borić |
| Constituency | District I |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ivana Novosel (1984-01-24) 24 January 1984 (age 40) |
| Political party | We Can! (since 2022) New Left (since 2016) |
| Spouse |
Mile Kekin
(m. 2007) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | ivanakekin |
Ivana Kekin (née Novosel; born 24 January 1984) is a Croatian politician of We Can!. Since 2021, she has been a member of the Croatian Parliament. She was elected member of the Zagreb Assembly in the 2021 local elections, and serves as vice president of the assembly. Since 2020, she has served as president of New Left.
From 2021 to 2024, Kekin was a substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In the 2024 European Parliament election, she was elected member of the European Parliament, and ceded her mandate to Gordan Bosanac on the day of the election. In September 2024, she announced her candidacy for the 2024 Croatian presidential election.
Kekin is married to Mile Kekin, frontman of the punk rock band Hladno Pivo, with whom she has a son and a daughter. She also appeared in Hladno Pivo's 2013 music video "Bilo koji broj".
References
- ^ Buva, Mia (9 June 2020). "Tko je samozatajna Ivana? Ugledna liječnica Kekina je nagovorila na ulazak u politiku". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Psihijatrica u utrci za Pantovčak. Ivana Kekin kandidatkinja je Možemo! za predsjedničke izbore". Women in Adria (in Croatian). 10 September 2024.
- "Rječita, neumoljiva, britka i jasna, a jednom ministru se od nje dizala kosa na glavi: Tko je nova Milanovićeva izazivačica?". Večernji list (in Croatian). 10 September 2024.
- "Ms Ivana Kekin (Croatia, UEL)". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
- "Iako je osvojila daleko najviše glasova, Ivana Kekin se odrekla mandata: 'U Bruxelles ide naš Bosanac'". Telegram.hr (in Croatian). 9 June 2024.
- "Ivana Kekin predstavila kandidaturu za predsjednicu RH: 'Razmišljajući o tome stalno sam se vraćala na jedno pitanje...'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 10 September 2024.
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