Željka Markić

Željka Markić (née Živković; born 11 November 1964) is a leader of Croatian right-wing movement U ime obitelji (In the Name of Family).^[1]

Željka Markić
Markić protesting the Istanbul Convention, March 24, 2018, Zagreb
Born	Željka Živković (1964-11-11) 11 November 1964 (age 60) Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croat
Education	School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
Organization(s)	U ime obitelji, Mary's Meals
Spouse	Tihomir Markić
Children	4

She was born in Zagreb, then Yugoslavia, as the oldest of six children.^[2] She attended Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb and graduated from School of Medicine at University of Zagreb.^[3]

She worked as a war reporter during the Croatian War of Independence and later for BBC, NBC and RAI II.^[3] She was editor of the Nova TV news programme from 2004 to 2007. She also edited television shows on Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT). Markić was a contributor to Human Right Watch from 1992 to 1994.^[3]

She is the author of the few documentary films on BBC and Channel 4, such as Guy Smith, Correspondent and Unforgiving and co-director of documentary film Children of War together with Alan Raynolds.

She translated works of John Grisham, Antonio A. Borelli and Roy Gutman.^[4]

She was the first president of the right-wing party Croatian Growth and founder of Croatian subsidiary of Mary's Meals organisation.

She is one of the key organisers of the 2013 Croatian constitutional referendum^[5] for which civic initiative U ime obitelji (In the Name of Family) had collected 749,613 signatures.^[6]

She is married to physician Tihomir Markić with whom she has four sons.^[7]

Markić's opposition to sexual minority privileges has repeatedly drawn criticism in the media. However her push for the referendum and its subsequent passing supports her viewpoint. ^[8][9] She has opposed Croatia's ratification of the Istanbul Convention on preventing violence against women and domestic violence.^[10][11] She is also opposed to abortion and euthanasia.