Sanda Rašković Ivić ( sr-Cyrl, Санда Рашковић Ивић, ; born 8 January 1956) is a former Serbian politician, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She was the president of the

Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia (, , abbr. NDSS), known as the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) until 2022, is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Miloš Jovanović serves as the current president of NDSS. DSS was formed as ...

from 2014 to 2016. She has served as one of the vice-presidents of the People's Party since 2017 and is currently serving as a member of the

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. She was previously a commissioner for refugees, the president of Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija, and Serbian ambassador to Italy

Biography

She is a daughter of doctors

Jovan Rašković Jovan Rašković ( sr-cyr, Јован Рашковић, ; 5 July 1929 – 28 July 1992) was a Serbs of Croatia, Croatian Serb psychiatrist, academic and politician. Early life Rašković was born in Knin in 1929. During World War II in Yugoslavia ...

and Tanja Stipišić. She is of paternal

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descent, and maternal

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and

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descent. Her maternal grandmother was from

Trieste Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the Province of Trieste, ...

. She finished primary and high school in

Šibenik Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...

and the School of Medicine of the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...

in 1980. She passed her examination for psychiatrist in 1986. Sanda is the author of many technical papers of

psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental disorder, mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, Mood (psychology), mood, emotion, and behavior. ...

and

psychotherapy Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of Psychology, psychological methods, particularly when based on regular Conversation, personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase hap ...

References

External links

Democratic Party of Serbia
- Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Raskovic Ivic, Sanda 1956 births Living people Physicians from Zagreb Democratic Party of Serbia politicians 21st-century Serbian women politicians 21st-century Serbian politicians Serbian psychiatrists School of Medicine, University of Zagreb alumni Serbian nationalists Women psychiatrists Croatian emigrants to Serbia Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Politicians from Zagreb Serbian people of Croatian descent Serbian people of Italian descent Croatian people of Serbian descent Croatian people of Italian descent Women members of the National Assembly (Serbia)