Mato Franković

In 2003 he graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York with a degree in Applied Sciences, and then continued to develop his professional career in tourism. He was the manager of the Generalturist office in Dubrovnik (2005–2009), and also the executive director of the Lanta Generalturist office in Montenegro (2007–2009).

In 2009 he was appointed as the director of ACI Marina Dubrovnik. He retained this position for a full eight years, up until the year 2017, when he was elected as mayor of Dubrovnik during the direct elections. He also took on the role of Regional Coordinator for covering the South Adriatic region (2013–2015).[1]

He was also Chairman of Hotel Maestral’s Advisory Board (2006–2012), and a Tourist Council member of the Croatian National Tourist Board (2016–2017).

Among numerous political activities, he was also Chairman of the Dubrovnik city council (2015–2017), and a member of the Croatian Parliament (2016–2017), where he was also Head of the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

He is an active member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), as well as Chairman of Dubrovnik’s HDZ City Committee since 2014.

As a member of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, Franković has served as president of the Dubrovnik city council from 2015 to 2017. In the 2017 local elections, he was elected mayor of Dubrovnik.[2]