Andrea Bekic began her career as a Liaison-officer and interpreter for the European Community Monitoring Mission in Croatia and Former Yugoslavia. In March 1992, she entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an Assistant in the Office of Minister Zvonimir Šeparović. Afterwards, she was Second Secretary and advisor to the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry. Andrea Bekic continued her diplomatic career as a First Secretary in the Embassy of Croatia in Portugal. Later on, she was counsellor in the North America Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As the Head of the North American Department, in the 2003–2006 period, she was involved in negotiating SOFA with the US and shaping Croatian policies for NATO membership. In 2011, Andrea Bekic was nominated senior diplomat in the Department for EU institutions, and Senior diplomat in the Department for Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy. As the Head of the Missions and Operations Department, Andrea Bekic represented Croatia in various EU fora and at the Steering Committee of the European Security and Defence College. She also coordinated Croatia’s projects in the Task Force for Tunisia within the Community of Democracies. In 2013, Andrea Bekic was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia to the Republic of Poland. In 2018, she was appointed Ambassador to The Swiss Confederation.
Personal life
Andrea Bekić is married to Dr. Darko Bekić, a retired Ambassador and a historian of diplomacy. She is the mother of two sons. She is fluent in Croatian, English and French and has a working knowledge of Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and German.
Publications
Andrea Bekić, Review of Economic and Social Development of Portugal Before and After Joining EC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Diplomatic Academy, Zagreb, March 2004. Andrea Bekic, Perception of the establishment of Republic of Croatia in key political capitals:Washington, Bonn, London, Bruxelles Moscow 1990–1992, Zagreb, 2009. Andrea Bekic, Continuity of US Policy towards the Republic of Croatia from the First Multiparty Elections to International Recognition,1990–1992, International Studies, Vol.10,No.2, 2010., pp. 12–38 Andrea Bekic, London and Bonn - Two Poles of the European Community's Policy Concerning the Recognition of the Republic of Croatia in 1991, Journal of Contemporary History, Zagreb, No.2, 2010, pp. 339–366. Andrea Bekic, The Influence of Small Member States on Framing or Defining and Implementing the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, Zagreb, 2012. Andrea Bekic, Preface by the Ambassador of Croatia, in E.Pralat, Giants in Seamless Cultural Links Between Greater Poland and Croatia in the 19th Century, Poznan-Lodz,2014. Andrea Bekic, "Slovenian Blockade of the Accession Negotiations Between the Republic of Croatia and the EU", in J.Vujić, M.Nakić, red., Croatian Membership in the EU; Challenges and Perspectives, Croatian Diplomatic Association, Zagreb, 2015. Andrea Bekić, "Croatia was not a «willing executioner» in the Holocaust", Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 19.12.2018
