Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic: Who is the woman who captured the heart of the football world yesterday?

Sometimes, nature shows its dramatic talent: the Croats had just lost the final of the World Cup, should clinch their medal for second place on stage Luzhniki stadium, when the Moscow sky opened its locks. In torrents, it rained on a team visibly discouraged to superstar Luca Modric. Especially his mood could not elucidate the award as the tournament's best player.

The head of the Croatian government

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic who participated in the series of handshake, also warmly welcomed the slim Modric. She hugged him close for a few seconds, caressing her head almost maternally, and spoke to her with tears in her eyes. In the network, the images immediately became a hit, waves of sympathy beat Grabar-Kitarovic.

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic conquers the hearts at the World Cup

two weeks in fact only with the football jersey had to be seen. The dress code is supposed to have required a suit or dress of guests on the VIP booth, according to rumors in the circles of the World Cup. Meanwhile, Grabar-Kitarovic's red and white jersey twinkled twice. After the match of Denmark, she did not miss the opportunity to visit the sweaty heroes in the cabin and push them in turn. In the match against Russia, she made a small victory in the box in front of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. On her Facebook page, she posted a photo during the tournament that shows she was a regular flight attendant in an airliner – the message: I fly in Economy Class as any fan.

Not everyone likes their performances. In a guest contribution to the "World" wrote the Serbo-Croatian writer Danko Rabrenovic, their behavior had been "embarrassing" after the semifinals. She wanted to "earn political points by dragging anyone's neck in the VIP box that could not run away quickly enough". I am used to something else by the Chancellor and other Heads of State.

Also at home As president, she has mainly representative tasks, but she also intervenes politically – and expresses herself on current political issues. She criticized Angela Merkel for her refugee policy in 2015. Several politicians are struck by this, they wanted a neutral president.

No matter how many fans, at the time of the World Cup finals she captured the heart of the (football) world, especially because she was so moved, not only did she touch the superstar of her team . She squeezed, kissed and kissed all the other players on her team – and congratulated the victorious Frenchmen so she was so caught up in her cuddly delusions that she even hugged the referee and the linesman. Moreover, unlike Vladimir Putin, the rain did not seem to bother her at all: she stood there, soaking wet and laughing happily. Previously, she had already celebrated in the VIP Gallery. In one scene, she caresses the French president, who continues the game no less euphoric.

Grabar-Kitarovic likes to introduce himself as the mother of the nation

Kenner is not surprised by his participation in the World Cup final, but she also loves being the mother of the nation and wants to be the star

Grabar-Kitarovic does not come from a family of politicians – but she worked rigorously towards her own political career: In 1968 she was born the daughter of a butcher at the time Rijeka Yugoslav. She studied English and Spanish in the early 90s as a graduate and later in postgraduate studies in German. In addition, she trained at the Vienna Diplomatic Academy and a MA in Political Science in International Relations.

Later she became an ambassador to the United States and secretary of state. She has also held a leading position at NATO. In 2015, she was extremely close and by a president of Croatia. She has been married since 1996 and has a daughter (born in 2001) and a son (2003). Politically, she likes to preach the conservative values ​​of her homeland and her family, but her private life shows how little she thinks: her husband, for his career, leaves his professorship at the Rijeka Maritime Faculty and holds his own. takes care of both children. ] Grabar-Kitarovic was an active politician until 2015, a member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), a national-conservative party to Christian Democrat. To take the presidency, she resigned from the party. Now she is playing on the big stage for Croatia, goes to the NATO summit, as last week, or she embraces the national team after the World Cup final. As long as she will not wear the jersey for the next state meeting, most Croats will probably forgive her for any exaggerated emotions after this splendid World Cup.