Marina Pendeš

Marina Pendeš
Pendeš in 2016
Member of the House of Peoples
Assumed office
23 December 2019
Minister of Defence
In office
31 March 2015  23 December 2019
Prime MinisterDenis Zvizdić
Preceded byZekerijah Osmić
Succeeded bySifet Podžić
Personal details
Born (1964-08-20) 20 August 1964
Travnik, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityBosnian Croat
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union (1995–present)
Other political
affiliations
League of Communists (1987–1989)
Alma materMilitary Technical Academy "Ivan Gošnjak", Zagreb

Marina Pendeš (born 20 August 1964) is a Bosnian Croat politician serving as member of the national House of Peoples since 2019. She served as Minister of Defence from 2015 to 2019 and Deputy Minister of Defence from 2004 to 2015. Previously, she was a member of the Central Bosnia Canton Assembly and later Government from 2002 to 2004.

Pendeš is a member of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina, currently also a member of the Presidency and Main Board of the party.