Katica Ivanišević

{{Short description|Croatian university professor and politician (1935–2024)}}

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{{Infobox President

| name = Katica Ivanišević

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| order1 =

| office1 = 2nd Speaker of the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament

| term_start1 = 12 May 1997

| term_end1 = 28 March 2001

| predecessor1 = Zvonimir Červenko (as Acting Speaker)
Herself (as Speaker)

| successor1 = Office abolished

| term_start2 = 23 May 1994

| term_end2 = 12 May 1997

| predecessor2 = Damir Zorić (as Deputy Speaker)
Josip Manolić (as Speaker)

| successor2 = Zvonimir Červenko (as Acting Speaker)
Herself (as Speaker)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|1|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Omišalj
(now Croatia)

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|7|17|1935|1|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Rijeka, Croatia

| nationality = Croat

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Katica Ivanišević (11 January 1935 – 17 July 2024) was a Croatian university professor and politician who served as the 2nd Speaker of the Chamber of Counties of Croatia, formerly the upper house of the Croatian Parliament, from 1994 until the chamber's abolition by constitutional changes in 2001. She was the first and to date only woman to serve as parliamentary speaker in an independent Croatia.

Ivanišević is a professor emeritus of the University of Rijeka. She specialized in American literature. She was the first woman rector in Croatia, serving as a rector of the University of Rijeka. She died on 17 July 2024, at the age of 89.{{Cite web |title=In memoriam Katica Ivanišević (1935-2024) – Filozofski Fakultet u Rijeci |url=https://ffri.uniri.hr/in-memoriam-katica-ivanisevic-1935-2024/ |access-date=18 November 2024 |language=hr}}