the South-East European Cooperation Process and was also a member of the Interparliamentary Co-operation Committee. On 14 October 2016, Matić was elected back into an MP, using "Predrag" as his personal name. On 1 March 2019, he changed his name to "Predrag Fred" Matić following his reelection. During those years, since November 2016, he was a head of the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the South-East European Cooperation Process and was a member of the Interparliamentary Co-operation Committee. Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present Matić has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on Fisheries and on the Committee on Culture and Education. He is an alternate member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, where he serves as the parliament's rapporteur on sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU. In addition to his committee assignments, Matić is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula. Political positions In 2018, Matić commented on Aleksandar Vučić's statement that Croatia wanted a country without Serbs, comparing it to Adolf Hitler's comments on how he wanted Germany without Jews. References 1962 births Living people Social Democratic Party of Croatia politicians People from Požega, Croatia University of Osijek alumni MEPs for Croatia 2019–2024 Order of Duke Domagoj recipients Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski recipients Military personnel of the Croatian War of Independence