Andro Krstulović Opara

Andro Krstulović Opara (born 22 May 1967) is a Croatian politician and art historian who served as Mayor of Split from 2017 to 2021.

Early life and education Opara was born on 22 May 1967 in Split where he finished elementary and high school, after which he enrolled at the Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences from which he graduated in art history and archaeology. In 1993 he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and in 1995 from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Opara is currently enrolled in the doctoral program Building heritage at the Zagreb Faculty of Architecture.

Political career Opara was elected to the Croatian Parliament at the 1990 first multi-party elections as one of the three representatives of students at the Council of Associated Labour (one of Parliaments' three houses that does not exist anymore), but in reality he represented Youth of the Croatian Democratic Union. Krstulović Opara speaks Croatian, English and Italian fluently. He is a member of the Croatian Archaeological Society, Matica hrvatska, Split Literary Circle, HVK Gusar Split and Rotary club Split.

On 23 January 2018, it was reported that Opara suffered from malignant cancer of skin and mucous which spread to the brain. He is undergoing a treatment.