四年一度的世界杯结束了。虽然，法国赢得了最终的冠军，但顽强的格子军团克罗地亚竭尽全力，拼搏了整场比赛，创造了历史，也赢得了世界。
而头号球迷——克罗地亚女总统也在本届世界杯持续走红。
伴随着克罗地亚狂想曲，让我们一起来认识一下她。
How old is Croatia president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who is her husband and when was she elected?
Croatia beat Russia to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals and they had an extra special guest cheering them on in Sochi
THE World Cup final has arrived and one of Croatia's biggest fans will be there - President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.
The Nato summit kept her away from the semi-final, where her country broke English hearts, but she has flown straight back to Moscow for the final against France.
Grabar-Kitarovic was spotted cheering Croatia on in her national jersey, next to Fifa president Gianni Infantino
Grabar-Kitarovic was born on April 29, 1968 in Rijeka in the Croatian part of Yugoslavia.
The Croatian president, 50, signed up[1] to a student exchange programme while at school, spending a year at Los Alamos High School in New Mexico.
[1]sign up:If you sign up for an organization or if an organization signs you up, you sign a contract officially agreeing to do a job or course of study. 和…签约; 报名参加 (课程)
He signed up as a flight attendant with Korean Air.
他与大韩航空公司签了约，当机乘员。
She later studied in Zagreb, Vienna, Washington DC and Havard, before completing her doctoral studies in her home country three years ago.
Grabar-Kitarovic is fluent in Croatian, English, Spanish and Portuguese, while she has some understanding of German, French and Italian.
Noticed for her curvaceous[曲线美的] figure, some fans have mistaken her for model Coco Austin and US porn star Diamond Foxxx.
When was she elected?
Grabar-Kitarovic became the fourth Preisdent of Croatia in February 2015, the first woman to do so.
She has held multiple positions since joining the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in 1993, starting out as an adviser to the Foreign ministry.
[2]start out as: If someone or something starts out as a particular thing, they are that thing at the beginning although they change later. 起初是
Daly was a fast-talking Irish-American who had started out as a salesman.
戴利是个巧舌如簧的爱尔兰裔美国人，他起初是个推销员。
Following her studies in Washington DC, Grabar-Kitarovic returned to the Balkan country, joining their parliament.
Prior to becoming president, she worked as a Croatian Ambassador to the United States and as Assistant Secretary General of NATO before being elected by beating the the current head of state Ivo Josipovic.
The Croatian president and her husband Jakov met Queen Elizabeth II in 2016
Who is her husband?
Kolinda Grabar married[3] Jakov Kitarovic in 1996, with whom she had two children.
[3]marry: marry这个词很特殊，因为它可以同时表示中文里的“嫁”和“娶”，英文解释为“if you marry someone, you become their husband or wife”
He married Bea in 1925.
他在1925年娶了贝亚。（娶）
I’m going to ask her to marry me on St Valentine’s Day.
我打算在情人节向她求婚。（嫁）
Her daughter, 17-year-old Katarina, is a junior national champion figure skater[花样滑冰运动员], while the couple's son Luka was born in 2003.
Mr Kitarovic was a part of scandal while his wife was serving in Washington DC in 2010, having been spotted[发现] using an embassy car for private purposes.
Despite Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic claiming she works 24 hours a day, she paid the expenses for Jakov's unauthorised use of the vehicle.
来源：The Sun
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