After her husband's election as President of Croatia in 2000 she kept a low profile and seldom accompanied him on official trips and state visits abroad. However, she came to public attention in 2010, when it was revealed that she had acquired two apartments in Zagreb (along with the one already owned by the Mesić family) which were together valued at approximately 1.9 million kuna, having purchased them from a company owned by Stjepan Mesić's former presidential campaign manager Štefanija Balog.