In the 1990s she joined the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and became one of the advisors to President Franjo Tuđman.

[citation needed] In the late 1990s she handled negotiations leading to the peaceful integration of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia into Croatia.

After Granić resigned she took the leadership of DC and joined the government of Ivo Sanader as the minister of justice.

[citation needed] The Croatian judiciary has generally been perceived as one of the most corrupt and most inefficient branches of government.

Škare-Ožbolt launched a highly publicised drive for reform, most notably by trying to digitalise the land registries, which have been notoriously inaccessible.