Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_European_Integration_(Croatia)
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia)
Government ministry of the Republic of Croatia
The ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova or MVEP) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is responsible for the country's foreign relations, its diplomatic missions and relations to international organisations, especially the European Union.
| Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 31 May 1990 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Croatia |
| Headquarters | Trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 7–8, Zagreb, Croatia |
| Employees | 670 (2015)[1] |
| Annual budget | HRK 613 million (2015)[2] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | mvep |
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Foreign affairs ministers
The 15th and current minister is Gordan Grlić-Radman, in office since 22 July 2019. The longest serving minister was Mate Granić (1993–2000), under Prime Ministers Nikica Valentić and Zlatko Mateša, and the shortest serving was Davorin Rudolf who held the post for three months between May 1991 to July 1991 under Prime Minister Josip Manolić.
Political parties:
Croatian Democratic Union (13)
Social Democratic Party (1)
Croatian People's Party (1)
| No. | Portrait | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ![Zdravko Mršić [hr]](./File:No_image.png) | Mršić, ZdravkoZdravko Mršić [hr] (born 1936) | 31 May 1990 | 8 November 1990 | 161 days | HDZ | Mesić Manolić |
| 2 | | Golem, Frane VinkoFrane Vinko Golem (1938–2007) | 8 November 1990 | 3 May 1991 | 176 days | HDZ | Manolić |
| 3 | | Rudolf, DavorinDavorin Rudolf [hr] (born 1936) | 3 May 1991 | 31 July 1991 | 89 days | HDZ | Manolić Gregurić |
| 4 | | Šeparović, ZvonimirZvonimir Šeparović (1928–2022) | 31 July 1991 | 27 May 1992 | 301 days | HDZ | Gregurić |
| 5 | | Škrabalo, ZdenkoZdenko Škrabalo (1929–2014) | 9 June 1992 | 28 May 1993 | 353 days | HDZ | Gregurić Šarinić Valentić |
| 6 |  | Granić, MateMate Granić* (born 1947) | 28 May 1993 | 27 January 2000 | 6 years, 244 days | HDZ | Valentić Mateša |
| 7 |  | Picula, ToninoTonino Picula (born 1961) | 27 January 2000 | 22 December 2003 | 3 years, 329 days | SDP | Račan I–II |
| 8 | | Žužul, MiomirMiomir Žužul (born 1955) | 23 December 2003 | 17 February 2005 | 1 year, 56 days | HDZ | Sanader I |
| 9 |  | Grabar-Kitarović, KolindaKolinda Grabar-Kitarović (born 1968) | 17 February 2005 | 12 January 2008 | 2 years, 329 days | HDZ | Sanader I |
| 10 |  | Jandroković, GordanGordan Jandroković* (born 1967) | 13 January 2008 | 23 December 2011 | 3 years, 344 days | HDZ | Sanader II Kosor |
| 11 | ![Vesna Pusić*[d]](./File:V_pusic.jpg) | Pusić, VesnaVesna Pusić*[d] (born 1953) | 23 December 2011 | 22 January 2016 | 4 years, 30 days | HNS | Milanović |
| 12 |  | Kovač, MiroMiro Kovač (born 1968) | 22 January 2016 | 19 October 2016 | 271 days | HDZ | Orešković |
| 13 | .jpg) | Stier, Davor IvoDavor Ivo Stier* (born 1972) | 19 October 2016 | 19 June 2017 | 243 days | HDZ | Plenković I |
| 14 | .jpg) | Pejčinović Burić, MarijaMarija Pejčinović Burić* (born 1963) | 19 June 2017 | 22 July 2019 | 2 years, 33 days | HDZ | Plenković I |
| 15 | .jpg) | Grlić-Radman, GordanGordan Grlić-Radman (born 1958) | 22 July 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 276 days | HDZ | Plenković I–II |
- Source: MVPEI.hr (in Croatian)
(*) Ministers of Foreign Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.
European integration ministers
The Ministry for European Integration was a short-lived ministry which was established during Prime Minister Ivica Račan in 2000. It grew out of the Government Office for European Integration and was later merged with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 2005 under Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. The ministry was charged with overseeing the changes to the legislation needed to comply with the community acquis in preparation and during the Accession of Croatia to the European Union.
Political parties:
Croatian Democratic Union (2)
Social Democratic Party (1)
Istrian Democratic Assembly (1)
| No. | Portrait | Minister for European Integration | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Mintas-Hodak, LjerkaLjerka Mintas-Hodak*[a] (born 1952) | 3 April 1998 | 27 January 2000 | 1 year, 299 days | HDZ | Mateša |
| 2 | ![Ivan Jakovčić[b]](./File:16_obljetnica_vojnoredarstvene_operacije_Oluja_04082011_Ivan_Jakovcic_863.jpg) | Jakovčić, IvanIvan Jakovčić[b] (born 1957) | 27 January 2000 | 21 June 2001 | 1 year, 145 days | IDS | Račan I |
| 3 |  | Mimica, NevenNeven Mimica (born 1953) | 28 September 2001 | 23 December 2003 | 2 years, 86 days | SDP | Račan I–II |
| 4 | | Grabar-Kitarović, KolindaKolinda Grabar-Kitarović[c] (born 1968) | 23 December 2003 | 16 February 2005 | 1 year, 55 days | HDZ | Sanader I |
(*) Ministers for European Integration who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.
Notes
- a. ^ Unofficial minister. Mintas-Hodak was head of the Government Office for European Integration (Croatian: Ured za europske integracije) established in 1998.
- b. ^ Jakovčić was appointed first head of the newly formed Ministry for European Integration in 2000 in the Cabinet of Ivica Račan I. The ministry was created out of the former Government Office for European Integration.
- c. ^ Grabar-Kitarović was appointed European integration minister in 2003 in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I. On 16 February 2005 the Ministry for European Integration was merged with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Grabar-Kitarović took over as head of the merged ministry.
- d. ^ Pusić was appointed to the post of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, as the ministry was renamed in 2011 in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović.
- Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN 9789538034039
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