Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia)

Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Agency overview
Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova

Formed	31 May 1990
Jurisdiction	Government of Croatia
Headquarters	Trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 7–8, Zagreb, Croatia
Employees	670 (2015)^[1]
Annual budget	^[2] HRK 613 million (2015)^[3]
Minister responsible	Miro Kovač
Website	www.mvpei.hr

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 in charge of foreign relations and admission into the European Union.

List of ministers

Palace of the Ministry on Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square in Zagreb

Foreign affairs ministers

The current Minister Miro Kovač is the 12th Foreign Affairs Minister of Croatia. 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.

Minister		Term start	Term end	Days in office
Mršić, ZdravkoZdravko Mršić	HDZ	000000001990-05-31-000031 May 1990	000000001990-11-08-00008 November 1990	7007139104000000000♠161
Vinko, FraneFrane Vinko	HDZ	000000001990-11-08-00008 November 1990	000000001991-05-03-00003 May 1991	7007152064000000000♠176
Rudolf, DavorinDavorin Rudolf	HDZ	000000001991-05-03-00003 May 1991	000000001991-07-31-000031 July 1991	7006768960000000000♠89
Šeparović, ZvonimirZvonimir Šeparović	HDZ	000000001991-07-31-000031 July 1991	000000001992-05-27-000027 May 1992	7007260064000000000♠301
Škrabalo, ZdenkoZdenko Škrabalo	HDZ	000000001992-06-09-00009 June 1992	000000001993-05-28-000028 May 1993	7007304992000000000♠353
Granić, MateMate Granić	HDZ	000000001993-05-28-000028 May 1993	000000002000-01-27-000027 January 2000	7008210384000000000♠2,435
Picula, ToninoTonino Picula	SDP	000000002000-01-27-000027 January 2000	000000002003-12-22-000022 December 2003	7008123120000000000♠1,425
Žužul, MiomirMiomir Žužul	HDZ	000000002003-12-23-000023 December 2003	000000002005-02-17-000017 February 2005	7007364608000000000♠422
Grabar-Kitarović, KolindaKolinda Grabar-Kitarović	HDZ	000000002005-02-17-000017 February 2005	000000002008-01-12-000012 January 2008	7007914976000000000♠1,059
Jandroković, GordanGordan Jandroković	HDZ	000000002008-01-13-000013 January 2008	000000002011-12-23-000023 December 2011	7008124416000000000♠1,440
Pusić, VesnaVesna Pusić^[d]	HNS	000000002011-12-23-000023 December 2011	000000002016-01-22-000022 January 2016	7008128822400000000♠1,491
Kovač, MiroMiro Kovač	HDZ	000000002016-01-22-000022 January 2016	Incumbent	7005259200000000000♠3

Source: MVPEI.hr (Croatian)

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.

Minister		Term start	Term end	Days in office
Mintas-Hodak, LjerkaLjerka Mintas-Hodak^[a]	HDZ	000000001998-04-03-00003 April 1998	000000002000-01-27-000027 January 2000	7007573696000000000♠664
Jakovčić, IvanIvan Jakovčić^[b]	IDS	000000002000-01-27-000027 January 2000	000000002001-06-21-000021 June 2001	7007441504000000000♠511
Mimica, NevenNeven Mimica	SDP	000000002001-09-28-000028 September 2001	000000002003-12-23-000023 December 2003	7007705024000000000♠816
Grabar-Kitarović, KolindaKolinda Grabar-Kitarović^[c]	HDZ	000000002003-12-23-000023 December 2003	000000002005-02-16-000016 February 2005	7007363744000000000♠421

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.

References

↑ Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN 9789538034039
"...(on day 19. February 2015)."
↑ http://www.mfin.hr/hr/drzavni-proracun-2014-godina
↑ http://www.mfin.hr/hr/drzavni-proracun-2015-godina

External links

Official website

Coordinates: 45°48′36″N 15°58′45″E / 45.81000°N 15.97917°E / 45.81000; 15.97917

Foreign relations of Croatia

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Multilateral	NATO European Union

Diplomacy	Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Diplomatic missions of / in Croatia Croatia–Serbia border dispute Croatia–Slovenia border disputes Croatian diaspora

Government ministries of Croatia

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