Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (Croatia)
{{Short description|Government ministry of the Republic of Croatia}}
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|nativename = Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova
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|formed = 31 May 1990
|headquarters = Trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 7–8, Zagreb, Croatia
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|employees = 670 (2015)Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. {{ISBN|9789538034039}}
"...(on day 19. February 2015)."
|budget = HRK 613 million (2015){{Cite web|url=http://www.mfin.hr/hr/drzavni-proracun-2015-godina|title = Naslovna}}
|jurisdiction = Government of Croatia
|minister1_name = Gordan Grlić-Radman
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The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia ({{langx|hr|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.
List of ministers
=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:
{{legend2|{{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}|Croatian Democratic Union|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (13)
{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Croatia}}|Social Democratic Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (1)
{{legend2|{{party color|Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats}}|Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (1)
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| order2 = 1
| image =
| officeholder = {{ill|Zdravko Mršić|hr}}
| officeholder_sort = Mršić, Zdravko
| born_year = 1936
| died_year =
| term_start = 31 May 1990
| term_end = 8 November 1990
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1990|05|31|1990|11|08}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Mesić
| cabinet2 = Manolić
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 2
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| officeholder = Frane Vinko Golem
| officeholder_sort = Golem, Frane Vinko
| born_year = 1938
| died_year = 2007
| term_start = 8 November 1990
| term_end = 3 May 1991
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1990|11|08|1991|05|03}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Manolić
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 3
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| officeholder = {{ill|Davorin Rudolf|hr}}
| officeholder_sort = Rudolf, Davorin
| born_year = 1934
| died_year =
| term_start = 3 May 1991
| term_end = 31 July 1991
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1991|05|03|1991|07|31}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Manolić
| cabinet2 = Gregurić
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 4
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| officeholder = Zvonimir Šeparović
| officeholder_sort = Šeparović, Zvonimir
| born_year = 1928
| died_year = 2022
| term_start = 31 July 1991
| term_end = 27 May 1992
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1991|07|31|1992|05|27}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Gregurić
}}
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| order2 = 5
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| officeholder = Zdenko Škrabalo
| officeholder_sort = Škrabalo, Zdenko
| born_year = 1929
| died_year = 2014
| term_start = 9 June 1992
| term_end = 28 May 1993
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1992|06|09|1993|05|28}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Gregurić
| cabinet2 = Šarinić
| cabinet3 = Valentić
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 6
| image = Mate Granic N d 060509.jpg
| officeholder = Mate Granić*
| officeholder_sort = Granić, Mate
| born_year = 1947
| died_year =
| term_start = 28 May 1993
| term_end = 27 January 2000
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1993|05|28|2000|01|27}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Valentić
| cabinet2 = Mateša
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 7
| image = Tonino Picula MEP.jpg
| officeholder = Tonino Picula
| officeholder_sort = Picula, Tonino
| born_year = 1961
| died_year =
| term_start = 27 January 2000
| term_end = 22 December 2003
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2000|01|27|2003|12|22}}
| alt_party = Social Democratic Party of Croatia
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 8
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| officeholder = Miomir Žužul
| officeholder_sort = Žužul, Miomir
| born_year = 1955
| died_year =
| term_start = 23 December 2003
| term_end = 17 February 2005
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2003|12|23|2005|02|17}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Sanader I
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 9
| image = Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 2006.jpg
| officeholder = Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
| officeholder_sort = Grabar-Kitarović, Kolinda
| born_year = 1968
| died_year =
| term_start = 17 February 2005
| term_end = 12 January 2008
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2005|02|17|2008|01|12}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Sanader I
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 10
| image = Gordan Jandroković Senate of Poland.jpg
| officeholder = Gordan Jandroković*
| officeholder_sort = Jandroković, Gordan
| born_year = 1967
| died_year =
| term_start = 13 January 2008
| term_end = 23 December 2011
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2008|01|13|2011|12|23}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Sanader II
| cabinet2 = Kosor
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 11
| image = V pusic.jpg
| officeholder = Vesna Pusić*{{ref label|pusic|d|}}
| officeholder_sort = Pusić, Vesna
| born_year = 1953
| died_year =
| term_start = 23 December 2011
| term_end = 22 January 2016
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2011|12|23|2016|01|22}}
| alt_party = Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
| cabinet = Milanović
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 12
| image = MiroKovac.jpg
| officeholder = Miro Kovač
| officeholder_sort = Kovač, Miro
| born_year = 1968
| died_year =
| term_start = 22 January 2016
| term_end = 19 October 2016
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2016|01|22|2016|10|19}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Orešković
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 13
| image = Davor Ivo Stier February 2017 (32903349825).jpg
| officeholder = Davor Ivo Stier*
| officeholder_sort = Stier, Davor Ivo
| born_year = 1972
| died_year =
| term_start = 19 October 2016
| term_end = 19 June 2017
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2016|10|19|2017|06|19}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Plenković I
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 14
| image = Marija Pejčinović Burić May 2017 (34176271013).jpg
| officeholder = Marija Pejčinović Burić*
| officeholder_sort = Pejčinović Burić, Marija
| born_year = 1963
| died_year =
| term_start = 19 June 2017
| term_end = 22 July 2019
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2017|06|19|2019|07|22}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Plenković I
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 15
| image = Gordan Grlić-Radman (cropped).jpg
| officeholder = Gordan Grlić-Radman
| officeholder_sort = Grlić-Radman, Gordan
| born_year = 1958
| died_year =
| term_start = 22 July 2019
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2019|07|22}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Plenković I–II
}}
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:Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090419162503/http://www.mvpei.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=1125 MVPEI.hr] {{in lang|hr}}
(*) 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:
{{legend2|{{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}|Croatian Democratic Union|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (2)
{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Croatia}}|Social Democratic Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (1)
{{legend2|{{party color|Istrian Democratic Assembly}}|Istrian Democratic Assembly|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} (1)
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| order2 = 1
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| officeholder = Ljerka Mintas-Hodak*{{ref label|hodak|a|}}
| officeholder_sort = Mintas-Hodak, Ljerka
| born_year = 1952
| died_year =
| term_start = 3 April 1998
| term_end = 27 January 2000
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1998|04|03|2000|01|27}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Mateša
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2 = 2
| image = 16 obljetnica vojnoredarstvene operacije Oluja 04082011 Ivan Jakovcic 863.jpg
| officeholder = Ivan Jakovčić{{ref label|jakovcic|b|}}
| officeholder_sort = Jakovčić, Ivan
| born_year = 1957
| died_year =
| term_start = 27 January 2000
| term_end = 21 June 2001
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2000|01|27|2001|06|21}}
| alt_party = Istrian Democratic Assembly
| cabinet = Račan I
}}
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| order2 = 3
| image = N mimica.jpg
| officeholder = Neven Mimica
| officeholder_sort = Mimica, Neven
| born_year = 1953
| died_year =
| term_start = 28 September 2001
| term_end = 23 December 2003
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2001|09|28|2003|12|23}}
| alt_party = Social Democratic Party of Croatia
}}
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| order2 = 4
| image = Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 2006.jpg
| officeholder = Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović{{ref label|kolinda|c|}}
| officeholder_sort = Grabar-Kitarović, Kolinda
| born_year = 1968
| died_year =
| term_start = 23 December 2003
| term_end = 16 February 2005
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2003|12|23|2005|02|16}}
| alt_party = Croatian Democratic Union
| cabinet = Sanader I
}}
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(*) Ministers for European Integration who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.
=Notes=
:a. {{note|hodak}} Unofficial minister. Mintas-Hodak was head of the Government Office for European Integration ({{langx|hr|Ured za europske integracije}}) established in 1998.
:b. {{note|jakovcic}} 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. {{note|kolinda}} 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. {{note|pusic}} 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.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.mvpei.hr/ Official website]
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