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Tomislav Pokaz
Tomislav Pokaz (born 25 April 1975) is a Croatian official who is currently serving as the economic advisor to Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. Tomislav Pokaz is the son of retired general Ivan Pokaz. His brother, Igor Pokaz, is a diplomat. Career Pokaz began his career of public service in 2002 as senior expert advisor at the Ministry of Defence. He then transitioned to the Trade and Investment Promotion Agency from 2005 until 2011. Pokaz then worked as the Head of Sector for Industry and Investments at the Ministry of Economy, and also served as President of the supervisory board of Petrokemija - a position which he left when he became Deputy Chief of Staff in the cabinet of Tihomir Orešković Tihomir "Tim" Orešković (; born 1 January 1966) is a Croatian Canadian businessman who was Prime Minister of Croatia from January to October 2016. Born in Zagreb, Orešković emigrated to Canada at a young age and spent most of his life there. .... Following the formation of t ...
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Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 767,131. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is 1,071,150, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia. Zagreb is a city with a rich history dating from Roman Empire, Roman times. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Ščitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851 Janko Kamauf became Z ...
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Croatia
, image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Zagreb , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = Croatian , languages_type = Writing system , languages = Latin , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = 2021 , religion = , religion_year = 2021 , demonym = , government_type = Unitary parliamentary republic , leader_title1 = President , leader_name1 = Zoran Milanović , leader_title2 = Prime Minister , leader_name2 = Andrej Plenković , leader_title3 = Speaker of Parliament , leader_name3 = Gordan Jandroković , legislature = Sabor , sovereignty_type ...
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Ivan Pokaz
Ivan Pokaz (born 21 December 1942) is a retired Croatian general who served as deputy head of intelligence at the General Staff of the Armed Forces during the Croatian War of Independence, and as head of military intelligence from 1996 until 2000. He is married to Slavica, with whom he has two sons - Tomislav and Igor Pokaz. Military career Ivan Pokaz was actively involved in the Croatian War of Independence from the Summer of 1991. He initially served as expert advisor for research, development and production in the Croatian Ministry of Defence. From 1992, he held positions within the General Staff, including Head of Department for electronic reconnaissance, and then Deputy Head of Intelligence. From 1996 to 2000, Pokaz was the Head of Intelligence within the General Staff. He went on to serve as Croatia's military attaché to Austria, Slovakia, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe from 2001 until his retirement in 2003. After retirement From 2006 t ...
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Igor Pokaz
Igor Pokaz (born 23 May 1968) is a Croatian diplomat that has served as ambassador to NATO and Russia. He is serving as Croatia's ambassador to the United Kingdom since September 1, 2017. Education Pokaz has a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Zagreb and received his Master's degree in International Relations from the Global Master of Arts Program at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. He also attended Oxford University's Foreign Service Programme from 1998 to 1999. Career Igor Pokaz started working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1994. His first posting abroad was to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations from 1999 to 2003, in the capacity of diplomatic counsellor. From 2003 to 2007, Pokaz served in the Ministry of Defence, as the Head of Department for International Defense Cooperation and followingly as Under Secretary for Defense Policy. He briefly worked in the private sector, as Head of the Office of CEO Emil T ...
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University Of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe. The University of Zagreb and the University North are the only public universities operating in Northern and Central Croatia. The history of the University began on September 23, 1669, when the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I issued a decree granting the establishment of the ''Jesuit Academy of the Royal Free City of Zagreb''. The decree was accepted at the Council of the Croatian Kingdom on November 3, 1671. The Academy was run by the Jesuits for more than a century until the order was dissolved by Pope Clement XIV in 1773. In 1776, Empress Maria Theresa issued a decree founding the ''Royal Academy of Science'' which succeeded the previous Jesuit Academy. Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer proposed the founding of a Univ ...
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Andrej Plenković
Andrej Plenković ( ; born 8 April 1970) is a Croatian politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Croatia since 19 October 2016. He was previously one of eleven Croatian members of the European Parliament, serving from Croatia's accession to the European Union in 2013 until his resignation as MEP when he took office as prime minister. Plenković has also been serving as the president of the Croatian Democratic Union since 2016. Following his graduation from the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb in 1993, Plenković held various bureaucratic positions in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. After completing a postgraduate degree in 2002 (research master in International law), he served as deputy chief of Croatia's mission to the European Union. Between 2005 and 2010, he was Croatia's deputy ambassador to France, before leaving the post to become State Secretary for European Integration. He was subsequently elected to the Croatian Parlia ...
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Tihomir Orešković
Tihomir "Tim" Orešković (; born 1 January 1966) is a Croatian Canadian businessman who was Prime Minister of Croatia from January to October 2016. Born in Zagreb, Orešković emigrated to Canada at a young age and spent most of his life there. He studied at McMaster University and graduated with a B.Sc. in chemistry in 1989 and an MBA in finance and information systems in 1991. Before taking office as Prime Minister, Orešković served as CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Croatian pharmaceutical giant Pliva, as head of European financial management for Israeli Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, and as Chief Financial Officer for Teva's division of global generics. In the aftermath of a parliamentary election held on 8 November 2015 where no party secured enough seats necessary to form government, and the ensuing 76 days of negotiations, Orešković was named as a technocratic non-partisan compromise for the post of Prime Minister by the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) ...
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Ministry Of Defence (Croatia)
The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske or MORH) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of the nation's military. It is Croatia's ministry of defence. The ministry was established in 1990. Structure Elements in the ministry's structure are:http://www.morh.hr/en/o-nama/ustroj-ministarstva/structure-of-the-ministry-of-defence.html * Defence Minister and Deputy Minister * Minister's Cabinet * Chief Secretariat ** Sector for Administrative and Legal Affairs * Croatian Armed Forces General Staff * Defence Inspectorate * Military Security and Intelligence Agency * Independent Sector for Public Procurement * Independent Department for Public Affairs and Publishing * Independent Section for Internal Auditing * Independent Department for Military Air Traffic * Independent Department for supporting Military Ordinary in Croatia * Defence Policy Directorate and the assigned Assistant Minister ** Defence Polic ...
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Ministry Of Economy And Sustainable Development (Croatia)
The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Ministarstvo gospodarstva i održivog razvoja) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of the development of the economy, and conducting administrative and other tasks related to: *industry, except food and tobacco industry, shipbuilding, energy, mining, trade, cooperatives, other than agricultural, small and medium businesses, trade, trade policy, and policy to protect domestic production; economic cooperation with foreign countries, *involvement in European economic integration, the harmonization of activities in conjunction with the Croatian membership in the World Trade Organization and participation in multilateral trade negotiations in the framework of this organization, *promotion of exports and foreign investment, the establishment and operation of free zones, systematic stimulation of entrepreneurship, state of market, supplies and prices, consumer protection, strate ...
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Petrokemija
Petrokemija is a Croatian chemical company which specializes in manufacturing agricultural fertilizers. It was founded in 1968 as a branch of the state-owned oil company INA with its headquarters in Kutina. In the late 1990s it was privatised and in 1998 it was incorporated as an independent joint stock company and listed at the Zagreb Stock Exchange. Petrokemija is, after INA, the second-largest exporter in the country. It is one of 24 companies included in the CROBEX share index. History Explored oil and gas deposits in Moslavina and Western Slavonia led to the construction in 1926 of a carbon black plant in Brezina near Lipik, which used gas from neighboring Bujavica. Production of soot in Kutina, which is still intended mainly for the rubber industry, began in 1938 with gas from neighboring Goyle. In 1940 a lime factory was put into operation, which operated until 1982, and in 1955 a clay factory was built, which still offers a wide range of goods for many industrie ...
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1975 Births
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of '' Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the '' Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreem ...
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