Davor Božinović (; born 27 December 1961) is a Croatian diplomat and politician who serves as
Minister of the Interior
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and
Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia since 2017. He previously served as
Minister of Defence from 2010 to 2011.
Born in
Pula
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in a family descended from
Bay of Kotor, to a father who was a
Yugoslav naval officer, Božinović graduated from the
Zagreb Faculty of Political Sciences, specializing in , a distinctly
Yugoslav socialist concept of
popular mobilization for
guerrilla defense/insurgency and civil protection, earning
master's degree and
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. In 1987, Božinović joined
Socialist Croatia's Ministry of Defence.
He served as an Ambassador of Croatia to
Serbia and Montenegro
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from 2002 to 2004. In 2004, he was appointed as Head of the Office of the
President of Croatia Stjepan Mesić. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Head of Mission of the Republic of Croatia to
NATO. In September 2008, he was appointed State Secretary for
European integration
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at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MVPEI), and in July 2009 as State Secretary for Political Affairs at the same ministry.
See also
*
Cabinet of Andrej Plenković I
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Cabinet of Andrej Plenković II
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Motion ...
External links
*
Davor Božinovićat the Government of Croatia official website
1961 births
Living people
People from Pula
Croatian people of Montenegrin descent
Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni
Defence ministers of Croatia
Ambassadors of Croatia to Serbia
Ambassadors of Croatia to Montenegro
Permanent Representatives of Croatia to NATO
Interior ministers of Croatia
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