Ivan Malenica (born 21 July 1985) is a Croatian lawyer and politician serving as
Minister of Justice and Public Administration since 2020.
Early life and education
Malenica was born in
Šibenik
Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the ...
on 21 July 1985, where he attended elementary and high school. He graduated from the
Split Faculty of Law in 2008. In 2013 Malenica was a student at the postgraduate doctoral study of the
Zagreb Faculty of Law in the direction of Public law and administration.
His family is originally from Brištani, one of the seven villages in the
Miljevci
Miljevci or Miljevci plateau is a small region in Šibenik-Knin County in Croatia that includes seven villages. The plateau has an area of over 100 square kilometers and is located between the rivers of Krka (Croatia), Krka, Čikola and mountain ...
area near the town of
Drniš
Drniš is a town in Croatia, located in inland Dalmatia, about halfway between Šibenik and Knin.
History
The name Drniš was mentioned for the first time in a contract dated March 8, 1494. However, there are traces of older Middle Ages' fortr ...
, in
Šibenik-Knin County
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. His father Ante was a long-time director of ''Ceste Šibenik'', and his uncle Frane is one of the founders of the
Croatian People's Party
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's branch in Šibenik, and current director of the ''Vodovod i odvodnja'', a water supply company and drainage in Šibenik.
Political career
In 2016 Malenica was named a candidate of the
Croatian Democratic Union
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for the State Secretary in the
Ministry of Public Administration
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in the period when
Andrej Plenković
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came to power, but
Josipa Rimac took over the role. In 2018 after the elections in the HDZ's
Šibenik-Knin County
Šibenik-Knin County (; hr, Šibensko-kninska županija ) is a county in southern Croatia, located in the north-central part of Dalmatia. The biggest city in the county is Šibenik, which also serves as county seat. Other notable towns in the co ...
branch, he became the president of the HDZ board of governors. He was also in charge of advising Prime Minister Plenković on issues related to the public administration, then received the unanimous support of the party president and the party's national council.
After a series of real estate affairs Lovro Kuščević resigned as minister of public administration, whereupon on 17 July 2019 Plenković appointed Malenica for Kuščević's successor. He stressed on that occasion that he will do everything to make the public administration serve the citizens and that they will realize their rights and particular interests as soon as possible and with as little financial resources as possible. A very important project and means that will enable all this to be considered digitalization of public administration.
On 21 July 2020, on his 35th birthday, Malenica tested positive for the
COVID-19
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amid
its pandemic in Croatia, while three days later he sworn in as
Minister of Justice and Public Administration in the
second Plenković cabinet.
See also
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Cabinet of Andrej Plenković I
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Cabinet of Andrej Plenković II
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Motion ...
References
1985 births
Living people
Croatian Democratic Union politicians
Croatian lawyers
Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb alumni
People from Šibenik
University of Split alumni
Justice ministers of Croatia
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