Ivan Paladina (born 12 June 1983) is a Croatian economist, consultant and politician who served as the Minister of Construction, Physical Planning and State Property from 2022 to 2023. During his work as consultant he was involved in multiple projects tied to Russian and Israeli investors in Croatia including their controversial Kupari and Golf investment projects near

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, that were never realized.

Early life and education

Paladina was born on 12 June 1983 in

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

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, than part of

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. In 2006 he received a Master's degree in Economics from the

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at the

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Professional work in business

He worked in various companies in managerial and executive positions. He was, among others, deputy director at Razvoj golf company and chairman of the supervisory board at Hidroelektra niskogradnja company. He ran his own company Delta savjetovanje, he was also a member of the board of directors and from 2015 to 2017 the president of

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, a company operating in the construction sector. He served as a director in Avenue ulaganja and as an advisor to the board of directors of Hrvatska poštanska banka. In March 2022 (as a non-partisan on the recommendation of the

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), he became

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in the second government of

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Biography on page of the Croatian Government
1983 births Living people Economy ministers of Croatia University of Zagreb alumni Politicians from Rijeka Government ministers of Croatia {{Croatia-politician-stub

Early life and education

Professional work in business

See also

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