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

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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, strategic stockpiles, the privatization of shares and stakes in the state owned companies, restructuring and rehabilitation of legal entities, *safety at work.

List of ministers

Ministers of Crafts, Small and Mid-sized Entrepreneurship (2000–2003)

Ministers of Entrepreneurship and Crafts (2011–2016)

Origins

The Ministry of Economy was not included as such in the first four Croatian Governments. The Cabinet of Stjepan Mesić and the

Cabinet of Josip Manolić The Second Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Druga Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Josip Manolić. It was announced on 24 August 1990, when the previous prime minister, Stjepan Mesi ...

included the minister for social planning ( hr, društveno planiranje; post held by Stjepan Zdunić) and the minister of energy and industry ( hr, energetika i industrija; Božo Udovičić). In the

Cabinet of Franjo Gregurić The Third Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Treća Vlada Republike Hrvatske) or The Government of National Unity ( Croatian: ''Vlada nacionalnog jedinstva'') was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Franjo Gregurić. ...

, the former minister became the minister of economic development ( hr, gospodarski razvitak), and there was also a minister of trade ( hr, trgovina; Petar Kriste,

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). The

Cabinet of Hrvoje Šarinić The Fourth Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Četvrta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Hrvoje Šarinić. It was announced on 12 August 1992 after the 1992 Croatian parliamentary elec ...

in turn included the minister of industry, shipbuilding and energy ( hr, industrija, brodogradnja i energetika; Franjo Kajfež) and the minister of tourism and trade ( hr, turizam i trgovina;

). In the

Cabinet of Zlatko Mateša The Sixth Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Šesta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Zlatko Mateša. Its members took office on 7 November 1995 by decree of President Franjo Tuđman. T ...

, the prime minister also talked of renaming the ministry of economy back into the ministry of industry and energy. In the

Cabinet of Andrej Plenković Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filing ...

in October 2016 the Ministry of Economy was merged with the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts into the Ministry of Economy, Small and Medium Entrepreneurship and Crafts.

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