The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of the

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( hr, Ministarstvo gospodarstva i održivog razvoja) is the ministry in the

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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 The First Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Prva Vlada Republike Hrvatske) (from the date of formation until 25 July 1990 it was legally referred to as the 14th Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Croatia ( hr, Četrnaesto Iz ...

and the Cabinet of Josip Manolić included the minister for social planning ( hr, društveno planiranje; post held by

Stjepan Zdunić Stjepan is a Croatian masculine given name, variant of Stephen, used by ijekavian speakers. In Croatia, the name Stjepan was among the top ten most common masculine given names in the decades up to 1969. Notable people with the name include: * St ...

) and the minister of energy and industry ( hr, energetika i industrija; Božo Udovičić). In the Cabinet of 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 Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros (given name), Petros cognate to Peter (given name), Peter. Derivative forms include Pero (given name) ...

Branko Mikša Branko Mikša (born 13 February 1947) is a Croatian retired politician. He was Minister of Trade (1992), Minister of Tourism and Trade (1992–93), and later Mayor of Zagreb from April 1993 to March 1996, following the 1993 local election. Du ...

). The Cabinet of Hrvoje Šarinić in turn included the minister of industry, shipbuilding and energy ( hr, industrija, brodogradnja i energetika;

Franjo Kajfež Franjo Kajfež ( Martijanec near Ludbreg, 15 February 1936 – Zagreb, 23 April 2004) was a Croatian chemist. Graduated (1959) and Ph.D. (1968) at the Faculty of Technology in Zagreb. Work at the Pliva factory in Zagreb (1960) was director of the ...

) and the minister of tourism and trade ( hr, turizam i trgovina;

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

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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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