The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the

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( hr, Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova or MVEP) is the ministry in the

Government of Croatia The Government of Croatia ( hr, Vlada Hrvatske), formally the Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Vlada Republike Hrvatske), commonly abbreviated to Croatian Government ( hr, hrvatska Vlada), is the main executive branch of government ...

which is responsible for the country's

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, its

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and relations to

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s, especially the

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List of ministers

Ministry of Foreign Affairs building (Croatia)

Foreign affairs ministers

The 15th and current minister is Gordan Grlić-Radman, in office since 22 July 2019. The longest serving minister was Mate Granić (1993–2000), under Prime Ministers

Nikica Valentić Nikica Valentić (; born 24 November 1950) is a Croatian entrepreneur, lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 1993 to 1995. He is to date the youngest person to have served in that capacity, being 42 years old when taki ...

and

Zlatko Mateša Zlatko Mateša (; born 17 June 1949) is a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 1995 to 2000. A member of the Croatian Democratic Union, Mateša is currently the president of the Croatian Olympic Committee and honorary ...

, and the shortest serving was Davorin Rudolf who held the post for three months between May 1991 to July 1991 under Prime Minister

Josip Manolić Josip Manolić (; born 22 March 1920) is a Croatian former politician and communist revolutionary during World War II in Yugoslavia. He served as a high-ranking official of the Yugoslav State Security Administration (OZNA or UDBA) and later as ...

. Political parties: (13)
(1)
(1) :Source
MVPEI.hr
(*) Ministers of Foreign Affairs who held the post of

Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia The deputy prime minister of Croatia (officially the Vice President of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, hr, Potpredsjednik Vlade Republike Hrvatske) is the official Deputy Prime Minister, deputy of the Prime Minister of Croatia. Articl ...

while in office.

European integration ministers

The Ministry for European Integration was a short-lived ministry which was established during Prime Minister

Ivica Račan Ivica Račan (; 24 February 1944 – 29 April 2007) was a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2000 to 2003, heading two centre-left coalition governments. Račan became the first prime minister of Croatia not to be a ...

in 2000. It grew out of the Government Office for European Integration and was later merged with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 2005 under Prime Minister

Ivo Sanader Ivo Sanader (born 8 June 1953) is a former Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009. He is to date the second longest-serving prime minister since independence, holding the office for over five and a half yea ...

. The ministry was charged with overseeing the changes to the legislation needed to comply with the

community acquis The Community acquis or ''acquis communautaire'' (; ), sometimes called the EU acquis and often shortened to acquis, is the accumulated legislation, legal acts and court decisions that constitute the body of European Union law that came into b ...

in preparation and during the

Accession of Croatia to the European Union The most recent enlargement of the European Union saw Croatia become the European Union's 28th member state on 1 July 2013. The country applied for EU membership in 2003, and the Euro ...

. Political parties: (2)
(1)
(1) (*) Ministers for European Integration who held the post of

while in office.

Notes

:a. Unofficial minister. Mintas-Hodak was head of the Government Office for European Integration ( hr, Ured za europske integracije) established in 1998. :b. Jakovčić was appointed first head of the newly formed Ministry for European Integration in 2000 in the

Cabinet of Ivica Račan I The Seventh Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Sedma Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the first of two Croatian Government cabinets led by Prime Minister Ivica Račan. It was appointed on 27 January 2000 by a decree of the Acting Presiden ...

. The ministry was created out of the former Government Office for European Integration. :c. Grabar-Kitarović was appointed European integration minister in 2003 in the

Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I The Ninth Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Deveta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the first of two Croatian Government cabinets led by Prime Minister of Croatia, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. It was announced on 23 December 2003 and its te ...

. On 16 February 2005 the Ministry for European Integration was merged with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Grabar-Kitarović took over as head of the merged ministry. :d. Pusić was appointed to the post of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, as the ministry was renamed in 2011 in the

Cabinet of Zoran Milanović The Twelfth Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Dvanaesta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanović. It was in office from 23 December 2011 until 22 January 2016. It was formed f ...

References

External links

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