Branko Grčić (born 16 April 1964) is a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

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and

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. In 1987 he graduated on the Faculty of Economics in the

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. He got his

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

in 1990 and received a

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on the same university in 1996. Since 2005 he had been a regular professor and later became

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of the Faculty of Economics in

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. He has published over 60 scientific works focusing on

macroeconomics Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that deals with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole. This includes regional, national, and global economies. Macroeconomists study topics such as output (econ ...

and

regional economics Regional economics is a sub-discipline of economics and is often regarded as one of the fields of the social sciences. It addresses the economic aspect of the regional problems that are spatially analyzable so that theoretical or policy implicatio ...

. He is a member of the Croatian branch of the

European Regional Science Association The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) is a cluster of scholarly societies whose members engage in regional science Regional science is a field of economics concerned with analytical approaches to problems that are related spe ...

. From December 23, 2011, to January 22, 2016, he was the

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...

and Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds in the centre left

Cabinet of Zoran Milanović The Twelfth Government of the Republic of Croatia () 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 following the November 2011 election wo ...

.prof.dr.sc. Branko Grčić
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grcic, Branko 1964 births Government ministers of Croatia Deputy prime ministers of Croatia Social Democratic Party of Croatia politicians People from Knin 20th-century Croatian economists Regional economists Serbs of Croatia University of Split alumni Living people Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament 21st-century Croatian economists