Marko Škreb (born 8 May 1957) is a Croatian economist who served as

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of the

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from 1996 to 2000. Škreb graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Economics in 1980. After spending time at the Boulder Economics Institute and

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he returned to Zagreb and received his

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in 1990. In 1991 he started teaching at the Zagreb Faculty of Economics and in 1992 he became the director of the analysis department of the Croatian National Bank (HNB). In 1995 he was appointed

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's economic advisor and in 1996 he was appointed Governor of the HNB. His term ended in 2000 when he was succeeded by

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. After 2000 he worked for the

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and the

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and in that capacity advised the Central Bank of Albania and the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also took part in their projects in Montenegro, Kosovo, Romania and Ukraine. In September 2007 he was appointed

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, which is the second largest bank in Croatia, part of the

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corporate group.

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