The ministry of Economy of the

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() 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,

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, 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 included the minister for social planning (; post held by Stjepan Zdunić) and the minister of energy and industry (; Božo Udovičić). In the Cabinet of Franjo Gregurić, the former minister became the minister of economic development (), and there was also a minister of trade (; Petar Kriste, Branko Mikša). The

Cabinet of Hrvoje Šarinić Fourth Government of the Republic of Croatia () was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Hrvoje Šarinić. It was announced on 12 August 1992 after the 1992 Croatian parliamentary election. It was the 4th cabinet of Croatia, form ...

in turn included the minister of industry, shipbuilding and energy (; Franjo Kajfež) and the minister of tourism and trade (; Branko Mikša). In the

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, 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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