Neven Ljubičić (born 1 May 1963) 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 ...

n physician and politician, best known for serving as Croatia's Minister of Health and Social Welfare from 2005 to 2008 in the first cabinet of Ivo Sanader.

Overview

Ljubičić graduated from Zagreb University School of Medicine in 1987, where he also received his doctorate in 1993 before passing his specialty exam in

internal medicine Internal medicine, also known as general medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. Its namesake stems from "treatment of diseases of ...

in 1996. He practiced medicine at the Holy Ghost Hospital and the Sisters of Charity Hospital in

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

. A member of the

Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union (, , HDZ) is a major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. Since 2016, it has been the ruling political party in Croatia under the incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. It is one of the ...

(HDZ), in 2004 he was appointed assistant to health minister Andrija Hebrang, and after Hebrang's resignation he was made minister in February 2005 under Prime Minister

Ivo Sanader Ivo Sanader (; born 8 June 1953) is a Croatian former politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009. He is currently serving a 18-year prison sentence for corruption in Lipovica penitentiary. Sanader is to date the second ...

. He served in that post until the end of the Sanader cabinet in January 2008.

References

Neven Ljubičić: Teško pratim ritam Ive Sanadera, ali se trudim

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ljubicic, Neven 1963 births Living people Croatian Democratic Union politicians Health ministers of Croatia University of Zagreb alumni Physicians from Zagreb