Orsat Miljenić (born 15 September 1968) is a

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n lawyer, diplomat, and politician currently serving as Chief of Staff of the Office of the President of Croatia. He served as Croatia's

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from 2011 to 2015, in the

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. Miljenić was born in

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, and graduated from the law faculty of the

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in 1993. He got his master's degree in

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in 1995. He is a

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of the

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. He served from 1996 to 2000 as a

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in the

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, and from 2000 to 2002 as president of Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs. He was a deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration from 2002 to 2004 in

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. After that, he worked as a

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until he was appointed the role of

on 23 December 2011, in the

. He is

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with three children. He is also one of the founding members of the Transparency International Croatia. He speaks English,

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and Croatian.

References

External links

Profile on the Croatian Government official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miljenic, Orsat 1968 births Living people People from Dubrovnik Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb alumni Justice ministers of Croatia Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Central European University alumni