Background

Personal details

• Croatian
• Born 12 October 1953 in Split / Croatia
• Married
• 2 children

Political Career

• Since 2011 Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration
• 2008-2011 Deputy Speaker of Parliament; Chair of the European Integration Committee
• 2004-2008 Member of Parliament, Social Democratic Party
• 2001-2003 Minister of European Integration
• 1997-2001 Assistant Minister, then Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs; Chief negotiator for the Stabilization and Association Agreement and WTO accession

Professional career

• 1987-1997 Diplomatic service of the SFR Yugoslavia and Croatia incl. postings in Cairo (1987-91, 1993-96), Zagreb HQ (1991-93) and Ankara (1996/97)
• 1983–1987 Assistant chairman of the Republic's Committee for Foreign Relations
• 1980–1983 Adviser at the Republic's Committee for Foreign Relations
• 1978–1980 Staff member of the Republic's Committee for Foreign Relations
• 1977–1978 Import-export clerk at ASTRA, Zagreb

Education

• 1987 Master's degree in economics, University of Zagreb
• 1976 Graduated in foreign trade, University of Zagreb

Declaration of interest

Available here [2 MB]

Other documents

Opening statement