The ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia ( Croatian: Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova or MVEP) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is responsible for the country's foreign relations, its diplomatic missions and relations to international organisations, especially the European Union.

List of ministers

Foreign affairs ministers

The 15th and current minister is Gordan Grlić-Radman, in office since 22 July 2019. The longest serving minister was Mate Granić (1993–2000), under Prime Ministers Nikica Valentić and Zlatko Mateša, and the shortest serving was Davorin Rudolf who held the post for three months between May 1991 to July 1991 under Prime Minister Josip Manolić.

Political parties:

   Croatian Democratic Union (13)
   Social Democratic Party (1)
   Croatian People's Party (1)

No.	Portrait	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Mršić, Zdravko Zdravko Mršić [ hr] (born 1936)	31 May 1990	8 November 1990	161 days	HDZ	Mesić Manolić
2		Golem, Frane Vinko Frane Vinko Golem (1938–2007)	8 November 1990	3 May 1991	176 days	HDZ	Manolić
3		Rudolf, Davorin Davorin Rudolf [ hr] (born 1936)	3 May 1991	31 July 1991	89 days	HDZ	Manolić Gregurić
4		Šeparović, Zvonimir Zvonimir Šeparović (1928–2022)	31 July 1991	27 May 1992	301 days	HDZ	Gregurić
5		Škrabalo, Zdenko Zdenko Škrabalo (1929–2014)	9 June 1992	28 May 1993	353 days	HDZ	Gregurić Šarinić Valentić
6		Granić, Mate Mate Granić* (born 1947)	28 May 1993	27 January 2000	6 years, 244 days	HDZ	Valentić Mateša
7		Picula, Tonino Tonino Picula (born 1961)	27 January 2000	22 December 2003	3 years, 329 days	SDP	Račan I– II
8		Žužul, Miomir Miomir Žužul (born 1955)	23 December 2003	17 February 2005	1 year, 56 days	HDZ	Sanader I
9		Grabar-Kitarović, Kolinda Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (born 1968)	17 February 2005	12 January 2008	2 years, 329 days	HDZ	Sanader I
10		Jandroković, Gordan Gordan Jandroković* (born 1967)	13 January 2008	23 December 2011	3 years, 344 days	HDZ	Sanader II Kosor
11		Pusić, Vesna Vesna Pusić* [d] (born 1953)	23 December 2011	22 January 2016	4 years, 30 days	HNS	Milanović
12		Kovač, Miro Miro Kovač (born 1968)	22 January 2016	19 October 2016	271 days	HDZ	Orešković
13		Stier, Davor Ivo Davor Ivo Stier* (born 1972)	19 October 2016	19 June 2017	243 days	HDZ	Plenković I
14		Pejčinović Burić, Marija Marija Pejčinović Burić* (born 1963)	19 June 2017	22 July 2019	2 years, 33 days	HDZ	Plenković I
15		Grlić-Radman, Gordan Gordan Grlić-Radman (born 1958)	22 July 2019	Incumbent	4 years, 271 days	HDZ	Plenković I– II

Source: MVPEI.hr (in Croatian)

(*) Ministers of Foreign Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.

European integration ministers

The Ministry for European Integration was a short-lived ministry which was established during Prime Minister Ivica Račan in 2000. It grew out of the Government Office for European Integration and was later merged with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 2005 under Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. The ministry was charged with overseeing the changes to the legislation needed to comply with the community acquis in preparation and during the Accession of Croatia to the European Union.

Political parties:

   Croatian Democratic Union (2)
   Social Democratic Party (1)
   Istrian Democratic Assembly (1)

No.	Portrait	Minister for European Integration	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Mintas-Hodak, Ljerka Ljerka Mintas-Hodak* [a] (born 1952)	3 April 1998	27 January 2000	1 year, 299 days	HDZ	Mateša
2		Jakovčić, Ivan Ivan Jakovčić [b] (born 1957)	27 January 2000	21 June 2001	1 year, 145 days	IDS	Račan I
3		Mimica, Neven Neven Mimica (born 1953)	28 September 2001	23 December 2003	2 years, 86 days	SDP	Račan I– II
4		Grabar-Kitarović, Kolinda Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović [c] (born 1968)	23 December 2003	16 February 2005	1 year, 55 days	HDZ	Sanader I

(*) Ministers for European Integration who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.

Notes

See also

• Foreign relations of Croatia
• List of diplomatic missions of Croatia

References

External links

• Official website

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