Ministry of Science and Education (Croatia)

Ministry in the Government of Croatia

Ministry of Science and EducationMinistarstvo znanosti i obrazovanja

Agency overview
Formed| 31 May 1990
Jurisdiction| Government of Croatia
Headquarters| Donje Svetice 38,
Zagreb, Croatia
45°48′24″N 16°00′51″E﻿ / ﻿45.806643°N 16.014043°E﻿ / 45.806643; 16.014043
Employees| 425 (2015)[1]
Annual budget| HRK 17.286 billion (2019)[2]
Minister responsible|

* Radovan Fuchs

Website| mzo.gov.hr

The ministry of Science and Education of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo znanosti i obrazovanja or MZO) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of primary, secondary and tertiary education, research institutions and sports. However, the fact that both education and sports are governed by one single body had drawn criticism from long time Croatian educators, which have the view of having the Ministry focusing on education alone.[3]

## List of ministers

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The ministry in its current form came into existence in 2003 in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I, resulting from the merger of the earlier Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Education and Sports. Both ministries had been originally formed in 1990, although they had changed forms and names several times during the 1990s. Below are lists of ministers of who headed both portfolios before the 2003 merger.

Ministers of Science (1990–2003)

From 1990 to 1992 the first three ministers held the title of Minister of Science, Technology and Informatics. In August 1992 the ministry was renamed Ministry of Science and Technology, which remained unchanged until 2003.

Minister  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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Osman Muftić |  | Ind. | 30 May 1990  | 31 July 1991
Ante Čović |  | Ind. | 31 July 1991  | 15 April 1992
Jure Radić |  | HDZ | 15 April 1992  | 12 August 1992
Ivo Sanader |  | HDZ | 12 August 1992  | 7 January 1993
Branko Jeren |  | HDZ | 23 February 1993  | 7 November 1995
Ivica Kostović |  | HDZ | 7 November 1995  | 14 October 1998
Milena Žic-Fuchs |  | Ind. [nb 1] | 22 February 1999  | 27 January 2000
Hrvoje Kraljević |  | HSLS | 27 January 2000  | 30 July 2002
Gvozden Flego |  | SDP | 30 July 2002  | 23 December 2003

Ministers of Education (1990–2003)

Between 1990 and 1993 the ministry was called Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. In April 1993 it was renamed Ministry of Culture and Education. In October 1994 the ministry was split into the present-day Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Education and Sports (with Ljilja Vokić appointed as head of the latter). This form remained unchanged until 2003.

Minister  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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Vlatko Pavletić |  | HDZ | 30 May 1990  | 15 April 1992
Vesna Girardi-Jurkić |  | HDZ | 15 April 1992  | 18 October 1994
Ljilja Vokić |  | HDZ | 18 October 1994  | 4 March 1998
Božidar Pugelnik |  | HDZ | 4 March 1998  | 5 October 1999
Nansi Ivanišević |  | HDZ | 5 October 1999  | 27 January 2000
Vladimir Strugar |  | HSS | 27 January 2000  | 23 December 2003

Ministers of Science, Education and Sports (2003–2016)
Minister  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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Dragan Primorac |  | Ind. [nb 2] | 23 December 2003  | 6 July 2009
Radovan Fuchs |  | HDZ | 6 July 2009  | 23 December 2011
Željko Jovanović |  | SDP | 23 December 2011  | 11 June 2014
Vedran Mornar |  | Ind. [nb 3] | 11 June 2014  | 22 January 2016
Predrag Šustar |  | HDZ | 22 January 2016  | 19 October 2016

Ministers of Science and Education (2016–present)
Minister  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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Pavo Barišić |  | HDZ | 19 October 2016  | 9 June 2017
Blaženka Divjak |  | Ind. | 9 June 2017  | 23 July 2020
Radovan Fuchs |  | HDZ | 23 July 2020  | present

### Notes

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nb 1. ^ Milena Žic-Fuchs was appointed in 1999 as a non-party minister within the cabinet quota of HDZ.
nb 2. ^ Dragan Primorac was originally appointed as a non-party minister in December 2003 in the HDZ-dominated Sanader cabinet. While in office he formally joined HDZ in September 2007. In July 2009 he resigned from his ministerial post to run in the December 2009 presidential election as an independent candidate. Because of his decision not to endorse HDZ's official party candidate Andrija Hebrang, his party membership was rescinded in November 2009.
nb 3. ^ Vedran Mornar was appointed in 2014 as a non-party minister within the cabinet quota of SDP.

## References

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1. ^ Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN 9789538034039
"...(on day 19. February 2015)."
2. ^ "Naslovna".
3. ^ 2018-19, interviews with R.R., prominent educator in Croatia.

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Ministers of Science (1990–2003)|

* Osman Muftić (1990–91)
* Ante Čović (1991–92)
* Jure Radić (1992)
* Ivo Sanader (1992–93)
* Branko Jeren (1993–95)
* Ivica Kostović (1995–98)
* Milan Ramljak (1998–99)
* Milena Žic-Fuchs (1999–2000)
* Hrvoje Kraljević (2000–02)
* Gvozden Flego (2002–03)

Ministers of Science, Education
and Sports (2003–present)|

* Dragan Primorac (2003–09)
* Radovan Fuchs (2009–11)
* Željko Jovanović (2011–14)
* Vedran Mornar (2014–16)
* Predrag Šustar (2016)
* Pavo Barišić (2016–17)
* Blaženka Divjak (2017–2020)
* Radovan Fuchs (2020–present)

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