Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia)

Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
Ministarstvo obrazovanja, znanosti i športa
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; 16.014043Coordinates: 45°48′24″N 16°00′51″E / 45.806643°N 16.014043°E / 45.806643; 16.014043
Annual budget	11.667 billion HRK (2010)[1]
Minister responsible	Radovan Fuchs
Website
public.mzos.hr

The Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo obrazovanja, znanosti i športa or MZOŠ) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of primary, secondary and tertiary education, research institutions and sports.

List of ministers

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
Osman Muftić		30 May 1990	31 July 1991
Ante Čović		31 July 1991	15 April 1992
Jure Radić	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	15 April 1992	12 August 1992
Ivo Sanader	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	12 August 1992	7 January 1993
Branko Jeren		23 February 1993	7 November 1995
Ivica Kostović	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	7 November 1995	14 October 1998
Milena Žic-Fuchs	Non-party	22 February 1999	27 January 2000
Hrvoje Kraljević	Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)	27 January 2000	30 July 2002
Gvozden Flego	Social Democratic Party (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
Vlatko Pavletić	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	30 May 1990	15 April 1992
Vesna Girardi-Jurkić	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	15 April 1992	18 October 1994
Ljilja Vokić	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	18 October 1994	4 March 1998
Božidar Pugelnik	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	4 March 1998	5 October 1999
Nansi Ivanišević	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	5 October 1999	27 January 2000
Vladimir Strugar	Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)	27 January 2000	23 December 2003

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

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end
Dragan Primorac	Non-party [nb 1]	23 December 2003	6 July 2009
Radovan Fuchs	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	6 July 2009

Notes

nb 1. ^ Dragan Primorac was originally appointed as a non-party minister in 2003. While in office he joined HDZ in 2007. Following his announcement to run for president in the 2009 elections his membership was rescinded in November 2009.

References

1. ^ "Odluka o proglašenju državnog proračuna za 2010. godinu - II. Posebni dio" (in Croatian) (PDF). Narodne novine. 2 December 2009. http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2009_12_151_3690.html. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 

External links

• Official website (Croatian)