Davor Štern

Davor Štern
Minister of Economy
In office 7 November 1995 – 14 April 1997
Prime Minister	Zlatko Mateša
Preceded by	Zlatko Mateša
Succeeded by	Nenad Porges
Personal details
Born	18 June 1947 (1947-06-18) (age 64) Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)
Nationality	Croat
Political party	Croatian Social Liberal Party (–2010)[1]
Alma mater	University of Zagreb

Davor Štern (born 18 June 1947 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship in the Croatian Government, businessman and entrepreneur.

Background and education

Štern was raised Jewish. His father was a Hungarian Jew and his mother was from village Šestanovac in Croatia.^[2][3] He is fluent in English, Russian, Italian, German, Hebrew and Croatian. He graduated in 1967 at the University of Zagreb (faculty of Petroleum, Geology and Mining). Štern is a member of the Jewish community in Zagreb.^[2]

Political and business career

After graduation, in 1972 he worked for INA Naftaplin and in 1973 he was hired by Yugoslav oil pipeline. From 1976 until 1982 he worked as director of imports in INA – Commerce. In 1982 he was appointed as a branch director of INA in Moscow, he worked in that position until 1986. From 1986 until 1991 he worked as director of Philipp Brothers – Salomon Brothers representative office in Moscow. He worked as a branch director of Glencore from 1991 until 1993. From 1993 until 1994 he worked as director of Trade Consulting in Graz, Austria. He was a Deputy Minister of Economy from 1994 until 1995, when he was appointed as a Minister of Economy. He held that office until 1997. In 1997 he became a general manager of INA – Oil Industry d.d. and he remained on that position until 2000. In 2001 he returned to Moscow as advisor to a president of TNK-BP. He remained there until 2004 and since then he has been a director of Zagreb Trade Consulting Company.^[4] On October 21, 2010 Štern was named a member of INA supervisory board.^[5] Štern is one of Croatia's wealthiest people, worth €43 million according to the list from 2007.^[6]

Philanthropy

Štern is known for his philanthropy. He always preferred anonymous donations over those that are visible to the public.^[7]

References

1. ^ Odlazi i Štern: HSLS izabrao loš tajming za napuštanje koalicije, Jutarnji list
2. ^ ^{a b} "'Udario bih Goldsteina da nas nisu razdvojili'" (in Croatian). www.nacional.hr (Nacional). http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/20379/udario-bih-goldsteina-da-nas-nisu-razdvojili. 
3. ^ "Tako smo se zaljubili da smo se morali oženiti još kao studenti" (in Croatian). www.jutarnji.hr (Jutarnji list). http://www.jutarnji.hr/tako-smo-se-zaljubili-da-smo-se-morali-ozeniti-jos-kao-studenti/200599/. 
4. ^ "Davor Štern: Sagradimo nuklearku u Obrovcu" (in Croatian). www.jutarnji.hr (Jutarnji list). http://www.jutarnji.hr/davor-stern--sagradimo-nuklearku-u-obrovcu/240318/. 
5. ^ "Smjena u NO Ine: Šuker odlazi, Štern se vraća nakon 10 godina" (in Croatian). www.jutarnji.hr (Jutarnji list). http://www.jutarnji.hr/ivan-suker-odlazi--davor-stern-se-vraca-u-vrh-ine-nakon-deset-godina/897014/. 
6. ^ "50 najbogatijih Hrvata" (in Croatian). www.nacional.hr (Nacional). http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/33748/50-najbogatijih-hrvata. 
7. ^ "I mi bismo rado darovali milijune" (in Croatian). Globus. http://globus.jutarnji.hr/zivot/i-mi-bismo-rado-darovali-milijune. 

Political offices
Preceded by Zlatko Mateša	0000Minister of Economy0000 1995–1997	Succeeded by Nenad Porges

Persondata
Name	Štern, Davor
Alternative names
Short description	Croatian politician
Date of birth	18 June 1947
Place of birth	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death