Ministry of the Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity (Croatia)

Ministry of the Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity (Croatian: Ministarstvo obitelji, branitelja i međugeneracijske solidarnosti) is a ministry of the Croatian Government which is split into several directorates:

• Directorate for Family
  • This directorate is further split up into departments for family, children and youth and people with disabilities.

• Directorate for War Veterans
  • This directorate deals with laws relating to Croatian veterans of the nation's Homeland War. These relate to the veterans' rights and their state of health, among other things. The directorate also operates services such as a phone-in line for veterans and scholarships for their children.

• Directorate for Intergenerational Solidarity
  • This directorate safeguards the rights of citizens over 65 years of age.

• Directorate for the Imprisoned and Missing
  • This directorate's purpose is to find the imprisoned and missing from the Homeland War, as well as to exhume and identify the remains of victims of the war.

The current minister is Tomislav Ivić.

The total amount of budget funds allocated to the ministry is 4.139 billion HRK (as of 2010^[update]).^[1]

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

• Ministry of Family Affairs, War Veterans and Intergenerational Solidarity (Croatian)