Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (Croatia)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Ministarstvo zdravstva i socijalne skrbi
Agency overview
Formed	31 May 1990
Jurisdiction	Government of Croatia
Headquarters	Ksaver 200a, Zagreb
Annual budget	26.6 billion HRK (2010)[1]
Minister responsible	Darko Milinović
Website
mzss.hr

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo zdravstva i socijalne skrbi or MZSS) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of health care and welfare.

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 Health and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare. 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 Social Welfare (1990–2003)

• From May 1990 to March 1991 the ministry in charge of social welfare was called Ministry of Labour, Veteran and Disability Issues (Ministarstvo rada, boračkih i invalidskih pitanja) and was headed by Marin Črnja.
• In March 1991 the ministry was renamed Ministry of Labour, Social Welfare and Family (Ministarstvo rada, socijalne skrbi i obitelji) and Bernardo Jurlina was appointed head of the renamed ministry.
• In the Cabinet of Nikica Valentić which was inaugurated in April 1993 the ministry's name was shortened to Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end
Marin Črnja	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	31 May 1990	4 March 1991
Bernardo Jurlina	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	4 March 1991	15 April 1992
Josip Juras	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	15 April 1992	12 October 1993
Ivan Parać	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	12 October 1993	27 January 1995
Joso Škara	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	27 January 1995	27 January 2000
Davorko Vidović	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	27 January 2000	23 December 2003

Ministers of Health (1990–2003)

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end
Andrija Hebrang	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	30 May 1990	12 August 1992
Juraj Njavro	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	12 August 1992	12 October 1993
Andrija Hebrang	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	12 October 1993	14 May 1998
Željko Reiner	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	14 May 1998	27 January 2000
Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina	Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)	27 January 2000	23 October 2001
Andro Vlahušić	Croatian People's Party (HNS)	22 November 2001	23 December 2003

Ministers of Health and Social Welfare (2003–present)

In the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I in December 2003 the ministry was broken up and merged with two other ministries:

• The social welfare portfolio was merged into the present-day Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
• The labour portfolio was merged with Ministry of Economy into the present-day Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end
Andrija Hebrang	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	23 December 2003	15 February 2005
Neven Ljubičić	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	16 February 2005	12 January 2008
Darko Milinović	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	12 January 2008	Incumbent

References

1. ^ "Odluka o proglašenju državnog proračuna za 2010. godinu" (in Croatian). Narodne novine. 2 December 2009. http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2009_12_151_3690.html. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 

External links

• Official website (Croatian)