Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia

Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
The Ministry of Defence headquarters
Agency overview
Formed	May 1990
Jurisdiction	Government of Croatia
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Annual budget	HRK 5.075 billion (2019)[1]
Minister responsible	Ivan Anušić
Child agency	Military Security and Intelligence Agency
Website	morh.hr

The ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske or MORH) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of the nation's military. It is Croatia's ministry of defence. The ministry was established in 1990.

Structure

Elements in the ministry's structure are:^[2]

• Defence Minister and Deputy Minister
• Minister's Cabinet
• Chief Secretariat
  • Sector for Administrative and Legal Affairs
• Croatian Armed Forces General Staff
• Defence Inspectorate
• Military Security and Intelligence Agency
• Independent Sector for Public Procurement
• Independent Department for Public Affairs and Publishing
• Independent Section for Internal Auditing
• Independent Department for Military Air Traffic
• Independent Department for supporting Military Ordinary in Croatia
• Defence Policy Directorate and the assigned Assistant Minister
  • Defence Policy Sector
  • International Defence Cooperation and Security Sector
• Human Resources Directorate and the assigned Assistant Minister
  • Human Resources Management Sector
  • Human Resources Management Support Sector
• Material Resources Directorate and the assigned Assistant Minister
  • Armament Sector
  • Property, Environmental Protection and Construction Sector
• Information Systems, Finance and Budget Directorate and the assigned Assistant Minister
  • Sector for Information Communication Systems
  • Program Analysis, Finance and Budget Sector

List of ministers

Political parties:

  Croatian Democratic Union (13)
  Social Democratic Party (2)
  Croatian Social Liberal Party (1)

No.	Portrait	Minister of Defence	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Kriste, PetarPetar Kriste [hr] (born 1936)	30 May 1990	24 August 1990	86 days	HDZ	Mesić
2		Špegelj, MartinMartin Špegelj (1927–2014)	24 August 1990	2 July 1991	312 days	HDZ	Manolić
3		Đodan, ŠimeŠime Đodan (1927–2007)	2 July 1991	17 July 1991	15 days	HDZ	Manolić
4		Bebić, LukaLuka Bebić (born 1937)	17 July 1991	18 September 1991	63 days	HDZ	Gregurić
5		Šušak, GojkoGojko Šušak (1945–1998)	18 September 1991	3 May 1998 †	6 years, 227 days	HDZ	Gregurić Šarinić Valentić Mateša
6		Hebrang, AndrijaAndrija Hebrang (born 1946)	14 May 1998	12 October 1998	162 days	HDZ	Mateša
7		Miljavac, PavaoPavao Miljavac (1953–2022)	14 October 1998	27 January 2000	1 year, 107 days	HDZ	Mateša
8		Radoš, JozoJozo Radoš (born 1956)	28 January 2000	5 July 2002	2 years, 158 days	HSLS	Račan I
9		Antunović, ŽeljkaŽeljka Antunović* (born 1955)	30 July 2002	23 December 2003	1 year, 146 days	SDP	Račan II
10		Rončević, BerislavBerislav Rončević (born 1960)	23 December 2003	12 January 2008	4 years, 20 days	HDZ	Sanader I
11		Vukelić, BrankoBranko Vukelić (1958–2013)	12 January 2008	29 December 2010	2 years, 351 days	HDZ	Sanader II Kosor
12		Božinović, DavorDavor Božinović (born 1961)	29 December 2010	23 December 2011	359 days	HDZ	Kosor
13		Kotromanović, AnteAnte Kotromanović (born 1968)	23 December 2011	22 January 2016	4 years, 30 days	SDP	Milanović
14		Buljević, JosipJosip Buljević [hr] (born 1971)	22 January 2016	19 October 2016	271 days	HDZ	Orešković
15		Krstičević, DamirDamir Krstičević* (born 1969)	19 October 2016	8 May 2020	3 years, 202 days	HDZ	Plenković I
16		Banožić, MarioMario Banožić (born 1979)	23 July 2020	11 November 2023	3 years, 111 days	HDZ	Plenković II

(*) Ministers of Defence who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.

(**) Incumbent's time in office last updated: 18 April 2024.