Ministry of Science and Education
Ministarstvo znanosti i obrazovanja
Agency overview
Formed31 May 1990
JurisdictionGovernment of Croatia
HeadquartersDonje Svetice 38,
Zagreb, Croatia
45°48′24″N 16°00′51″E / 45.806643°N 16.014043°E / 45.806643; 16.014043
Employees425 (2015)[1]
Annual budgetHRK 17.286 billion (2019)[2]
Minister responsible
Websitemzo.gov.hr

The ministry of Science and Education of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo znanosti i obrazovanja or MZO) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of primary, secondary and tertiary education, research institutions and sports. However, the fact that both education and sports are governed by one single body had drawn criticism from long time Croatian educators, which have the view of having the Ministry focusing on education alone.[3]

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 Ind. 30 May 1990 31 July 1991
Ante Čović Ind. 31 July 1991 15 April 1992
Jure Radić HDZ 15 April 1992 12 August 1992
Ivo Sanader HDZ 12 August 1992 7 January 1993
Branko Jeren HDZ 23 February 1993 7 November 1995
Ivica Kostović HDZ 7 November 1995 14 October 1998
Milena Žic-Fuchs Ind. [nb 1] 22 February 1999 27 January 2000
Hrvoje Kraljević HSLS 27 January 2000 30 July 2002
Gvozden Flego 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 HDZ 30 May 1990 15 April 1992
Vesna Girardi-Jurkić HDZ 15 April 1992 18 October 1994
Ljilja Vokić HDZ 18 October 1994 4 March 1998
Božidar Pugelnik HDZ 4 March 1998 5 October 1999
Nansi Ivanišević HDZ 5 October 1999 27 January 2000
Vladimir Strugar HSS 27 January 2000 23 December 2003
Ministers of Science, Education and Sports (2003–2016)
Minister Party Term start Term end
Dragan Primorac Ind. [nb 2] 23 December 2003 6 July 2009
Radovan Fuchs HDZ 6 July 2009 23 December 2011
Željko Jovanović SDP 23 December 2011 11 June 2014
Vedran Mornar Ind. [nb 3] 11 June 2014 22 January 2016
Predrag Šustar HDZ 22 January 2016 19 October 2016
Ministers of Science and Education (2016–present)
Minister Party Term start Term end
Pavo Barišić HDZ 19 October 2016 9 June 2017
Blaženka Divjak Ind. 9 June 2017 23 July 2020
Radovan Fuchs HDZ 23 July 2020 present

Notes

nb 1. ^ Milena Žic-Fuchs was appointed in 1999 as a non-party minister within the cabinet quota of HDZ.
nb 2. ^ Dragan Primorac was originally appointed as a non-party minister in December 2003 in the HDZ-dominated Sanader cabinet. While in office he formally joined HDZ in September 2007. In July 2009 he resigned from his ministerial post to run in the December 2009 presidential election as an independent candidate. Because of his decision not to endorse HDZ's official party candidate Andrija Hebrang, his party membership was rescinded in November 2009.
nb 3. ^ Vedran Mornar was appointed in 2014 as a non-party minister within the cabinet quota of SDP.

References

  1. ^ Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN 9789538034039
    "...(on day 19. February 2015)."
  2. ^ "Naslovna".
  3. ^ 2018-19, interviews with R.R., prominent educator in Croatia.

External links

Government ministries of Croatia
Science Ministers of Croatia
Authority control databases
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