The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia ( or MVEP) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is responsible for the country's foreign relations, its diplomatic missions and relations to international organisations, especially the European Union.
Organization The Ministry has a total of 1,407 staff (as of 2025), working in the following departments:
DepartmentCroatian languageStaff Cabinet of the Minister Kabinet Ministra26 General Secretariat Glavno tajništvo178 Directorate for EuropeUprava za Europu80 Directorate for Southeastern EuropeUprava za Jugoistočnu Europu40 Political Affairs DirectorateUprava za političke poslove73 Directorate for European and International LawUprava za europsko i međunarodno pravo50 Directorate for Multilateral and Global AffairsUprava za multilateralu i globalna pitanja47 Directorate for Consular AffairsUprava za konzularne poslove55 Information Security DirectorateUprava za informacijsku sigurnost101 Directorate for Economic Affairs and Development CooperationUprava za gospodarske poslove i razvojnu suradnju69 Independent Sector for Foreign and European PolicySamostalni sektor za vanjsku i europsku politiku21 Independent Sector for Policy PlanningSamostalni sektor za planiranje politika14 Independent Sector for Public and Cultural DiplomacySamostalni sektor za javnu i kulturnu diplomaciju22 Diplomatic AcademyDiplomatska akademija27 Diplomatic protocolDiplomatski protokol19 Inspectorate of the Foreign ServiceInspektorat službe vanjskih poslova5 Independent Internal Audit ServiceSamostalna služba za unutarnju reviziju5 Independent Border ServiceSamostalna služba za granice5 Independent Service for the Three Seas InitiativeSamostalna služba za Inicijativu triju mora5 Special positions Chief Legal AdvisorGlavni pravni savjetnik1 SpokespersonGlasnogovornik1 Advisor to the MinisterSavjetnik ministra13 Diplomatic missions and consular offices Diplomatic staffDiplomatsko osoblje352 Administrative and technical staffAdministrativno-tehničko osoblje124 Security personnelDjelatnici sigurnosti74
Officials Currently serving officials at the Ministry:
Gordan Grlić-Radman, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
Nevenka Cujzek, Secretary General of the Ministry (Glavna tajnica Ministarstva) Frano Matušić, State Secretary for Political Affairs (Državni tajnik za političke poslove) Andreja Metelko-Zgombić, State Secretary for Europe (Državna tajnica za Europu) Zdenko Lucić, State Secretary for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Državni tajnik za vanjsku trgovinu i razvojnu suradnju) Lara Romano, Secretary of the Minister's Office (Tajnica Kabineta ministra) Terezija Gras, Authorized to perform the duties of Director of the Directorate for Europe (Ovlaštena za obavljanje poslova ravnateljice Uprave za Europu) Irena Alajbeg, Director of the Directorate for Economic Affairs and Development Cooperation (Ravnateljica Uprave za gospodarske poslove i razvojnu suradnju) Gordana Vidović Mesarek, Authorized to perform the duties of Director of the Directorate for European and International Law (Ovlaštena za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za europsko i međunarodno pravo) Stribor Kikerec, Authorized to perform the duties of Director of the Directorate for Southeast Europe (Ovlašten za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za jugoistočnu Europu) Tomislav Lendić, Authorized to perform the duties of Director of the Political Affairs Directorate (Ovlašten za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za političke poslove) Sebastian Rogač, Director of the Directorate for Multilateral and Global Affairs (Ravnatelj Uprave za multilateralu i globalna pitanja) Vinko Ljubičić, Authorized to perform the duties of Director of the Directorate for Consular Affairs (Ovlašten za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za konzularne poslove) Goran Štefanić, Authorized to perform the duties of the Director of the Information Security Directorate (Ovlašten za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za informacijsku sigurnost) Antun Buklijaš, Head of the Sector for Policy Planning (Načelnik Sektora za planiranje politika) Katja Šare, Head of the Sector for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Information and Public Relations (Načelnica Sektora za javnu i kulturnu diplomaciju, informiranje i odnose s javnošću) Ivan Marić, Spokesperson (Glasnogovornik) Karlo Kolesar, Head of the Diplomatic Academy (Načelnik Diplomatske akademije) Mirta Jelenc Župan, Head of Diplomatic protocol (Načelnica Diplomatskog protokola) Petra Juras Krmek, Inspector General of the Foreign Service (Glavni inspektor Službe vanjskih poslova) Sanja Gluhak, Head of the Internal Audit Service (Voditeljica Službe za unutarnju reviziju) Mario Martinec, Head of the Three Seas Initiative Service (Voditelj Službe za Inicijativu triju mora) Zoran Bradić, Head of the Border Service (Voditelj Službe za granice)
List of ministers
Foreign affairs ministers The 15th and current minister is Gordan Grlić-Radman, in office since 22 July 2019. The longest serving minister was Mate Granić (1993–2000), under Prime Ministers Nikica Valentić and Zlatko Mateša, and the shortest serving was Davorin Rudolf who held the post for three months between May 1991 to July 1991 under Prime Minister Josip Manolić.
Political parties:
(13) (1) (1)
Source: MVPEI.hr (*) Ministers of Foreign Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.
European integration ministers The Ministry for European Integration was a short-lived ministry which was established during Prime Minister Ivica Račan in 2000. It grew out of the Government Office for European Integration and was later merged with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 2005 under Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. The ministry was charged with overseeing the changes to the legislation needed to comply with the community acquis in preparation and during the Accession of Croatia to the European Union.
Political parties:
(2) (1) (1)
(*) Ministers for European Integration who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.
Notes a. Unofficial minister. Mintas-Hodak was head of the Government Office for European Integration () established in 1998. b. Jakovčić was appointed first head of the newly formed Ministry for European Integration in 2000 in the Cabinet of Ivica Račan I. The ministry was created out of the former Government Office for European Integration. c. Grabar-Kitarović was appointed European integration minister in 2003 in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I. On 16 February 2005 the Ministry for European Integration was merged with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Grabar-Kitarović took over as head of the merged ministry. d. Pusić was appointed to the post of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, as the ministry was renamed in 2011 in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović.
See also Foreign relations of Croatia List of diplomatic missions of Croatia
References
External links Official website