The Ministry of Science, Education and Youth of the Republic of Croatia ( or MZOM) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of primary, secondary and tertiary education, research institutions, sports and youth.
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.
MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endOsman MuftićInd.30 May 199031 July 1991Ante ČovićInd.31 July 199115 April 1992Jure Radić HDZ15 April 199212 August 1992Ivo Sanader HDZ12 August 19927 January 1993Branko Jeren HDZ23 February 19937 November 1995Ivica KostovićHDZ7 November 199514 October 1998Milena Žic-FuchsInd. 22 February 199927 January 2000Hrvoje KraljevićHSLS27 January 200030 July 2002Gvozden FlegoSDP30 July 200223 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.
MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endVlatko PavletićHDZ30 May 199015 April 1992Vesna Girardi-JurkićHDZ15 April 199218 October 1994Ljilja VokićHDZ18 October 19944 March 1998Božidar PugelnikHDZ4 March 19985 October 1999Nansi IvaniševićHDZ5 October 199927 January 2000Vladimir StrugarHSS27 January 200023 December 2003
Ministers of Science, Education and Sports (2003–2016) MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDragan Primorac Ind. 23 December 20036 July 2009Radovan Fuchs HDZ6 July 200923 December 2011Željko JovanovićSDP23 December 201111 June 2014Vedran MornarInd. 11 June 201422 January 2016Predrag Šustar HDZ22 January 201619 October 2016
Ministers of Science and Education (2016–2020) MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endPavo Barišić HDZ19 October 20169 June 2017Blaženka Divjak Ind.9 June 201723 July 2020
Ministers of Science, Education and Youth (2020–present) MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endRadovan Fuchs HDZ23 July 2020Incumbent
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.
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