Hrvoje Hitrec | |
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Minister of Information | |
In office 4 March 1991 –17 July 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Josip Manolić |
Preceded by | Milovan Šibl |
Succeeded by | Branko Salaj |
Personal details | |
Born | Zagreb,Independent State of Croatia | 14 July 1943
Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
Residence | Samobor |
Alma mater | University of Zagreb (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) |
Hrvoje Hitrec (born 14 July 1943) is a Croatian writer,screenwriter,and politician. He is notable for his works for children and youth,most famous of his works being the novel (and later a very popular 1980s/90s TV series) Smogovci [ hr], but Hitrec also wrote novels,film and TV scripts,dramas. He received several notable Croatian literary awards:"Ksaver Šandor Gjalski," "Ivana BrlićMažuranić" and "Grigor Vitez." [1]
Hitrec was a close associate of Franjo Tuđman,the first President of Croatia and an early member of his nationalist Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party. [2] In the early 1990s he served as director of the state broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision,information minister in the government of Josip Manolić,and also a member of Croatian Parliament. [2]
Hitrec headed a right-wing independent list in the 2007 parliamentary elections. [3] He identified himself as eurosceptic,and won 709 votes,or 0.26% of the vote in the VII district. [4]