Ministry of Defence (Croatia)

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Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia
Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
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The Ministry of Defence headquarters
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Agency overview
FormedMay 1990
Jurisdiction Government of Croatia
Headquarters Zagreb, Croatia
Annual budget HRK 5.075 billion (2019) [1]
Minister responsible
Child 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.

Contents

Structure

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

List of ministers

Political parties:

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

No.PortraitMinister of DefenceTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyCabinet
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Kriste, Petar Petar Kriste  [ hr ]
(born 1936)		30 May 199024 August 199086 days HDZ Mesić
2
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Špegelj, Martin Martin Špegelj
(1927–2014)		24 August 19902 July 1991312 days HDZ Manolić
3
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Đodan, Šime Šime Đodan
(1927–2007)		2 July 199117 July 199115 days HDZ Manolić
4
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Bebić, Luka Luka Bebić
(born 1937)		17 July 199118 September 199163 days HDZ Gregurić
5
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Šušak, Gojko Gojko Šušak
(1945–1998)		18 September 19913 May 1998 †6 years, 227 days HDZ Gregurić
Šarinić
Valentić
Mateša
6
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Hebrang, Andrija Andrija Hebrang
(born 1946)		14 May 199812 October 1998162 days HDZ Mateša
7
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Miljavac, Pavao Pavao Miljavac
(1953–2022)		14 October 199827 January 20001 year, 107 days HDZ Mateša
8
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Radoš, Jozo Jozo Radoš
(born 1956)		28 January 20005 July 20022 years, 158 days HSLS Račan I
9
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Antunović, Željka Željka Antunović*
(born 1955)		30 July 200223 December 20031 year, 146 days SDP Račan II
10
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Rončević, Berislav Berislav Rončević
(born 1960)		23 December 200312 January 20084 years, 20 days HDZ Sanader I
11
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Vukelić, Branko Branko Vukelić
(1958–2013)		12 January 200829 December 20102 years, 351 days HDZ Sanader II
Kosor
12
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Božinović, Davor Davor Božinović
(born 1961)		29 December 201023 December 2011359 days HDZ Kosor
13
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Kotromanović, Ante Ante Kotromanović
(born 1968)		23 December 201122 January 20164 years, 30 days SDP Milanović
14
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Buljević, Josip Josip Buljević  [ hr ]
(born 1971)		22 January 201619 October 2016271 days HDZ Orešković
15
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Krstičević, Damir Damir Krstičević*
(born 1969)		19 October 20168 May 20203 years, 202 days HDZ Plenković I
16
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Banožić, Mario Mario Banožić
(born 1979)		23 July 202011 November 20233 years, 111 days HDZ Plenković II
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Jakop, Zdravko Zdravko Jakop (acting)
(born 1967)		11 November 202316 November 20235 days Independent Plenković II
17
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Anušić, Ivan Ivan Anušić
(born 1973)		16 November 2023Incumbent1 year, 84 days HDZ Plenković II
Plenković III

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

(**) Incumbent's time in office last updated: 8 February 2025.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Naslovna". Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Structure of the Ministry of Defence :: MORH - Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske - službeni web portal". www.morh.hr. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25.
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