Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy

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Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy
Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of Croatia
HeadquartersUlica grada Vukovara 78, Zagreb
Employees610 (2025) [1]
Annual budget EUR 10.7 billion (2025) [2]
Minister responsible
Website mrosp.gov.hr

The ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian : Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which performs administrative and other tasks related to employment policy, regulation of labor relations, labor market and active employment policy, system and policy of pension insurance and relations with trade unions and employers associations in the area of employment relations.

Contents

List of ministers

Minister of Labour and Veteran and Disability Issues (1990–1991)

MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays
in office
Marin Črnja HDZ 30 May 19904 March 1991278

Ministers of Labour, Social Welfare and Family (1991–1993)

MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays
in office
Bernardo Jurlina HDZ 4 March 199115 April 1992408
Josip Juras HDZ 15 April 19923 April 1993353

Ministers of Labour and Social Welfare (1993–2003)

MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays
in office
Josip Juras HDZ 3 April 199312 October 1993192
Ivan Parać HDZ 12 October 199327 January 1995472
Joso Škara HDZ 27 January 199527 January 20001,826
Davorko Vidović SDP 27 January 200023 December 20031,426

From 23 December 2003 to 23 December 2011 the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare was split between two ministries. The social welfare portfolio was merged with the Ministry of Health and the labour portfolio was merged with the Ministry of Economy.

Ministers of Labour and Pension System (2011–2020)

MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays
in office
Mirando Mrsić SDP 23 December 201122 January 20161,491
Nada Šikić HDZ 22 January 201619 October 2016271
Tomislav Ćorić HDZ 19 October 20169 June 2017233
Marko Pavić HDZ 9 June 201719 July 2019770
Josip Aladrović HDZ 19 July 201923 July 2020370

Ministers of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy (2020–present)

MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays
in office
Josip Aladrović HDZ 23 July 202029 April 2022645
Marin Piletić HDZ 29 April 2022Incumbent1,218

Role

The Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy performs administrative and other tasks related to: [3]

The Ministry participates in the preparation of programs and projects and the implementation of projects from the European Union programs and other forms of international assistance.

Furthermore, it participates with the ministry responsible for managing state property in the management and disposal of shares and business interests of companies that constitute state property owned by the Republic of Croatia, and in relation to companies that predominantly engage in activities within the prescribed jurisdiction of this Ministry.

Organization

The Ministry has a total of 610 staff (as of 2025), working in the following departments: [1]

DepartmentCroatian languageStaff
Cabinet of the MinisterKabinet Ministra18
General SecretariatGlavno tajništvo54
Directorate for Labor and Occupational SafetyUprava za rad i zaštitu na radu49
Directorate for the Labor Market and EmploymentUprava za tržište rada i zapošljavanje31
Pension System DirectorateUprava za mirovinski sustav31
European Union Programmes DirectorateUprava za programe Europske Unije133
Finance and Projects DirectorateUprava za financije i projekte101
Family DirectorateUprava za obitelj53
Social Policy DirectorateUprava za socijalnu politiku64
Independent Sector for Administrative and Supervisory Oversight in Social WelfareSamostalni sektor za upravni i inspekcijski nadzor u socijalnoj skrbi35
Independent Sector for Appellate ProcedureSamostalni sektor za drugostupanjski postupak14
Independent Sector for Audit and Supervision of Medical ExpertiseSamostalni sektor za reviziju i nadzor medicinskog vještačenja11
Independent Sector for the Coordination of European Affairs and International CooperationSamostalni sektor za koordinaciju europskih poslova i međunarodne suradnje11
Independent Internal Audit ServiceSamostalna služba za unutarnju reviziju5

Officials

Currently serving officials at the Ministry: [4] [5]

Minister

State Secretaries

Directors of departments

References

  1. 1 2 "Uredba o unutarnjem ustrojstvu Ministarstva rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike" (in Croatian). Narodne Novine. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  2. "ODLUKA o proračunskom okviru za razdoblje 2025. - 2027" (PDF). Ministry of Finance . Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  3. "O Ministarstvu" [About the Ministry] (in Croatian). Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  4. "O ministru". Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  5. "Državni tajnici i ravnatelji". Ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy. Retrieved 29 August 2025.