Davor Božinović
Davor Božinović | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia | |
Assumed office 19 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Andrej Plenković |
Preceded by | Marija Pejčinović Burić |
Minister of the Interior | |
Assumed office 9 June 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Andrej Plenković |
Preceded by | Vlaho Orepić |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 29 December 2010 – 23 December 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Jadranka Kosor |
Preceded by | Branko Vukelić |
Succeeded by | Ante Kotromanović |
Chief of Staff of the Office of the President of Croatia | |
In office 10 February 2004 – 30 September 2005 | |
President | Stjepan Mesić |
Preceded by | Željko Dobranović |
Succeeded by | Boris Šprem |
Personal details | |
Born | Pula, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | 27 December 1961
Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Davor Božinović (born 27 December 1961) is a Croatian diplomat serving as Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister since 2017. He served as Minister of Defence from 2010 to 2011, in the cabinet of Jadranka Kosor.
Born in Pula, Božinović graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Political Sciences; earned Master's and Doctor's Degrees. He served as Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Serbia and Montenegro from 2002 to 2004. In 2004, he was appointed as Head of the Office of the President of Croatia. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Head of Mission of the Republic of Croatia to NATO. In September 2008, he was appointed State Secretary for European integration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MVPEI), and in July 2009 as State Secretary for Political Affairs at the same ministry.
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External links
- Media related to Davor Božinović at Wikimedia Commons
- Davor Božinović at the Government of Croatia official website