Prime Minister Ivo Sanader Prime Minister Ivo Sanader Alma mater University of Zagreb Role Croatian Politician Party Croatian Democratic Union | Preceded by Zeljka Antunovic Preceded by Ivica Kirin Name Berislav Roncevic Education University of Zagreb Succeeded by Branko Vukelic | |
Born 23 June 1960 (age 63)
Borovik, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1960-06-23 ) Political party Croatian Democratic Union | ||
Berislav roncevic o ostavci
Berislav Roncevic (born 23 June 1960) is a Croatian politician, and the former Minister of Internal Affairs in the Croatian Government and the Minister of Defense.
Roncevic was born in the village of Borovik near Dakovo. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb in 1985.
Roncevic has been a member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) since 1990. He began his political career in the party in the town of Nasice, and afterwards within the Osijek-Baranja County. He was assistant to the mayor, and later mayor of Nasice himself. He has been a representative in the Croatian Parliament since 2000. After parliamentary elections in 2003 he took on the portfolio of defence minister.
In December 2010, Roncevic was sentenced to four years in prison for alleged improprieties during acquisition of army trucks in 2004. After his guilty verdict was vacated by the Supreme Court in April 2013, Roncevic was acquitted in the second trial in January 2014.
Roncevic is married and a father of four.