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Date formed
  
6 July 2009

Head of government
  
Jadranka Kosor

Date dissolved
  
23 December 2011

No. of ministers
  
18 (23 December 2011)

Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor

Deputy head of government
  
Đurđa Adlešić (2008-2010) Slobodan Uzelac (2008-2011) Darko Milinović (2008-2011) Gordan Jandroković (2008-2011) Petar Čobanković (2009-2011) Božidar Pankretić (2009-2011) Domagoj Ivan Miloševic (2010-2011)

Head of state
  
Stjepan Mesić (2009-2010) Ivo Josipović (2010-2011)

The Cabinet of Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor was announced on 6 July 2009. It was the 11th cabinet of Croatia, and its term ended on 23 December 2011. The cabinet came into existence after Prime Minister Ivo Sanader abruptly resigned on 1 July 2009 and named Kosor as his successor. It was succeeded by the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović following the centre-left Kukuriku coalition's success in the 2011 parliamentary elections.

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The cabinet represented parties from the ruling coalition formed following the 2007 parliamentary elections:

  • Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
  • Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
  • Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS)
  • Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)

    • Party breakdown

    Party breakdown of cabinet ministers (23 December 2011):

    Changes from the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II

  • Božidar Pankretić, the former Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development switched posts with Petar Čobanković, the former Minister of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management.
  • Tomislav Ivić was appointed new Minister of Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity, to fill in the vacant seat after former minister Jadranka Kosor became Prime Minister.
  • Bianca Matković was appointed Minister without portfolio.
  • New Ministry for Public Administration was formed, with Davorin Mlakar appointed minister.
  • Former Minister of Science, Education and Sports Dragan Primorac, who also stepped down the day after Sanader's resignation, was replaced by Radovan Fuchs only days before the Kosor cabinet was officially announced.
  • Although initially retained as Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, Damir Polančec resigned three months later on 30 October 2009 and was replaced by Đuro Popijač in November.
  • Bianca Matković, who was appointed Minister without portfolio in Kosor's cabinet, was relieved from her post in March 2010. Since no one was appointed to replace her, her post was also terminated.
  • In May 2010 Ivan Šimonović was appointed United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. Following the appointment, Šimonović was replaced by Dražen Bošnjaković on 7 July 2010. Bošnjaković previously held the post of state secretary with the Ministry of Justice.
  • In July 2010 the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) decided to leave the ruling coalition. As a result of this, Đurđa Adlešič stepped down from her post of Deputy Prime Minister.
  • In December 2010 the government underwent a major reconstruction, which came into effect after the new appointments were approved in a parliament session held on 29 December:
  • Ivan Šuker (HDZ) was replaced by Martina Dalić (HDZ) as Minister of Finance
  • Branko Vukelić (HDZ) was replaced by Davor Božinović (HDZ) as Minister of Defence
  • Marina Matulović-Dropulić (HDZ) was replaced by Branko Bačić (HDZ) as Minister of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction
  • Božo Biškupić (HDZ) was replaced by Jasen Mesić (HDZ) as Minister of Culture
  • In addition, three new Deputy Prime Ministers were appointed - Domagoj Milošević was named Deputy Prime Minister in charge of major investment projects, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Petar Čobanković was named Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the economy, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Gordan Jandroković was appointed Deputy Prime Minister.

    • List of ministers and portfolios

  • Some periods in the table below start before 6 July 2009 because some ministers also served in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II (12 January 2008 – 6 July 2009) and Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I (23 December 2003 – 12 January 2008).
  • In December 2010 the cabinet had six Deputy Prime Ministers: for Domagoj Ivan Milošević and Slobodan Uzelac these were their only posts in the cabinet, while Darko Milinović, Božidar Pankretić, Petar Čobanković and Gordan Jandroković served as both Deputy Prime Ministers and ministers of their respective portfolios.
  • In the following table former members of the cabinet are listed in italic script and current Deputy Prime Ministers are indicated by "(d)".

    • Notes

    References

    Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor Wikipedia
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