Formed 31 May 1990 Employees 670 (2015) Minister responsible Davor Ivo Stier | Jurisdiction Government of Croatia Annual budget HRK 613 million (2015) | |
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Headquarters Trg Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 7–8, Zagreb, Croatia | ||
The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo vanjskih i europskih poslova or MVEP) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of foreign relations and admission into the European Union.
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Foreign affairs ministers
The current Minister Davor Ivo Stier is the 13th Foreign Affairs Minister of Croatia. The longest serving minister was Mate Granić (1993–2000), under Prime Ministers Nikica Valentić and Zlatko Mateša, and the shortest serving was Davorin Rudolf who held the post for three months between May 1991 to July 1991 under Prime Minister Josip Manolić.
Source: MVPEI.hr (Croatian)European integration ministers
The Ministry for European Integration was a short-lived ministry which was established during Prime Minister Ivica Račan in 2000. It grew out of the Government Office for European Integration and was later merged with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 2005 under Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. The ministry was charged with overseeing the changes to the legislation needed to comply with the community acquis in preparation and during the Accession of Croatia to the European Union.