Prime Minister Ivo Sanader Party Croatian Democratic Union | Preceded by Andrija Hebrang Succeeded by Darko Milinović | |
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Born 1 May 1963 (age 53)
Nin, Yugoslavia ( 1963-05-01 ) Political party Croatian Democratic Union Alma mater University of Zagreb
(School of Medicine) Education School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, University of Zagreb | ||
Neven Ljubičić (born 1 May 1963) is a Croatian physician and politician. Ljubičić is best known for serving as Croatia's minister of health and social welfare from 2005 to 2008 in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I.
Overview
Ljubičić graduated from Zagreb University School of Medicine in 1987, where he also received his doctorate in 1993 before passing his specialty exam in internal medicine in 1996. He practiced medicine at the Holy Ghost Hospital and the Sisters of Charity Hospital in Zagreb.
A member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), in 2004 he was appointed assistant to health minister Andrija Hebrang, and after Hebrang's resignation he was made minister in February 2005 under Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. He served in that post until the end of the Sanader cabinet in January 2008.