Neven Mimica

Neven Mimica
Deputy Prime Minister
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 December 2011
Prime Minister Zoran Milanović
Minister of European Integration
In office
28 September 2001 – 23 December 2003
Prime Minister Ivica Račan
Preceded by Ivan Jakovčić
Succeeded by Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Personal details
Born 12 October 1953 (1953-10-12) (age 58)
Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Alma mater University of Zagreb

Neven Mimica (born 12 October 1953) is a Croatian politician and diplomat.

Mimica graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics in 1976. Between 1979 and 1997 he held positions in various governmental bodies related to foreign relations and foreign trade policies, including several counselling positions at embassies in Cairo and Ankara. In 1997 he was appointed assistant to the Croatian Minister of Economy and served as Croatia's chief negotiator during the country's accession to the World Trade Organization and the European Union Association Agreement. In September 2001 he became Minister of European Integration under Prime Minister Ivica Račan, position he held until December 2003.

He was elected to the Croatian Parliament in 2003 as a representative of the Social Democratic Party, and again in 2007. Since January 2008 he serves as deputy speaker of the Croatian parliament and is also the chairman of the parliament's committee for European integration.

Political offices
Preceded by
Ivan Jakovčić
Minister of European Integration
2001–2003
Succeeded by
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Preceded by
Slobodan Uzelac and Domagoj Ivan Milošević
Deputy Prime Minister
Serving alongside with Radimir Čačić, Branko Grčić and Milanka Opačić

2011–
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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