| Željko Jovanović | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Science, Education and Sports | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 23 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
| Preceded by | Radovan Fuchs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1965 Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serb[1] |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Croatia |
| Alma mater | University of Rijeka |
Željko Jovanović (born 26 November 1965) is a Croatian politician and member of the governing Social Democratic Party from Rijeka. Since December 23, 2011 he has been the Minister of Science, Education and Sports in the centre-left government of Zoran Milanović. He received his doctorate in biomedical science and his master's degree in economics on the Rijeka University in 2005.[2] He is one of the most outspoken critics of the main centre-right party in Croatia, the Croatian Democratic Union, well known for calling the head of that party a "criminal organization in a political sense".