Andrej Plenković

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Andrej Plenković

Prime Minister of Croatia

Incumbent

Assumed office

19 October 2016

President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Zoran Milanović

Deputy show

Cabinet I (2016–2020)

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Cabinet II (2020–present)
Preceded by Tihomir Orešković

President of the Croatian Democratic Union

Incumbent

Assumed office

17 July 2016

Preceded by Tomislav Karamarko

Member of the European Parliament

In office

1 July 2013 – 12 October 2016

Constituency Croatia

Member of Parliament

In office

22 December 2011 – 28 September 2015

Constituency VII electoral district

Personal details

Born 8 April 1970 (age 51)

Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia

Political party HDZ (2011–present)

Ana Maslać
Spouse(s)
 

(m. 2014)
Children 2

Alma mater University of Zagreb

Awards Order of Merit, 3rd class

Website Official website

This article is part of

a series about
Andrej Plenković

 Early life and education

 Early career
 Political engagement
 Political positions
 Personal life

Premiership

 1st Cabinet
 COVID-19 pandemic
 Zagreb earthquake
 2nd Cabinet
 Zagreb shooting
 Petrinja earthquake
 Domestic policy
 Foreign policy

Elections

 2016
 2020

Family

 Ana Maslać
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Andrej Plenković (pronounced [ǎndreːj plěːŋkoʋitɕ] ( listen); born 8 April 1970) is a

Croatian politician serving as the Prime Minister of Croatia since 2016. He was
previously one of eleven Croatian members of the European Parliament, serving from
Croatia's accession to the European Union in 2013 until his resignation as MEP when
he took office as prime minister.[1] Plenković has also been president of the Croatian
Democratic Union since July 2016.[2]
Following his graduation from the faculty of law at the University of Zagreb in 1993,
Plenković held various bureaucratic positions in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and
European Affairs. After completing a postgraduate degree in 2002 (research master in
International law), he served as deputy chief of Croatia's mission to the EU. Between
2005 and 2010, he was Croatia's deputy ambassador to France, before leaving the post
to become state secretary for European integration. He was subsequently elected to
the Croatian Parliament in 2011.[3]
He was elected President of the HDZ in 2016, following Tomislav Karamarko's
resignation. Plenković campaigned on a pro-European and moderate agenda and led
his party to a plurality of seats in the 2016 parliamentary election. He was designated as
Prime Minister of Croatia by President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović on 10 October 2016
after presenting 91 signatures of support by members of Parliament to her.
His cabinet was confirmed by a vote of Parliament on 19 October with a majority of 91
of 151 MPs. His first cabinet had 20 ministers, whilst the second cabinet has 16
ministers.