Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (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 responsible for the country's foreign relations, its diplomatic missions and relations to international organisations, especially the European Union. Organization The Ministry has a total of 1,407 staff (as of 2025), working in the following departments: Officials Currently serving officials at the Ministry: Gordan Grlić-Radman, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Nevenka Cujzek, Secretary General of the Ministry (Glavna tajnica Ministarstva) Frano Matušić, State Secretary for Political Affairs (Državni tajnik za političke poslove) Andreja Metelko-Zgombić, State Secretary for Europe (Državna tajnica za Europu) Zdenko Lucić, State Secretary for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Državni tajnik za vanjsku trgovinu i razvojnu suradnju) Lara Romano, Secretary of the Minister's Office (Tajnica Kabineta ministra) Terezija Gras, Authorized to perform the duties of Director of the Directorate for Europe (Ovlaštena za obavljanje poslova ravnateljice Uprave za Europu) Irena Alajbeg, Director of the Directorate for Economic Affairs and Development Cooperation (Ravnateljica Uprave za gospodarske poslove i razvojnu suradnju) Gordana Vidović Mesarek, Authorized to perform the duties of Director of the Directorate for European and International Law (Ovlaštena za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za europsko i međunarodno pravo) Stribor Kikerec, Authorized to perform the duties of Director of the Directorate for Southeast Europe (Ovlašten za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za jugoistočnu Europu) Tomislav Lendić, Authorized to perform the duties of Director of the Political Affairs Directorate (Ovlašten za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za političke poslove) Sebastian Rogač, Director of the Directorate for Multilateral and Global Affairs (Ravnatelj Uprave za multilateralu i globalna pitanja) Vinko Ljubičić, Authorized to perform the duties of Director of the Directorate for Consular Affairs (Ovlašten za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za konzularne poslove) Goran Štefanić, Authorized to perform the duties of the Director of the Information Security Directorate (Ovlašten za obavljanje poslova ravnatelja Uprave za informacijsku sigurnost) Antun Buklijaš, Head of the Sector for Policy Planning (Načelnik Sektora za planiranje politika) Katja Šare, Head of the Sector for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Information and Public Relations (Načelnica Sektora za javnu i kulturnu diplomaciju, informiranje i odnose s javnošću) Ivan Marić, Spokesperson (Glasnogovornik) Karlo Kolesar, Head of the Diplomatic Academy (Načelnik Diplomatske akademije) Mirta Jelenc Župan, Head of Diplomatic protocol (Načelnica Diplomatskog protokola) Petra Juras Krmek, Inspector General of the Foreign Service (Glavni inspektor Službe vanjskih poslova) Sanja Gluhak, Head of the Internal Audit Service (Voditeljica Službe za unutarnju reviziju) Mario Martinec, Head of the Three Seas Initiative Service (Voditelj Službe za Inicijativu triju mora) Zoran Bradić, Head of the Border Service (Voditelj Službe za granice) List of ministers Foreign affairs ministers The 15th and current minister is Gordan Grlić-Radman, in office since 22 July 2019. 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. Political parties: Croatian Democratic Union (13) Social Democratic Party (1) Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (1) Source: MVPEI.hr (in Croatian) (*) Ministers of Foreign Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office. 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. Political parties: Croatian Democratic Union (2) Social Democratic Party (1) Istrian Democratic Assembly (1) (*) Ministers for European Integration who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office. Notes See also Foreign relations of Croatia List of diplomatic missions of Croatia References External links Official website