Dr. Ivo Sanader

Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia

Overview

Date of Birth: 8 June 1953, Split
Marital Status: married, with two daughters

Education

1982: Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Romance Languages from the University of Innsbruck, Austria
Primary and secondary school in Split, Croatia

Political Career

2003: Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia
2000: President of the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union), elected at 5th Convention of the Party in April 2000, and re-elected at 7th Convention of the Party, April 2002
2000: MP and Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the Croatian Parliament
1996-2000: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia
1995-1996: Chief of Staff to the President of the Republic of Croatia and Secretary General of the Defence and National Security Council
1993-1995: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Croatia
1992-1993: Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia
1992: Elected Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives of the Croatian Parliament

Professional Career

1991-1992: General Manager of the Croatian National Theatre in Split
1988-1991: Manager of his own companies in Innsbruck, Austria
1987-1990: Member of the editing board of the magazine "Mogucnosti" ("Possibilities")
1983-1988: Programme editor and subsequently Editor in Chief of the publishing House "Logos" in Split

Publications and Membership

Author of several books on literary history and contemporary politics
Member of the Croatian Writers Association and the Croatian Centre of the PEN Club

Languages

English, German, and Italian-fluent
French-conversational

Interests

Golf, Reading, Music