The Ministry of Demographics and Immigration of the Republic of Croatia () is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which performs professional and other tasks related to monitoring and analysis of demographic trends and changes in the Republic of Croatia, proposes measures aimed at increasing the birth rate, balancing the age structure and encouraging people to stay in Croatia and creates conditions for the return and immigration of members of the Croatian diaspora to Croatia.
List of ministers
Minister of Social Planning (1990)
MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays in officeStjepan ZdunićHDZ 30 May 1990 4 October 1990
Ministers of Emigration (1991–1992)
MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays in officeGojko ŠušakHDZ 2 August 1991 18 September 1991 Zdravko SančevićHDZ 2 December 1991 12 August 1992
Minister of Return and Immigration (1996–1999)
MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays in officeMarijan PetrovićHDZ 13 November 1996 1 June 1999
Minister of Development, Immigration and Reconstruction (1999–2000)
MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays in officeJure RadićHDZ 18 May 1999 27 January 2000
Ministers of Social Politics and Youth (2011–2016)
MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays in officeMilanka OpačićSDP 23 December 2011 22 January 2016 Bernardica JuretićInd. 22 January 2016 19 October 2016
Ministers of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy (2016–2020) MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays in officeNada MurganićHDZ 19 October 2016 17 July 2019 Vesna BedekovićHDZ 22 July 2019 21 July 2020
Ministers of Demographics and Immigration (2024–)
MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays in officeIvan ŠipićDP 17 May 2024 Incumbent
Organization The Ministry has a total of 148 staff (as of 2024), working in the following departments:
DepartmentCroatian languageStaff Cabinet of the Minister Kabinet Ministra9 General Secretariat Glavno tajništvo41 Directorate for Managing Public Policies for Demographic Revitalization and ImmigrationUprava za upravljanje javnim politikama za demografsku revitalizaciju i useljeništvo36 Directorate for the Implementation of Public Policies for Demographic RevitalizationUprava za provedbu javnih politika za demografsku revitalizaciju26 Directorate for the Implementation of Public Immigration PoliciesUprava za provedbu javnih politika za useljeništvo33 Independent Internal Audit ServiceSamostalna služba za unutarnju reviziju3
Officials Currently serving officials at the Ministry:
Minister Ivan Šipić, Minister of Demographics and Immigration
Secretary General
Marija Balajić, Secretary General of the Ministry of Demographics and Immigration
State Secretaries
Frane Tokić Željka Josić
Heads of sectors Zvonimir Matković, Head of the Legal and General Affairs and Public Procurement Sector (Načelnik Sektora za pravne i opće poslove i javnu nabavu) Ivana Berend, Head of the Finance and Accounting Sector (Načelnica Sektora za financije i računovodstvo) Ksenija Slivar, Head of the Sector for Coordination of Public Policies for Demographic Revitalization and Immigration (Načelnica Sektora za koordinaciju javnih politika za demografsku revitalizaciju i useljeništvo) Ivana Juričić, Advisor to the Sector for Programs and Projects for Demographic Revitalization and Immigration (Savjetnica Sektora za programe i projekte za demografsku revitalizaciju i useljeništvo) Ivana Udovičić, Head of the Department for the Advancement of Pronatal and Demographic Policy (Načelnica Sektora za unaprjeđenje pronatalitetne i demografske politike) Ivanka Kunštić, Head of the Sector for Policy Encouraging the Return of Croatian Emigrants and Immigration (Načelnica Sektora za politiku poticanja povratka hrvatskog iseljeništva i useljavanja) Mirjana Vatavuk, Head of the Sector for Integration and Immigration Status Issues (Načelnica Sektora za integraciju i statusna pitanja useljenika)
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