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Ivan Malenica

Minister of Justice and Public Administration

  • born on 21 July 1985 in Šibenik, Croatia 
  • married, father of three 
Education 
  • 2020          PhD in Public Law and Public Administration, dissertation topic: Execution of administrative court decisions in Croatian and comparative law, Faculty of Law, Zagreb 
  • 2008          Law graduate, Faculty of Law, University of Split  
Career 
  • 2020 –              Minister of Justice and Public Administration 
  • 2019 – 2020     Minister of Public Administration 
  • 2017 – 2019     Dean, Polytechnic of Šibenik 
  • 2016 – 2017     Senior Lecturer, Polytechnic of Šibenik 
  • 2013 – 2016     Lecturer, Polytechnic of Šibenik 
  • 2008 – 2013     Assistant, Polytechnic of Šibenik  
Political experience 
  • Chairman of HDZ’s National Committee on Public Administration and Local and Regional Self-Government 
  • Member of the Commission on the Statute of HDZ 
  • 2016 –                   Member of the presidency of Šibenik HDZ’s Town Committee () 
  • 2014 – 2018          Member of the Presidency of the Youth of the Croatian Democratic Union (MHDZ) 
  • 2012 – 2014          President of the MHDZ of Šibenik-Knin County 
  • 2010                      Political Academy of the Croatian Statehood Foundation 
  • 2008 – 2012          Vice-President of the Youth of the Croatian Democratic Union (MHDZ) of Šibenik-Knin County 
  • Member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)  
Foreign languages 
  • English 
  • German 
  • French  
Other activities  
  • Author of over a dozen scientific and professional papers 
  • Participant in numerous scientific and professional conferences and symposiums 
  • Member of the Public Administration Development Council of the Ministry of Public Administration (2018) 
  • Member of the Governing Council of the Polytechnic of Šibenik (2013-2017) 
  • Member of the Šibenik-Knin County Assembly (2009-2017) 
  • Member of the Institute for Public Administration 
  • Member of the Andrija Štampar Public Health Association 
  • Member of the Croatian Hunting Federation and lecturer of Hunting Legislation at the Croatian Hunting Federation