Ivan Anušić

Ivan Anušić
Anušić in 2024
Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 November 2023
Prime MinisterAndrej Plenković
Preceded byMario Banožić
Member of the Croatian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 April 2024
ConstituencyIV electoral district
In office
28 December 2015 – 22 July 2020
ConstituencyVIII electoral district
Prefect of the Osijek-Baranja County
In office
4 June 2017 – 15 November 2023
Preceded byVladimir Šišljagić
Succeeded byMato Lukić
Prefect of Antunovac
In office
15 May 2005 – 3 June 2017
Personal details
Born (1973-10-13) 13 October 1973
Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Croatia)
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union (2011–present)
Other political
affiliations		Croatian Party of Rights (1993–2009)
Independent (2009–2011)
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb

Ivan Anušić (born 13 October 1973) is a Croatian politician serving as Minister of Defence since November 2023.[1] A member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), he previously served as governor of the Osijek-Baranja County from 2017 to 2023.

Anušić also served as a member of the Croatian Parliament between 2015 and 2020, and was the mayor of Antunovac from 2005 to 2017 as well.[2] Originally, he became a member of the Croatian Party of Rights in 1993, but was not politically active in the 1990s. He was politically independent between 2009 and 2011, before joining the HDZ.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Potpredsjednik Vlade i ministar obrane Ivan Anušić". MORH (in Croatian). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Tko je novi ministar obrane: Najmoćniji čovjek Slavonije u vlasništvu ima kuću, stari BMW vrijedan 16.000 eura..." Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Tko je HDZ-ov slavonski odlikaš, bivši pravaš, sportaš i Brkićev ratni drug". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "HDZ-ovac koji je dobio više glasova od šefa: 'Dolazimo po Milanovića'". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Sa 17 godina otišao u dragovoljce, a HDZ-u se priključio 2011. kada su mnogi iz njega bježali". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
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