Rajko Ostojić | |
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Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament | |
Assumed office 22 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Siniša Hajdaš Dončić |
Minister of Health | |
In office 23 December 2011 – 11 June 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
Preceded by | Darko Milinović |
Succeeded by | Siniša Varga |
Personal details | |
Born | Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | 19 February 1962
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Zagreb (School of Medicine) |
Occupation | Physician |
Rajko Ostojić (Croatian pronunciation: [rǎːjko ôstojitɕ]; born 19 February 1962) is a Croatian physician and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), he has been serving as Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament.[1]
Ostojić graduated from the School of Medicine at the University of Zagreb and specialised gastroenterology and hepatology.[1][2]
He first became involved in politics in 2000 when he was appointed assistant to health minister Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina, and later served a term in the 6th Sabor assembly from 2008 to 2011. Following the November 2011 election won by the centre-left Kukuriku coalition Ostojić became Croatia's Health Minister in the cabinet of Zoran Milanović in December that year.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Rajko Ostojić" (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- 1 2 Toma, Ivanka (22 December 2011). "Milanovićevih 21 - Najmlađi premijer, najmlađa vlada". Večernji list (in Croatian). Zagreb. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
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