Cabinet of Stjepan Mesić


The First Government of the Republic of Croatia was the Croatian Government announced on 30 May 1990 after the first multi-party elections ended 45 years of Communist Party rule, but while Croatia still remained a federal unit within SFR Yugoslavia. The prime minister was Stjepan Mesić of the Croatian Democratic Union. The cabinet was reformed on 24 August 1990 when Stjepan Mesić left Zagreb to assume the Croatian seat at the Yugoslav collective presidency following armed insurrection by ethnic Serbs.

Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers :
Some periods in the table end after the cabinet's reorganization, when the minister listed continued in the post in the subsequent cabinet of Josip Manolić.
NamePartyPortfolioPeriod
Stjepan MesićHDZPrime Minister30 May – 24 August 1990
Bernardo JurlinaHDZDeputy Prime Minister31 May 1990 – 4 March 1991
Mate BabićHDZDeputy Prime Minister31 May – 8 November 1990
Milan RamljakHDZDeputy Prime Minister31 May 1990 – 12 August 1992
Stjepan ZdunićHDZMinister of Social Planning31 May – 10 October 1990
Božo UdovičićHDZMinister of Energy and Industry31 May 1990 – 17 July 1991
Marijan HanžekovićHDZMinister of Finance25 July 1990 – 17 July 1991
Milan HrnjakHDZMinister of Construction, Housing-Communal Works, and Protection of Human Environment31 May 1990 – 4 March 1991
Milovan ŠiblHDZMinister of Information31 May 1990 – 4 March 1991
Zdravko MršićHDZMinister of Foreign Affairs31 May – 8 November 1990
Petar KristeHDZMinister of Defence31 May – 24 August 1990
Ivan TarnajHDZMinister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Resources31 May 1990 – 12 August 1992
Davorin RudolfHDZMinister of Maritime Affairs25 July – 24 August 1990
Branko BabacHDZMinister of Justice and Administration28 June 1990 – 17 July 1991
Josip BožičevićHDZMinister of Transportation25 July 1990 – 12 August 1992
Vlatko PavletićHDZMinister of Education, Culture and Sport31 May 1990 – 15 April 1992
Marin ČrnjaHDZMinister of Labour, Veterans and Disabled Issues31 May 1990 – 4 March 1991
Janko Vranyczany-DobrinovićHDZMinister of Tourism25 July 1990 – 17 July 1991
Josip BoljkovacHDZMinister of the Interior31 May 1990 – 2 July 1991
Andrija HebrangHDZMinister of Health30 May 1990 – 12 August 1992
Osman MuftićHDZMinister of Science, Technology and Informatics30 May 1990 – 31 July 1991
Branko BergmanHDZMinister of Water Resources25 July 1990 – 17 July 1991
Zvonimir MedvedovićHDZMinister without portfolio30 May – 25 July 1990
Zvonimir MedvedovićHDZMinister of Commercial Exchange25 July – 24 August 1990
Dragutin KalogjeraHDZMinister without portfolio31 May – 4 October 1990
Gojko ŠušakHDZMinister of Croatian Expatriates31 May 1990 – 17 July 1991
Vjenceslav CvitanGovernment secretary30 May 1990 – 30 June 1991