The Eleventh Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Jedanaesta Vlada Republike Hrvatske) was the

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cabinet led by

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Jadranka Kosor Jadranka Kosor (; born 1 July 1953) is a Croatian politician and former journalist who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011, having taken office following the sudden resignation of her predecessor Ivo Sanader. Kosor was the fi ...

. It was announced on 6 July 2009 and its term ended on 23 December 2011. The cabinet came into existence after Prime Minister

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abruptly resigned on 1 July 2009, designating Kosor as his successor and making her the first woman to serve as Prime Minister since Croatia gained independence in 1991. It was succeeded by the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović following the

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's success in the 2011 parliamentary elections. The cabinet represented parties from the ruling coalition formed following the 2007 parliamentary elections: *

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(HDZ) *

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(HSLS) * Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) *

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(HSS)

Motions of confidence

Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers (23 December 2011):

Changes from the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II

* Božidar Pankretić, the former Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development switched posts with Petar Čobanković, the former Minister of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management. * Tomislav Ivić was appointed new Minister of Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity, to fill in the vacant seat after former minister Jadranka Kosor became Prime Minister. * Bianca Matković was appointed

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. * New Ministry for Public Administration was formed, with Davorin Mlakar appointed minister. * Former Minister of Science, Education and Sports

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, who also stepped down the day after Sanader's resignation, was replaced by Radovan Fuchs only days before the Kosor cabinet was officially announced. * Although initially retained as Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship, Damir Polančec resigned three months later on 30 October 2009 and was replaced by Đuro Popijač in November. * Bianca Matković, who was appointed Minister without portfolio in Kosor's cabinet, was relieved from her post in March 2010. Since no one was appointed to replace her, her post was also terminated. *In May 2010

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was appointed

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Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. Following the appointment, Šimonović was replaced by

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on 7 July 2010. Bošnjaković previously held the post of state secretary with the Ministry of Justice. *In July 2010 the

(HSLS) decided to leave the ruling coalition. As a result of this,

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stepped down from her post of Deputy Prime Minister. *In December 2010 the government underwent a major reconstruction, which came into effect after the new appointments were approved in a parliament session held on 29 December: **

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(HDZ) as Minister of Finance ** Branko Vukelić (HDZ) was replaced by Davor Božinović (HDZ) as Minister of Defence **

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(HDZ) was replaced by

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(HDZ) as Minister of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction **

Božo Biškupić Božo Biškupić (born 26 April 1938 in Mala Mlaka, near Zagreb) is a Croatian politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of Culture of Croatia in the governments of three Croatian Prime Ministers: Zlatko Mateša (1995–2000), Ivo Sanader ( ...

(HDZ) was replaced by

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(HDZ) as Minister of Culture **In addition, three new Deputy Prime Ministers were appointed - Domagoj Milošević was named Deputy Prime Minister in charge of major investment projects, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development

Petar Čobanković Petar Čobanković (29 January 1957) is a former Croatian politician who served as Minister of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management. Čobanković finished elementary and high school in Ilok, after that he attended Faculty of Agr ...

was named Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the economy, and Minister of Foreign Affairs

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was appointed Deputy Prime Minister.

List of ministers and portfolios

*Some periods in the table below start before 6 July 2009 because some ministers also served in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II (12 January 2008 – 6 July 2009) and

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(23 December 2003 – 12 January 2008). *In December 2010 the cabinet had six Deputy Prime Ministers: for Domagoj Ivan Milošević and Slobodan Uzelac these were their only posts in the cabinet, while Darko Milinović, Božidar Pankretić, Petar Čobanković and Gordan Jandroković served as both Deputy Prime Ministers and ministers of their respective portfolios. *In the following table former members of the cabinet are listed in ''italic script'' and current Deputy Prime Ministers are indicated by "(d)".

Notes

:nb 1. Đuro Popijač was originally appointed as a non-party minister in November 2009, but then joined HDZ while in office in August 2010.

:nb 2. Tomislav Karamarko was originally appointed as a non-party minister in October 2008, but then joined HDZ while in office in September 2011.

Standing in opinion polls

References

External links

Official website
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Chronology of Croatian cabinets
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