Blaženka Divjak (born 1 January, 1967) is a Croatian scientist and university professor at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin. She served as Minister of Science and Education from 9 June, 2017 until 23 July, 2020.

Political life

Blaženka Divjak has led curricular reform of general education, reform of vocational education and training, enhancement of relevance of higher education and excellence of research in recent years. She was chairing EU Council of ministers for education and Council of ministers for research and space during Croatian presidency (January – June 2020).

Education

She holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science and Mathematics. She served as Vice-Rector (academic official) for students and study programs at the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...

(2010–2014).

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