Ivan Anušić | |
Office: | Minister of Defence |
Term Start: | 16 November 2023 |
Primeminister: | Andrej Plenković |
Predecessor: | Mario Banožić |
Office1: | Member of the Croatian Parliament |
Term Start1: | 17 April 2024 |
Constituency1: | IV electoral district |
Term Start2: | 28 December 2015 |
Term End2: | 22 July 2020 |
Constituency2: | VIII electoral district |
Office3: | Mayor of the Osijek-Baranja County |
Term Start3: | 4 June 2017 |
Term End3: | 15 November 2023 |
Predecessor3: | Vladimir Šišljagić |
Successor3: | Mato Lukić |
Office4: | Mayor of Antunovac |
Term Start4: | 15 May 2005 |
Term End4: | 3 June 2017 |
Birth Date: | 13 October 1973 |
Birth Place: | Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
Party: | Croatian Democratic Union (2011–present) |
Otherparty: | Croatian Party of Rights (1993–2009) Independent (2009–2011) |
Alma Mater: | University of Zagreb |
Children: | 4 |
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 mayor 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]