Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts (Croatia)


The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of the Republic of Croatia is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of the development of the economy, and conducting administrative and other tasks related to:

Ministers of Crafts, Small and Mid-sized Entrepreneurship (2000–2003)

Ministers of Entrepreneurship and Crafts (2011–2016)

Origins

The Ministry of Economy was not included as such in the first four Croatian Governments. The Cabinet of Stjepan Mesić and the Cabinet of Josip Manolić included the minister for social planning and the minister of energy and industry. In the Cabinet of Franjo Gregurić, the former minister became the minister of economic development, and there was also a minister of trade. The Cabinet of Hrvoje Šarinić in turn included the minister of industry, shipbuilding and energy and the minister of tourism and trade.
In the Cabinet of Zlatko Mateša, the prime minister also talked of renaming the ministry of economy back into the ministry of industry and energy. In the Cabinet of Andrej Plenković in October 2016 the Ministry of Economy was merged with the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts into the Ministry of Economy, Small and Medium Entrepreneurship and Crafts.