Neven Ljubičić

Neven Ljubičić (born 1 May 1963) is a Croatian physician and politician, best known for serving as Croatia's Minister of Health and Social Welfare from 2005 to 2008 in the first cabinet of Ivo Sanader.

Neven Ljubičić
Minister of Health and Social Welfare
In office
16 February 2005  12 January 2008
Prime MinisterIvo Sanader
Preceded byAndrija Hebrang
Succeeded byDarko Milinović
Personal details
Born (1963-05-01) 1 May 1963
Nin, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
(School of Medicine)

Overview

Ljubičić graduated from Zagreb University School of Medicine in 1987, where he also received his doctorate in 1993 before passing his specialty exam in internal medicine in 1996. He practiced medicine at the Holy Ghost Hospital and the Sisters of Charity Hospital in Zagreb.

A member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), in 2004 he was appointed assistant to health minister Andrija Hebrang, and after Hebrang's resignation he was made minister in February 2005 under Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. He served in that post until the end of the Sanader cabinet in January 2008.

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