Ministry of Croatian Veterans

Ministry in the Government of Croatia

The ministry of Croatian Veterans (Croatian: Ministarstvo hrvatskih branitelja, MHB) is a ministry of the Croatian Government which is split into several directorates:

• Directorate for Family
  • This directorate is further split up into departments for family, children and youth and people with disabilities.
• Directorate for War Veterans
  • This directorate deals with laws relating to Croatian veterans of the nation's Homeland War. These relate to the veterans' rights and their state of health, among other things. The directorate also operates services such as a phone-in line for veterans and scholarships for their children.
• Directorate for Intergenerational Solidarity
  • This directorate safeguards the rights of citizens over 65 years of age.
• Directorate for the Imprisoned and Missing
  • This directorate's purpose is to find the imprisoned and missing from the Homeland War, as well as to exhume and identify the remains of victims of the war.

The current Minister of Croatian Veterans' affairs is Tomo Medved of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).

List of ministers

Notes

nb 1.  ^ Served as Minister of Family, Veterans' Affairs and Inter-generational Solidarity

References

1. Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN 9789538034039
   "...(on day 19. February 2015)."
2. "Naslovna".

External links

• Official website (in Croatian)