Rajko Ostojić | |
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Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament | |
Assumed office 22 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Siniša Hajdaš Dončić |
Minister of Health | |
In office 23 December 2011 – 11 June 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
Preceded by | Darko Milinović |
Succeeded by | Siniša Varga |
Personal details | |
Born | Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | 19 February 1962
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater |
University of Zagreb ( School of Medicine) |
Occupation | Physician |
Rajko Ostojić (Croatian pronunciation: [rǎːjko ôstojitɕ]; born 19 February 1962) is a Croatian physician and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), he has been serving as Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament. [1]
Ostojić graduated from the School of Medicine at the University of Zagreb and specialised gastroenterology and hepatology. [1] [2]
He first became involved in politics in 2000 when he was appointed assistant to health minister Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina, and later served a term in the 6th Sabor assembly from 2008 to 2011. Following the November 2011 election won by the centre-left Kukuriku coalition Ostojić became Croatia's Health Minister in the cabinet of Zoran Milanović in December that year. [2]