ZAGREB, Dec 29 - The new Croatian government's first session will be held on January 5 and address ministries' reports on the transfer of authority, amendments to the VAT Act, and a motion to lift the compulsory work order for doctors who have been on strike for months, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said on December 29, after the first working meeting with his cabinet.
Transfer
of authority has been carried out in all ministries, except between Bozidar
Kalmeta, the new minister of the sea, tourism, transport and development, and
Radimir Cacic, former minister of public works, reconstruction and construction,
due to the latter's illness, Sanader said.
He announced Miomir Zuzul would coordinate home and foreign policy, Jadranka Kosor social activities, and Andrija Hebrang the economy.
The Prime Minister Sanader also announced a series of trips, to Brussels, Berlin, Strasbourg, among other destinations.
Members of Croatian new Government:
Ivo Sanader - Prime Minister
Jadranka Kosor - Vice Prime Minister and Minister of the Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity
Andrija Hebrang - Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Social Welfare
Miomir Žužul - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ivan Šuker - Minister of Finance
Berislav Rončević - Minister of Defense
Marijan Mlinarić - Minister of the Interior
Branko Vukelić - Minister of the Economy, Labor and Entrepreneurship
Božidar Kalmeta - Minister of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development
Petar Čobanković - Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Marina Matulović Dropulić - Minister of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction
Kolinda Grabar Kitarović - Minister of European Integration
Božo Biškupić - Minister of Culture
Vesna Škare Ožbolt - Minister of Justice
Dragan Primorac - Minister of Science, Education and Sports
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