Rajko Ostojić | |
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Minister of Health | |
In office 23 December 2011 – 11 June 2014 |
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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 of Croatia |
Alma mater |
University of Zagreb (School of Medicine) |
Occupation | Physician |
Rajko Ostojić (Croatian pronunciation: ['rǎːjko ˈôstojit͡ɕ]) (born 19 February 1962) is a Croatian physician and politician. He is member of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP). Ostojić graduated from the University of Zagreb School of Medicine and specialised gastroenterology and hepatology.
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.