Curriculum Vitae
• Born in Split on 12 October 1953
• Married with two children

Education
• 1987: Earned his Master's degree at the Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb
• 1976: Graduated in foreign trade from the Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb
• 1972: Finished the Katja Pavišić-Šperac Secondary School in Omiš
• 1968: Finished the Pjero Perak Primary School in Omiš

Political Career
• 2008–2011: Elected to Croatian Parliament, Deputy Speaker and chairman of the European Integration Committee
• 2008: Member of the Central Board of the SDP
• 2004–2008: Elected to Croatian Parliament, chairman of the European Integration Committee
• Member of the SDP since 2004
• 2001– 2003: Minister for European Integration
• 2000– 2001: Chief negotiator of the Republic of Croatia on the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union
• 2000: Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs
• 1997–2000: Assistant Minister for Economic Affairs for international economic relations

Professional Career
• 1996–1997: Plenipotentiary Minister at the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Ankara
• 1993–1996: Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Cairo
• 1991–1993: Assistant Minister of Trade for the foreign trade sector
• 1991: Senior Counsellor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1987–1991: Economic adviser at the Embassy of the SFRY in Cairo
• 1983–1987: Assistant chairman of the Republic's Committee for Foreign Relations
• 1980–1983: Adviser at the Republic's Committee for Foreign Relations
• 1978–1980: Staff member of the Republic's Committee for Foreign Relations
• 1977–1978: Import-export clerk at ASTRA, Zagreb

Publications and memberships
• Published several scientific and professional papers on European integration, international economic relations, system of economic relations between Croatia and other states and the development of its international economic cooperation,
• Chief negotiator of the Government of the Republic of Croatia on the admission of the Republic of Croatia to the World Trade Organisation
• Chief negotiator of the Government of the Republic of Croatia on entering the Free Trade Agreement with CEFTA Member States
• Member of the International Commission for the Balkans
• Lecturer at the VERN College and Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia in Zagreb

Foreign languages
• English
• German and French