Ministry of Defence (Croatia)
The ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske or MORH) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of the nation's military. It is Croatia's ministry of defence. The ministry was established in 1990.
Structure
Elements in the ministry's structure are:
- Defence Minister and Deputy Minister
- Minister's Cabinet
- Chief Secretariat
- Sector for Administrative and Legal Affairs
- Croatian Armed Forces General Staff
- Defence Inspectorate
- Military Security and Intelligence Agency
- Independent Sector for Public Procurement
- Independent Department for Public Affairs and Publishing
- Independent Section for Internal Auditing
- Independent Department for Military Air Traffic
- Independent Department for supporting Military Ordinary in Croatia
- Defence Policy Directorate and the assigned Assistant Minister
- Defence Policy Sector
- International Defence Cooperation and Security Sector
- Human Resources Directorate and the assigned Assistant Minister
- Human Resources Management Sector
- Human Resources Management Support Sector
- Material Resources Directorate and the assigned Assistant Minister
- Armament Sector
- Property, Environmental Protection and Construction Sector
- Information Systems, Finance and Budget Directorate and the assigned Assistant Minister
- Sector for Information Communication Systems
- Program Analysis, Finance and Budget Sector
List of ministers
Political parties:
Croatian Democratic Union (13)Social Democratic Party (2)
Croatian Social Liberal Party (1)
(*) Ministers of Defence who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office.
(**) Incumbent's time in office last updated: 3 May 2025.