Minister of Finance, Slavko Linić

• born on September 19th 1949, in Grobnik (Čavle)
• married
Education
• 1972 -graduated from the Faculty of Economics Rijeka
• 1968 -Economics High School Rijeka
Political career
• 2008 - 2011 - Representative in the Croatian Parliament, Chairperson of the Committee on Transportation, Communications and Maritime Affairs
• 2004 - 2007 - Representative in the Croatian Parliament, Chairperson of the Physical Planning and Environmental Protection Committee
• 2000 - 2003 - Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Croatia
• 1997 - 2000 - Representative in the Croatian Parliament, member of the Tourism Committee, of the Committee on Transportation, Communications and Maritime Affairs, and of the Physical Planning and Environmental Protection Committee
• 1990 - 2000 - Mayor of the town of Rijeka
• member of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) since 1990

Professional career
• 1979 - 1990 - Rijeka Oil Refinery, Head of Finance-Accounting Service
• 1979 - composite organization of associated labour (COAL) „Kvarnertrans", Finance
Director
• 1976 - 1978 - company „Gradšped" Rijeka, Finance Director
• 1974 - 1976 - Shipyard „Viktor Lenac" Rijeka
• 1972 - company „Avtotehna" Ljubljana
• 1990 - company for economic-financial engineering Ljubljana
Foreign languages
• English
Hobbies
• Skiing