• Date of birth: 15 January 1958
• Marital status: married, three children

Education:

• Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
• Elementary and High School, Zadar

Professional career:

• 1983 - 1992 worked in “Maraska”, Zadar, as a technologist and production manager

Political career:

• 2003 appointed Minister of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development
• 2002 Vice-president of the Croatian Democratic Union, elected at 7th Convention of the Party
• 1997-2001 Chairman of the Union of Croatian Towns and Municipalities
• 1995 Member of the Croatian Parliament
• 1994-2003 Mayor of Zadar
• 1993 Deputy Mayor of Zadar
• 1993 Member of the Zadar Town Council
• 1989 Member of the Croatian Democratic Union

Foreign languages:

• English
• Italian

Hobbies:

• soccer, hunting, jogging, reading