Gordan Maras

Gordan Maras
Minister of Entrepreneurship and Crafts
In office 23 December 2011 – 22 January 2016
Prime Minister	Zoran Milanović
Preceded by	Đuro Popijač
Succeeded by	Darko Horvat
Personal details
Born	(1974-06-13) 13 June 1974 Zagreb, Croatia
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Zagreb (Faculty of Economics)
Occupation	Economist

Gordan Maras (born 13 June 1974) is a Croatian economist and politician who served as a minister at Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts at the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović from 2011 unitl 2016. He is member of the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP).

Education

Maras finished elementary school "Vladimir Nazor" and 10th Gymnasium. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics and gaind his Master's degree at the Cotrugli Business School.^[1]

Professional career

From 2001 to 2003 he was a sales and business manager at Croatian Olympic Centre Bjelolasica, from 2004 to 2010 CEO of Maximus Communications, and from 2004 to 2010 business manager of Social Democratic Party of Croatia.^[1] He is currently serving as a minister at Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts at the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović.

Political career

Maras started his political career in 1997 when he joined Social Democratic Party of Croatia. He was a vice-president of the SDP Youth Forum (1998-2000), President of the SDP Youth Forum (2000-2002), and member of SDP Main Board (2000–2008). At Croatian parliamentary election, 2007 Maras was elected to Sabor in 1st electorate district. In 2008 he became vice-president of the Committee on Finance and State Budget of the Croatian Parliament and in 2009 vice-president of SDP of the City of Zagreb.^[1]

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