Zoran Milanović is a Croatian politician as well as the 5th President of Croatia since 19 February 2020.
Zoran Milanović was born on 30 October 1966 in Zagreb Croatia to parents, Stipe Milanović (an economist) Đurđica “Gina” Matasić Milanović (an English and German teacher). He was raised in the neighbourhoods of Knežija and Trnje.
Zoran Milanović was given the baptismal name Marijan after his maternal grandmother, Marija Matasić got him baptized secretly. This was at the Church of St Peter and Paul. Milanović had a brother by the name Krešimir, who passed away in 2019.
As per his educational background, Zoran Milanović had his elementary and high school education in Zagreb. He went ahead to pursue studies in Law at the University of Zagreb and was awarded the Rector’s Award in 1990. He later obtained a Master’s Degree in European Union Law at the Flemish University in Brussels in 1998.
Milanović began his career as an intern at the Zagreb Commercial Court before proceeding to the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993. He later became the Assistant Minister for Political Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the year 2003.
Milanović was elected President of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia in 2007. He later served as the Prime Minister of the 10th Croatian Government until 2016 after winning the 2011 parliamentary elections.
Returning to politics, Milanović ran for the 2019-2020 presidential elections after he had earlier taken a break and ended his term as the President of the Social Democratic Party.
Zoran Milanović won the presidential elections and is now the fifth President of the Republic of Croatia. He is currently residing with his wife, Sanja Musić Milanović with whom he has two sons, Ante Jakov and Marko.