Tomislav Karamarko
| Tomislav Karamarko | |
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| First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia | |
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In office 22 January 2016 – 15 June 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Tihomir Orešković |
| Preceded by | Vesna Pusić |
| Succeeded by | Davor Ivo Stier |
| 6th Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 21 May 2012 – 22 January 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
| Preceded by | Jadranka Kosor |
| Succeeded by | Zoran Milanović |
| 10th Minister of Interior | |
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In office 10 October 2008 – 23 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ivo Sanader Jadranka Kosor |
| Preceded by | Berislav Rončević |
| Succeeded by | Ranko Ostojić |
| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 22 December 2011 – 22 January 2016 |
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| Constituency | III electoral district |
| 4th President of the Croatian Democratic Union | |
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In office 21 May 2012 – 21 June 2016 |
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| Deputy |
Drago Prgomet (2012–2015) Miljan Brkić (2016) |
| Preceded by | Jadranka Kosor |
| Succeeded by | Andrej Plenković |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 May 1959 Zadar, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Political party | Croatian Democratic Union (1989–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Patriotic Coalition (2015–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Enisa Muftić (1993–2011) Ana Šarić (2015–present) |
| Children | Lana Martin Katarina |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Tomislav Karamarko (pronounced [tǒmislaʋ karamǎːrko]; born 25 May 1959) is a Croatian politician who served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia from January until June 2016. He served in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor as Minister of Interior from 2008 to 2011.
Karamarko joined the Croatian Democratic Union in 1989 and in June 1991 he was named Chief of Cabinet of Josip Manolić, Prime Minister of Croatia. He continued to serve as Chief of Cabinet for Manolić's successor, Franjo Gregurić until September 1992 when he became Chief of Cabinet of the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Stjepan Mesić. A year later he became Director of the Zagreb Police Administration and in 1996 he was named Assistant Interior Minister. In 1998 he also became secretary of the Croatian Automobile Club.
During the 2000 presidential election he headed Stjepan Mesić's election campaign. Mesić won the election and later named Karamarko as his national security advisor and head of the National Security Office. In 2002 Karamarko was appointed director of the Counterintelligence Agency (POA) and in 2006 he was named director of the Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA).
In October 2008 Prime Minister Ivo Sanader named him Minister of the Interior and he remained in that post until December 2011 when HDZ was defeated in the 2011 general election. He acted as an independent minister until September 2011, when he joined HDZ for the second time. In May 2012 he won the party election and became the fourth president of HDZ, succeeding former Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor.
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