Hrvoje Hitrec

Hrvoje Hitrec
Minister of Information
In office
4 March 1991  17 July 1991
Prime MinisterJosip Manolić
Preceded byMilovan Šibl
Succeeded byBranko Salaj
Personal details
Born (1943-07-14) 14 July 1943
Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union
ResidenceSamobor
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
(Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Hrvoje Hitrec (born 14 July 1943) is a Croatian writer, screenwriter, and politician. He is notable for his works for children and youth, most famous of his works being the novel (and later a very popular 1980s/90s TV series) Smogovci [hr], but Hitrec also wrote novels, film and TV scripts, dramas. He received several notable Croatian literary awards: "Ksaver Šandor Gjalski," "Ivana Brlić Mažuranić" and "Grigor Vitez."