Rajko Ostojić
Rajko Ostojić | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 22 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Siniša Hajdaš Dončić |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 23 December 2011 – 11 June 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
| Preceded by | Darko Milinović |
| Succeeded by | Siniša Varga |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1962 Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb (School of Medicine) |
| Occupation | Physician |
Rajko Ostojić (Croatian pronunciation: [rǎːjko ôstojitɕ]; born 19 February 1962) is a Croatian physician and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), he has been serving as Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament.
Ostojić graduated from the School of Medicine at the University of Zagreb and specialised gastroenterology and hepatology.
He first became involved in politics in 2000 when he was appointed assistant to health minister Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina, and later served a term in the 6th Sabor assembly from 2008 to 2011. Following the November 2011 election won by the centre-left Kukuriku coalition Ostojić became Croatia's Health Minister in the cabinet of Zoran Milanović in December that year.