Davor Božinović (Croatian pronunciation: [dâʋor boʒǐːnoʋitɕ]; born 27 December 1961) is a Croatian diplomat and politician who serves as Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia since 2017. He previously served as Minister of Defence from 2010 to 2011.

Davor Božinović
Božinović in 2023
Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
Assumed office
19 July 2019
Serving with Oleg Butković, Tomo Medved and Anja Šimpraga
Prime MinisterAndrej Plenković
Preceded byMarija Pejčinović Burić
Minister of the Interior
Assumed office
9 June 2017
Prime MinisterAndrej Plenković
Preceded byVlaho Orepić
Minister of Defence
In office
29 December 2010 – 23 December 2011
Prime MinisterJadranka Kosor
Preceded byBranko Vukelić
Succeeded byAnte Kotromanović
Chief of Staff of the Office of the President of Croatia
In office
10 February 2004 – 30 September 2005
PresidentStjepan Mesić
Preceded byŽeljko Dobranović
Succeeded byBoris Šprem
Personal details
Born (1961-12-27) 27 December 1961 (age 62)
Pula, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb

Born in Pula in a family descended from Bay of Kotor, to a father who was a Yugoslav naval officer, Božinović graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Political Sciences, where he was a mentor to Tomislav Ljubičić [sh]. He specialized in People's Defense and Self-Protection [sh], a distinctly Yugoslav socialist concept of popular mobilization for guerrilla defense/insurgency and civil protection, earning master's degree and PhD. In 1987, Božinović joined Socialist Croatia's Ministry of Defence.

He served as an Ambassador of Croatia to Serbia and Montenegro from 2002 to 2004. In 2004, he was appointed as Head of the Office of the President of Croatia Stjepan Mesić. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Head of Mission of the Republic of Croatia to NATO. In September 2008, he was appointed State Secretary for European integration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MVPEI), and in July 2009 as State Secretary for Political Affairs at the same ministry.

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