Neven Mimica | |
|---|---|
 Mimica in 2011 | |
| European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development | |
| In office 1 November 2014 – 1 December 2019 | |
| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by | Kristalina Georgieva & Andris Piebalgs |
| Succeeded by | Jutta Urpilainen (International Partnerships) |
| European Commissioner for Consumer Protection | |
| In office 1 July 2013 – 1 November 2014 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Tonio Borg (Health and Consumer Policy) |
| Succeeded by | Věra Jourová (Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality) |
| 3rd Minister of European Integration | |
| In office 28 September 2001 – 23 December 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Ivica Račan |
| Preceded by | Ivan Jakovčić |
| Succeeded by | Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 October 1953 Split, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Education | University of Zagreb |
Neven Mimica (pronounced [nêʋen mîmit͡sa]; born 12 October 1953) is a Croatian politician and diplomat who has been serving as European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development in the Juncker Commission since 1 November 2014. He was previously the European Commissioner for Consumer Protection in the Second Barroso Commission from July 2013 until November 2014 and was in that regard the first European Union Commissioner from Croatia following its accession to the European Union.
Prior to his role in the European Union, Mimica also held a number of governmental posts in Croatia. Namely, he served as the 3rd Minister of European Integration from 2001 until 2003, in both the first and second cabinets of the Social Democratic Prime Minister Ivica Račan. Furthermore, he was appointed a Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of Zoran Milanović in 2011 and held the office until resigning to take up the post of European Union Commissioner in 2013.