Neven Mimica

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	(1953-10-12) 12 October 1953 (age 70) 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.