page_title: Zoran Milanović
section_title: Prime Minister (2011–2016)
hierarchical_section_title: Zoran Milanović / Prime Minister (2011–2016)
caption_attribution_description: English: Graph illustrating Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanović's monthly approval rating since taking office in December 2011. The polls were conducted by Ipsos Puls.
context_page_description: Zoran Milanović is a Croatian politician serving as President of Croatia since 2020. Prior to assuming the presidency, he was President of the Social Democratic Party from 2007 to 2016 and Prime Minister of Croatia from 2011 to 2016.
  After graduating from the Zagreb Faculty of Law, Milanović started working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as an advisor at the Croatian Mission to the European Union and NATO in Brussels from 1996 to 1999. During the same year he joined the Social Democratic Party. In 1998 he earned his master's degree in European Union law at the Flemish University in Brussels and was an assistant to the Foreign Minister of Croatia for political multilateral affairs in 2003. In June 2007 he was elected President of the SDP, following the death of the long-time party leader and former Prime Minister Ivica Račan. Under Milanović's leadership the party finished in second place in the 2007 parliamentary election and was unable to form a governing majority. Despite losing the election, he was reelected party leader in 2008. In 2011 Milanović initiated the formation of the Kukuriku Coalition, uniting four centre to centre-left political parties.
context_section_description: Milanović presented his cabinet to the Parliament on 23 December, 19 days after the election. The discussion resulted with 89 members, 81 Kukuriku and 8 national minority MPs, voting in favour of the Milanović cabinet. The transition to power occurred the following evening when Jadranka Kosor welcomed Milanović to the government's official meeting place, Banski dvori, opposite the Sabor building on St. Mark's Square and handed him the necessary papers and documents.
  Taking office at the age of 45, Milanović became one of the youngest prime ministers since Croatia's independence. In addition, his cabinet also became the youngest, with an average minister's age of 48. Cabinet members came from three out of four parties of the winning coalition, leaving only the single-issue Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) without representation. Milanović was reelected as president of the SDP in the 2012 leadership election as the only candidate.
caption: Milanović's approval rating since becoming Prime Minister, conducted by Ipsos Puls
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