Davor Filipović

Davor Filipović (born 10 June 1984) is a Croatian politician, and former Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Croatia. He is also a Doctor of Economics and a university associate professor of economics.

Davor Filipović
Filipović in 2022
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development
In office 29 April 2022 – 12 December 2023
Prime Minister	Andrej Plenković
Preceded by	Tomislav Ćorić
Succeeded by	Damir Habijan
Personal details
Born	(1984-06-10) 10 June 1984 (age 40) Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party	Croatian Democratic Union
Alma mater	University of Split University of Zagreb
Scientific career
Thesis	Modelling of exogenous and endogenous variables of the organization for a successful takeover of a company (2011)

Early life and education

Filipović was born on 10 June 1984 in Sarajevo. His father Ivan Filipović is a university professor and head of the Department of Forensic Sciences at the University of Split, and his mother Kata is a graduate economist.^[1]

Filipović attended elementary school in Sarajevo and Split, after moving to Makarska. During his studies, he discovered a passion for basketball, and after graduating from the School of Economics and Administration in Split in 2002, he also received a sports scholarship at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. He stayed in the United States until 2004, where he continued to play basketball in the highest level of American college basketball (NCAA Division I) and completed four semesters of business management.^[2]

Filipović graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Split in 2006. He continued his postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb. He received his doctorate in 2011 on the topic: "Modelling of exogenous and endogenous variables of the organization for a successful takeover of a company" (Croatian: Modeliranje egzogenih i endogenih varijabli organizacije za uspješno preuzimanje poduzeća). He continued further training at the Harvard Kennedy School - John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2014.

At the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb, Filipović worked as an assistant, senior assistant and assistant professor from 2008 to 2019, and as an associate professor from 2019.

Political career

Filipović was a member of the City Assembly of the City of Zagreb for two terms, while chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of many other committees. He was the president of the supervisory board of Croatian Forests and a member of the supervisory board of INA d.d.^[3]

Filipović was HDZ's candidate for mayor of Zagreb in 2021. He was the secretary of the main board of HDZ Zagreb, and he is a member of the presidency of HDZ since 2022 while also the president of the Academic Community "Dr. Ante Starčević".^[4]

Filipović became Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development in the Government of Andrej Plenković in April 2022. In this position he attended the 2023 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.^[5] His tenure as minister ended on 12 December 2023.

References

1. Međugorac, Iva (3 May 2021). "TKO JE OTAC HDZ-OVA DAVORA FILIPOVIĆA? Blizak je s jednim HDZ-ovim ministrom, godinama vodi unosan posao". Dnevno.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
2. "Biografija: Davor Filipović". Danas.hr (in Croatian). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
3. "Izv. prof. dr. sc. Davor Filipović". Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Zagreb (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
4. "Davor Filipović". Government of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
5. "List of Public Figures" (PDF). World Economic Forum. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.