Ivan Šimonović (politician)
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Ivan Šimonović (born May 2, 1959 in Zagreb ) is a Croatian legal scholar, politician and diplomat .
Life
He graduated from the University of Zagreb with a degree in law in 1982 and obtained his doctorate there in 1990 . From 1992 he was an assistant in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1997 to 2002 he was Croatia's Ambassador to the United Nations . From 2002 to 2003 he was Croatia's Deputy Foreign Minister in the government of Ivica Račan .
From October 2008 to July 2010 he was Croatian Minister of Justice in the cabinets of Ivo Sanader and Jadranka Kosor . He does not belong to any party. Since July 2010, as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, he has been a key contributor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon .
In addition, since 2004 he has been professor of general legal and political theory at the University of Zagreb.
Works
- Hrvatska i Ujedinjeni Narodi (Croatia and the United Nations), 1996 ( ISBN 953-6007-14-2 )
- Globalizacija, državna suverenost i međunarodni odnosi (Globalization, State Sovereignty and International Relations), 2005 ( ISBN 953-234-044-0 )
Web links
- Information on Ivan Šimonović au unelections.org (English)
- Article about Ivan Šimonović with parts of an interview on orf.at (German)
- Interview and biographical information ( memento from July 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) in the newspaper Nacional (Croatian)
- Interview on pravnik.hr (Croatian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article in Danas (with probably wrong date of birth)
- ↑ Šimonović's homepage at the University of Zagreb
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Šimonović, Ivan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian legal scholar, politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zagreb |