Juraj Njavro
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Juraj Njavro | |
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| 1st Minister of Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational solidarity | |
| In office 19 December 1997 – 27 January 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Zlatko Mateša |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Ivica Pančić |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 12 August 1992 – 13 October 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Hrvoje Šarinić (1992–1993) Nikica Valentić (1993) |
| Preceded by | Andrija Hebrang |
| Succeeded by | Andrija Hebrang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 July 1938 Neum, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Died | 15 September 2008 (aged 70) Zagreb, Croatia |
| Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb (School of Medicine) |
Juraj Njavro (2 July 1938 – 15 September 2008) was a Croatian medical doctor and politician.
Njavro was born in Cerovica, near Neum in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina). He attended elementary school here and gymnasium in Dubrovnik, Croatia.[1]
He served as a surgeon Vukovar's hospital during the city's intense siege within the Croatian War of Independence.[2] He continued to work in the hospital right up until the fall of the city to Serb forces.[3] Njavro was subsequently imprisoned and taken to the Sremska Mitrovica camp in Serbia.[2] In late 1991 Njavro was released as part of a prisoner exchange.[1]
He took part in Croatia's first post-independence parliamentary elections in 1992 and was elected as a member of the Croatian Democratic Union. From 12 August 1992, to 12 October 1993, he served as Croatia's Minister of Health.[4] He served as a minister without portfolio from 12 October 1993, to 7 November 1995, won reelection in 1995, and served again without portfolio from 13 November 1996, to 19 December 1997.[5][6] From 19 December 1997, to 27 January 2000, he served as Minister of Defenders from the Homeland War.[6] He was reelected again in 2000 and retired in 2003.[7]
Njavro wrote a book about his internment during the war entitled Glava dolje, ruke na leđa. After his retirement he served as the president of the Association of Croatian volunteer doctors 1990–1991.[7]
He died on 15 September 2008, in Zagreb and was buried in the city's Mirogoj Cemetery.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mlačak, Anamarija (9 September 2008). "Umro Juraj Njarvro (70), heroj vukovarske bolnice" [Juraj Njavro (70), hero of Vukovar hospital died]. 24sata (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 17 September 2008.
- ^ a b Despot, Zvonimir (15 September 2008). "Umro dr. Juraj Njavro, bivši ministar hrvatskih branitelja iz Domovinskog rata". Večernji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 19 September 2008.
- ^ Former minister, MP Juraj Njavro dies
- ^ Fourth Government of Croatia
- ^ Fifth Government of Croatia
- ^ a b Sixth Government of Croatia
- ^ a b "Dr. Vesna Bosanac: dr. Njavro izvanredan liječnik, čovjek i humanist" [Dr. Vesna Bosanac: Dr. Njavro an outstanding doctor, man and humanist]. Večernji list (in Croatian). 15 September 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008.
- ^ "Pokopan legendarni vukovarski doktor Juraj Njavro" [The legendary Vukovar doctor Juraj Njavro was buried]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 18 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011.
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| National | |
- 1938 births
- 2008 deaths
- People from Neum
- Croatian Democratic Union politicians
- Croatian surgeons
- Politicians of the Croatian War of Independence
- Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament
- Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery
- Veterans' affairs ministers of Croatia
- School of Medicine, University of Zagreb alumni
- Health ministers of Croatia
- 20th-century surgeons