Ambassador Drobnjak

Vladimir Drobnjak

Ambassador
Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the European Communities
Avenue des Arts 50, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: 00.32.2.5000930
Fax: 00.32.2.6465664
Email: vladimir.drobnjak@mvp.hr

CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Information
Date of Birth 5 March 1956
Place of Birth Zagreb, Croatia
Marital Status Married
Children one son (19 years)
Fields of Expertise Multilateral diplomacy, Negotiations, Regional political development processes and initiatives, Public administration management, Human resources management, Project management, Journalism


Educational background
1980 Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
1974 Classical High School, Zagreb


Working experience
December 2000 - present Head of the Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the European Communities
February 2002 - present Acting Chairman of the Third Working Table of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe; Chairman of the WT III Sub-table for Defense and Security
2000-2001 Member of the Negotiating Team of the Republic of Croatia for the Stabilization and Association Agreement with European Union
1999-2000 National Co-ordinator for the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
1997-2000 Assistant Minister, Ministry of the Foreign Affairs, Head of the Division for Multilateral Affairs
1995 Promoted to the rank of Ambassador
1992-1997 Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations, New York
1988-1992 USA and UN correspondent, based in New York, for Croatian dailies Vjesnik and Vecernji list
1986-1988 Editor in Chief of the Sunday Vjesnik
1980-1986 Journalist in daily Vjesnik


Miscellaneous		  
2001 Co-chairman of the Working Table on Security Issues of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe (1 Jan - 30 Jun)
2001 Co-chairman of the First Steering Committee Meeting of the Migration and Asylum Initiative (MAI), Bruxelles
2000 Co-chairman of the Co-ordinative Meeting on RACVIAC, Berlin
2000 Chairman of the Third Regional Meeting of Stability Pact National Co-ordinators, Zagreb
2000 Chairman of the First Expert Level Meeting on the Adriatic-Ionian Highway, Dubrovnik
2000 Co-chairman of the First Working Table of the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative, Ancona, Italy
1999 Chairman of the Second Regional Conference on Landmines, Zagreb
1998-2000 Head of Delegation of the Republic of Croatia for the negotiations on Article V, Annex 1B of the Dayton Peace Accord
1998 Head of the Central European Initiative Fact-finding mission to Albania
1998 Chairman of the Central European Initiative Working Group on the Kosovo crisis resolution, Brijuni, Croatia

Head of Delegation

  • Regional Table meeting of the Stability Pact (Brussels 1999, Thessaloniki 2000)
  • Stability Pact Working Tables inaugural meetings (Bari 1999, Oslo 1999, Geneva 1999)
  • Ministerial meeting of the SEECP (Bucharest 1999, Istanbul 1998)
  • First Regional Meeting of Stability Pact National Coordinators (Athens 1999)
  • First Review Conference of the Ottawa process (Maputo 1999)
  • First Regional Conference on Landmines (Budapest 1998)
  • Royaumont Meeting on Stability and Good Neighbourliness in SE Europe (Athens 1998, Bled 2000)
  • XII Non-aligned Movement Summit (Durban 1998)

Publications
"Recognition of the name and territorial sovereignty of Croatia in the UN during the period of UN peacekeeping operations in the territory of the Republic of Croatia" - Croatian Diplomatic Almanac, 2/1997.

Awards

  • 1984 Golden Pen Award of the Croatian Journalist Association
  • 1982 Young journalist of the year

Foreign Languages
English (main), French (secondary)