Jasen Mesić | |
Office: | Minister of Culture |
Term Start: | 27 December 2010 |
Term End: | 23 December 2011 |
Primeminister: | Jadranka Kosor |
Predecessor: | Božo Biškupić |
Successor: | Andrea Zlatar-Violić |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1972 |
Birth Place: | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Party: | Croatian Democratic Union |
Alma Mater: | University of Zagreb |
Spouse: | Barbara Medved-Mesić (2014-) |
Children: | Marko Gabrijel |
Nationality: | Croat |
Jasen Mesić (born June 11, 1972) is a Croatian politician from the Croatian Democratic Union. He served as the Croatian Minister of Culture between 2010 and 2011.
Mesić was born in Zagreb. He graduated in history and archeology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb in 1996 and later in submarine archeology at Accademia per metodologia e tecnica di archeologia subacquea in Italy. Subsequently, he attained his master's degree at the University of Siena.[1]
Jasen Mesić was the mayoral candidate of Croatian Democratic Union for the 2009 local elections in Zagreb. He received 39,623 votes or 13.17% and was eliminated in the first round.