Tomislav Karamarko

Tomislav Karamarko ( born May 25, 1959 in Zadar, Croatia) is the president of the Croatian Democratic Union.

Career

Tomislav Karamarko was born in the days of the former Yugoslavia in the Croatian coastal town of Zadar. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb in the History Department, where he graduated in 1985. From 1987 to 1988, he worked as a historian and archivist at the State Archive of Croatia.

1992 Karamarko was commissioned under the former Croatian Prime Minister Josip Manolić with the duties of Head of Cabinet of Use. Served in this office Karamarko under the former Prime Minister of Croatia Franjo Gregurić. At the same time, in the years 1992/93, under the Croatian President Stjepan Mesic.

From 1993 to 1996 Karamarko became head of the Zagreb's police authority. In 1998 he was working as assistant to the Innenminsisters the Republic of Croatia, only to be worked from 2000 as a representative of the Election Commission for the then presidential candidate Stjepan Mesic as traded.

Karamarko was advisor to the newly elected president of Croatia in matters of national security also in 2000. He was Chairman of the Office of National Security ( U.S. ) of the Republic of Croatia, which served as a supervisory body of all state intelligence services. After 2002, the reform of the intelligence services should run contrary to Karamarkos ideas, he filed the notice of termination.

Between 2002-2004 Karamarko worked in the private sector. He founded, among other things, the company Soboli doo, which was on the field ' business intelligence ', personal security and electronic security / surveillance operates. Some high-ranking former members of the Croatian intelligence services began there. He left in 2005 of his shares in the company after he had re-entered the civil service.

From 2004, he became director of the Croatian counterintelligence (POA ), 2006 Director of the Croatian security intelligence (SOA ), which resulted from the merger of several services, where he remained until 2008.

In 2008 he was appointed Croatian Minister of the Interior. This office he led to the change of government in December 2011. Since May 2012 he has been chairman of the HDZ ( Croatian Democratic Union).

Karamarko speaks English and Russian as foreign languages.

Private life

In private life Tomislav Karamarko is married and has two children. His hobbies are sports of basketball and the sport of sailing.