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.

Jasen Mesić
Minister of Culture
In office
27 December 2010 – 23 December 2011
Prime MinisterJadranka Kosor
Preceded byBožo Biškupić
Succeeded byAndrea Zlatar-Violić
Personal details
Born11 June 1972
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroat
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union
SpouseBarbara Medved-Mesić (2014-)
ChildrenMarko Gabrijel
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb

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.

References edit

  1. ^ "Državni tajnik - mr. Jasen Mesić". Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-04-10.