Tomislav Coric

Tomislav Ćorić is a Croatian politician who serves as deputy Prime Minister and minister of finance since 2026. In 2016 after the victory of the HDZ-led coalition in the parliamentary elections, Ćorić began representing the Ministry of Labour and Pension System in the first cabinet of Andrej Plenković. In 2017, he became the Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy. Ćorić focused on the waste management system during his time, investing more money into the systems. However, he drew controversy for sending Croatian oil for processing to a Hungarian refinery instead of the Rijeka refinery. He was also accused of being friends with people with corruption charges like Josipa Rimac and Dragan Kovačević.