Croatia’s PM proposes new candidate after finance minister resigns

Croatia’s Minister of Finance Zdravko Maric is seen at the government setting up in Zagreb, Croatia May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

SARAJEVO, July 6 (Reuters) – Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic mentioned on Wednesday that he proposed economic system professor Marko Primorac as the new finance minister right after Zdravko Maric filed his resignation in an surprising shift.

Maric, who experienced initiated tax reforms and a stricter management of expenditure, has not talked publicly nonetheless about his reasons for leaving but the federal government mentioned that he cited private motives. Plenkovic said Maric would chat to media on Thursday.

Plenkovic said that he reviewed the go with Maric around the previous a number of months and thanked him on behalf of the govt for his 6-1/2-12 months get the job done.

“He contributed drastically to the economical stability and we are now completing a massive job of Croatia’s membership in the euro zone,” Plenkovic instructed reporters.

Croatia is preparing to be a part of the euro zone from 2023.

Plenkovic claimed that he proposed Primorac, a lecturer at Zagreb College and the Globe Financial institution and IMF marketing consultant, as the new candidate for the position to the cupboard and the parliament the vast majority, who permitted him.

He explained that he would introduce Primorac, who has contracted Covid-19, to the parliament future week.

“I imagine that he will be new finance minister from next Friday,” Plenkovic claimed, adding he thought that Primorac, 38, will rapidly find himself in the job.

Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic Enhancing by Alison Williams and Angus MacSwan

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