Boris Lalovac appointed new finance minister

Parliament on Wednesday appointed Boris Lalovac as finance minister with 83 votes for, 16 against from the opposition Croatian Democratic Union and ten abstentions from the Labour Party and the Croatian Democratic Party of Slavonia and Baranja.
 

"The trust shown is an obligation and I wish you success and us success with you," Speaker Josip Leko said after Lalovac was sworn in.

Lalovac was appointed finance minister after being deputy finance minister for two and a half years. He succeeds Slavko Linic, whom Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic replaced over undermined trust and political responsibility in the pre-bankruptcy settlement of the Spacva wood-processing company.

The chair of the parliamentary Finance Committee, Srdjan Gjurkovic, recalled that the committee endorsed, with nine votes for and one against, a decision to appoint Lalovac as finance minister.

(Hina)
 

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