Mladen Bručić-Matic

Curriculum Vitae

Personal information

Born in 1982 in Zagreb

Education

2017 International Junior Diplomats Program, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey
2011 - 2012 Advanced Master of European Studies, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
2008 - 2009 Professional diplomatic study program at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia
2008 Civil Service Exam
2007 Law graduate, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
2001 Graduate of XV. Gymnasium in Zagreb

Professional career

2024 - Director General, Directorate for European Affairs, International and Judicial Cooperation and Anti-Corruption, Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation
2023 - 2024 Acting Director General, Directorate for European Affairs, International and Judicial Cooperation and Anti-Corruption, Ministry of Justice and Public Administration
2022 - 2023 Head of Anti-Corruption Sector, Ministry of Justice and Public Administration
2022 Head of the Public International Law Division, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
2018-2022 Diplomatic Counsellor, then Minister-Counsellor, Legal Adviser to the Permanent Mission and Delegate of the Republic of Croatia to the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations, New York, SA
2016 - 2018 Head of Division for International Law and International Law Matters of the EU, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
2016 First Secretary (diplomat), Division for International Law and International Law Matters of the EU, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
2012 - 2016 Diplomat, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia to the Republic of Turkey, Ankara
2007 - 2012 Expert Associate, then diplomat, Independent Division for International Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration

Achievements and recognitions

Deputy Representative in the Anti-Corruption Council from the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration
Deputy EU Coordinator from the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration
Deputy Member of the Negotiating Group for Croatia’s OECD Accession from the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration
Head of Delegation to the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions
Deputy Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), Council of Europe
Member of delegations of the Republic of Croatia for 73th to 77th UN General Assembly; Vice-Chair of the United Nations Special Committee on the UN Charter (2020); Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly on legal affairs; Coordinator of the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly on the administration of justice at the UN (2021); Contact Point for the issue of non-cooperation of the New York Working Group of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (2019-2021); Coordinator of UN General Assembly resolutions on “Cooperation between the UN and the Council of Europe” (2018) and “The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” (2021); charged with monitoring the work of the UN Security Council on political and security issues in Europe and the Middle East, international law issues, including international courts, and counter-terrorism
Member of the delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Protection of Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions, meetings of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, the ISA Assembly and meetings of States Parties to UNCLOS
participated as a member of Croatian delegations in negotiations for a number of international agreements, primarily in the field of police and judicial cooperation, taxes, defence, transport, etc.

Foreign languages:

English (active)
Spanish (active)
German (passive)
Turkish (passive)