WŽeljka Antunović is a Croatian former centre-left politician who had served as acting president of the Social Democratic Party between April and June 2007, and as Minister of Defence from 2002 to 2003, in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Ivica Račan. She was the first and to date only female holder of the office.
WLuka Bebić is a Croatian former politician who served as the 17th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 11 January 2008 to 22 December 2011. He is a member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and has been a representative in the Croatian Parliament since the nation's independence in 1991, being elected into office six consecutive times.
WDavor Božinović is a Croatian diplomat who has been serving as Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Croatia since 9 June 2017. He served as the Minister of Defence from 2010 to 2011 in the cabinet of Jadranka Kosor.
WAndrija Hebrang is a Croatian physician and politician. A member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), he is a former member of the Croatian Parliament. A physician by vocation, Hebrang had served three terms as Croatia's Minister of Health and spent three months as Minister of Defence under six different Prime Ministers. In addition, he was his party's candidate in the 2009–10 Croatian presidential election, eventually finishing third behind Ivo Josipović, and Milan Bandić, winning 12 percent of the vote in the first round.
WAnte Kotromanović is Croatian politician and army officer who served as Defense Minister of Croatia from December 2011 until January 2016.
WDamir Krstičević is a Croatian general and politician who served as the Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister from 2016 until his resignation in May 2020, which he tendered due to the deaths of two Croatian military pilots in an aircraft accident.
WPavao Miljavac is a retired Croatian Army general.
WJozo Radoš is a Croatian liberal politician currently serving as one out of 11 Croatian members of the European Parliament. He previously served as a Minister of Defence, member of the Croatian Parliament and as an observer in the European Parliament for Croatia.
WBerislav Rončević is a Croatian politician, and the former Minister of Internal Affairs in the Croatian Government and the Minister of Defense.
WMartin Špegelj was a Croatian army general and politician who served as the second Defense Minister of Croatia and, later, the chief of staff of the newborn Croatian army and inspector-general of the army. His efforts to organize and equip the army from scratch were seen as instrumental in helping Croatia survive the first year of the Croatian War of Independence. Partly due to disagreements with president Franjo Tuđman, he retired in 1992, after the war froze with the permanent ceasefire at the end of 1991.
WBranko Vukelić was a Croatian politician and former Minister of Defence, and member of the Croatian Democratic Union.