Petar Čobanković

Petar Čobanković (29 January 1957[1]) is a former Croatian politician who served as Minister of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management.

Petar Čobanković
Minister of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Managemenet
In office
12 January 2008 – 23 December 2011
Prime MinisterIvo Sanader (until 2009)
Jadranka Kosor
Preceded byOffice established
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
In office
23 December 2003 – 12 January 2008
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byBožidar Pankretić
(as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development)
Personal details
Born (1957-01-29) 29 January 1957
Ilok, SFR Yugoslavia
(present-day Croatia)[1]
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union
Spouse(s)Anica Čobanković
Nickname(s)Debeli

Čobanković finished elementary and high school in Ilok, after that he attended Faculty of Agriculture at University of Zagreb where he obtained his B.Sc. in agriculture. From 2000 until 2001 he was Prefect of Vukovar-Syrmia County.[1] Between 2003 and 2008 he was the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I.[1] On January 12, 2008 he was named Minister of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II. In 2010 he became deputy-prime minister of Government of Croatia in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor.

Čobanković pleaded guilty and he was sentenced in March 2013 to one year in jail for corruption. The sentence was consequently reduced to a community sentence in an exchange for full cooperation with the prosecutor in the corruption case against the former Croatian premier Ivo Sanader.[2]

References
  1. "Petar Čobanković" (PDF) (in Croatian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. "Čobanković neće ići u zatvor, godinu dana radit će za opće dobro". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 7 March 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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