President Milanović Decorates Interior Ministry Staff on Police Day
On the occasion of Police Day and the feast of St. Michael, the President of the Republic Zoran Milanović hosted a reception where he presented the Homeland Gratitude Memorial Medal to employees of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia.
Congratulating the Interior Ministry staff Police Day and the feast of St. Michael, President Milanović wished them good health, but also strong nerves and composure in the performance of their responsible duties. In his speech, the President said a police officer’s job was socially and politically but not party-oriented. Since 29 September is international police day, he suggested that Croatian Police could have their own day.
“You are the Croatian Police and I’ve been wondering why we don’t have a police day that would reflect an important event from our recent history,” President Milanović said, adding that the Croatian Police could observe the day they first lined up in Zagreb’s Svetošimunska Street.
For their honourable and exemplary service, these 117 employees of the Ministry of the Interior were decorated with the Homeland Gratitude Memorial Medal: Mirjana Abramović, Jovanka Badžim, Igor Baraba, Ljiljana Barberić, Vesna Barun, Ljubica Bogić Pupavac, Mladen Boričević, Marko Božić, Anđelko Brajković, Josip Buljan, Anđa Cindrić, Kristina Ciprić, Ivica Cvitković, Darko Čurčija, Nedeljko Doljanac, Zvonko Furjanić, Jadranka Galić, Nada Glasnović, Tomislav Glavač, Darko Grac, Nina Gregović, Slavenka Gudiček, Mario Hajny, Zoran Hedžet, Tomislav Horvat, Mirko Horvatiček, Željko Idžojtić, Renata Igrec, Predrag Ivanković, Dejan Ivanović, Nikola Jelić, Marija Jerbić, Renato Angelo Jerković, Mira Jurič, Davorka Jursik, Jure Kaćunić, Josip Kadežabek, Ivan Kalajžić, Dario Kedmenec, Milovan Kević, Josip Kičin, Biljana Korov, Dorotea Kos, Tomislav Krtinić, Ivan Kutnjak, Andrea Ledić, Dino Legović, Antonela Lolić, Željko Magdić, Dubravka Majstorović, Marina Mandić, Vladimir Mandić, Dubravko Marić, Gordana Marković, Željko Mataković, Krunoslav Mataz, Snježana Mateković, Mladen Matika, Ninoslav Mikić, Stjepan Mikolić, Natalia Milanja Hribar, Kristian Mlinarić, Marija Morić Ivančan, Drenka Nalio, Ana Nimac, Damir Novosel, Davorin Osredečki, Ivan Palaić, Damir Pavlić, Tanja Petrić, Maja Petrone, Željko Pilipović, Goran Pitner, Goran Popović, Lidija Radaković, Ivana Regelja, Gordana Rukavina, Tomislav Serdarušić, Barica Sremić-Mesarić, Luka Šarlija, Gordana Šimičić, Antonio Šimić, Mirjana Šivak, Tomislav Škara, Mirjana Škrinjar, Vladimir Šmit, Vjekoslav Šoštarić, Mario Štetić, Robert Šuprina, Maro Šutalo, Mirna Švegar, Damir Tomašek, Nino Trakoštanec, Dujo Troskot, Pero Tunjić, Luca Veić, Marija Vrbanec, Ante Vugdelija, Vikica Vuličević, Antonio Vulin, Jasminka Zorčić and Marko Zrno.
PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia / Dario Andrišek