1. Neven Mimica was previously the European Commissioner for Consumer Protection in the Second Barroso Commission from July 2013 until November 2014 and was in that regard the first European Union Commissioner from Croatia following its accession to the European Union.
The son of primary-school teachers, Neven Mimica graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics in 1976.
Between 1979 and 1997 Neven Mimica held positions in various governmental bodies related to foreign relations and foreign trade policies, including several counselling positions at embassies in Cairo and Ankara.
In September 2001, Neven Mimica became Minister of European Integration under Prime Minister Ivica Racan, position he held until December 2003.
Neven Mimica was elected to the Croatian Parliament in the 2003 elections as a representative of the Social Democratic Party, and again in 2007.
Ahead of the 2011 elections, SDP chairman Zoran Milanovic assigned key preparatory work to Neven Mimica, including the task of drafting public administration bills that later formed the basis of Milanovic's reform agenda.
On 1 July 2013 Neven Mimica became European Commissioner for Consumer Protection in the European Commission.
Neven Mimica ultimately decided to not take up his seat.
From 1 November 2014 Neven Mimica was European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development in the European Commission led by Jean-Claude Juncker.
Early in Neven Mimica's tenure, the European Union approved 1.15 billion euros in aid for West Africa as part of the five-year European Development Fund program in 2015, nearly doubling its previous commitment to a region that is a major source of migrants seeking to enter Europe.
In September 2016, Neven Mimica was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to serve as member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement.