17 Facts About Tomislav Karamarko

Tomislav Karamarko served in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor as Minister of the Interior from 2008 to 2011.

Tomislav Karamarko's father was one of the survivors of the Bleiburg repatriations.

Tomislav Karamarko attended elementary school at Krusevo near Obrovac, then moved with his family to Zagreb where he finished high school.

Manolic said that Tomislav Karamarko worked for UDBA because he was blackmailed for involvement in petty criminal activities.

In 1982, Tomislav Karamarko visited Vatican City with a group of his friends where they waved the Croatian flag.

Tomislav Karamarko was one of the founders of the Croatian Democratic Union in 1989 and in June 1991 he was named Chief of Cabinet of Josip Manolic, Prime Minister of Croatia.

Tomislav Karamarko continued to serve as Chief of Cabinet for Manolic's successor, Franjo Greguric until September 1992 when he became Chief of Cabinet of the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Stjepan Mesic.

In 2002 Tomislav Karamarko was appointed director of the Counterintelligence Agency and in 2006 he was named director of the Security and Intelligence Agency.

Tomislav Karamarko acted as an independent minister until September 2011, when he joined HDZ for the second time.

Tomislav Karamarko was assigned by Ivan Bobetko to unload the party's official newspaper Glasnik HDZ-a from a truck with his friends.

Soon, Tomislav Karamarko met an influential HDZ member, Vice Vukojevic who involved him in organization of the first HDZ's assembly.

In 1991, after a shorter fight with the Army of Serb Krajina, Tomislav Karamarko prepared housing for Croatian refugees, which increased his reputation among people from the Zadar area.

Tomislav Karamarko remained Mesic's cabinet chief until 15 June 1993, when he was named chief of police in Zagreb.

From 1993 until 1996, Tomislav Karamarko served as director of Zagreb Police Administration, and from 1996 to 1998 served as Assistant Minister of Internal Affairs.

Tomislav Karamarko served as the head of National Security Office from 2000 to 2002, as the head of Counterintelligence Agency from 2004 to 2006, and as the head of Security and Intelligence Agency from 2006 to 2008.

Tomislav Karamarko gave the interview to Croatian weekly Globus, after which Croatian media dubbed his new program "The Anti-communist Manifesto".

On June 15,2016, Tomislav Karamarko resigned as First Deputy Prime Minister.