Kristic was unanimously elected president of the Croatian branch of this global and nonprofit organisation at the election convention on Thursday.
He succeeded Zorislav Antun Petrovic who was at the helm of TIH for eight years.
Petrovic is now a member of the TIH board of directors.
Kristic joined TIH in 2000 when the organisation was founded. He has sat on the TIH five-member board of directors since 2005. In 2008 he was appointed member of the Croatian national council for overseeing the implementation of the anti-corruption strategy.
Transparency International has over 80 branches.