PROFILES OF ZVONIMIR SEPAROVIC AND IVAN HERAK

ZAGREB, April 14 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa on Wednesday stated that he had suggested Zvonimir Separovic for the office of new Justice Minister and Ivan Herak as Tourism Minister. Separovic was born in 1928 in Blato, on the island of Korcula. He completed his primary and secondary education in Dubrovnik and Split and graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Law, where he earned his MA degree. He earned his PhD degree in legal sciences at the University of Ljubljana. He completed specialisation at Freiburg's Max Planck Institute for Penal and International Law and the Institute for Security in Warrensburg, United States. He was the dean of the Faculty of Law and the Zagreb University Chancellor. He also held the office of Foreign Minister in Croatia's Government of Democratic Unity and was Croatia's first ambassador at the United Nations. Separovic is a member of a number of international organisations and is one of the founders of the World Society for Victimology. For a time he held the post of its president; he is currently a member of the Executive Committee and a permanent representative at the United Nations, International Centre in Vienna. He wrote and edited a number of scientific works. Ivan Herak was born in Porec in 1957, where he completed his primary and secondary education. He graduated from the Faculty of Economy in Ljubljana, and worked in hotel companies in Porec. Herak became a parliamentary representative in 1992 as the head of a list of regional parties. In 1995, he was elected to parliament as a member of the Croatian Social-Liberal Party (HSLS) list. Herak held for a time the office of Istrian Democratic Assembly vice-president. After he left the IDS, he joined the HSLS. In early 1999, he left the HSLS and has since been an independent representative. He currently holds the office of president of the Sabor's Committee for Tourism. (hina) rml