"I expect you to be pro-active and put all your energy, know-how and patriotism at Croatia's disposal," the president said at the ceremony in her office in Zagreb.
Croatia's new representative to NATO will be Mario Nobilo.
The new Croatian ambassadors to Hungary, Serbia and Italy are Mladen Andrlic, Gordan Bakota and Jasen Mesic respectively, whereas Aleksandar Heina and Aleksandar Sunko will represent Croatia in Slovakia and Greece respectively.
The new ambassadors to Germany, France and the UK are Gordan Radman Grlic, Filip Vucak and Igor Pokaz respectively,
The new Croatian ambassador to the United States is Pjer Simunovic and the new ambassador to Morocco is Jasna Mileta while Petar Ljubicic will represent Croatia in India.
Croatia will continue pursuing its foreign policy in cooperation with its allies in the European Union and NATO and its neighbours, the president said.
We also must not neglect destinations such as Africa, the Asian-Pacific region and Latin America, she said, adding that burning global challenges such as climate change, migrations and terrorist threats require international cooperation.