Zrinko Petener

Zrinko Petener

Head of Cabinet for Defence and National Security, Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia

Dr. Zrinko Petener is Head of Cabinet for Defence and National Security at the Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia. Prior to joining the Office of the President Dr. Petener headed the Multilateral affairs division and the NATO and EU division in the Defence policy directorate of the Croatian Ministry of Defence (2014-16). Previously he held various positions at the Military Security-Intelligence Agency of the Croatian Ministry of Defence (2001-14). Dr. Petener is a graduate of the Police Academy in Zagreb and holds a PhD in Political Sciences from the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Zagreb.