Gordan Maras

Maras started his political career in 1997 when he joined the Social Democratic Party. He was a vice-president of the SDP Youth Forum (1998–2000), President of the SDP Youth Forum (2000–2002), and member of SDP Main Board (2000–2008). In 2009, he became the vice-president of SDP of the City of Zagreb and, since 17 June 2018, he is the president of SDP of the City of Zagreb.^[2][3]

In the 2007 parliamentary elections, Maras was elected to Sabor in 1st electoral district. In 2008, he became the vice-president of the Committee on Finance and State Budget of Sabor. From 2011 to 2016, he was the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Crafts at the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović.^[1]

In addition to his committee assignments, Maras has also been serving as member of the Croatian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2017. As member of the Socialist Group, he is currently a member of the Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport and of the Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society. He was part of a cross-party delegation to observe the 2017 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria.^[4]

On 27 July 2021, Maras was evicted from SDP, alongside Rajko Ostojić, Marina Opačak Bilić, Nikša Vukas, Tihomir Barišić and Zvane Brumnić.^[5][6]

Maras is a father of two–Ema and Borna. He lives in Zagreb and in spare time likes to play tennis and football. He is fluent in English.^[2][7]