Cabinet for Defense and National Security
The Cabinet for Defense and National Security performs:
- tasks related to drafting and preparing expert documentation in the fields of defense and national security;
- tasks related to monitoring the work of bodies of the security and intelligence system of the Republic of Croatia, in view of protecting and exercising human rights and fundamental freedoms that are established by the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia;
- professional and technical tasks in the field of military defense that are required in exercising the powers of the President of the Republic, as established by the Constitution and law; prepares, in particular, decisions, orders and other official documents in the field of defense that are issued by the President of the Republic; prepares decisions related to military decorations and awards that are bestowed by the President of the Republic;
- drafts opinions on official documents that are proposed by the Government of the Republic of Croatia, the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces; keeps records on decisions made by the President of the Republic in the fields of defense and national security;
- tasks related to examining laws and other regulations in the fields of defense and national security; reports to the President of the Republic on the implementation of his positions, conclusions and decisions made in the fields of defense and national security, and performs tasks of written and oral communication with public administration bodies in matters within its competence.
The Cabinet for Defense and National Security also attends to the prescribed ceremonial duties of the President of the Republic, who is the Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces, organizes and prepares the programme of activities of the President of the Republic in the aforementioned areas, and keeps necessary records on all active military personnel who are on duty in the Military Office. The Cabinet for Defense and National Security also performs other tasks upon the order and command of the President of the Republic, and on the instruction of the Head of Office and the adviser in charge.
The Military Office is a part of the Cabinet for Defense and National Security, which is staffed by active military personnel who are appointed by the President of the Republic in accordance with the Law on Defense.