Željko Jovanović (born 26 November 1965) is a Croatian politician and physician who served as Minister of Science, Education and Sports from 2011 until 2014.

[1] He spent his early childhood in Grobnik, Podhum and Svilno with his parents Niko and Petra.

[1] Jovanović's class was the only group in generation which studied Russian as the foreign language in the school.

[1] Since 23 December 2011, Jovanović has held the post of Minister of Science, Education and Sports in the centre-left government of Zoran Milanović.

He received his doctorate in biomedical science and his master's degree in economics at the University of Rijeka in 2005.