Ante Kotromanović (pronounced [ǎːnte kotromǎːnoʋitɕ]; born 8 May 1968) is a Croatian politician and army officer who served as the Minister of Defence of Croatia from December 2011 until January 2016.

He graduated from the Command and Staff Academy "Blago Zadro" and War College "Ban Josip Jelačić".

A year later, in 1991, he became commander of a special forces company, in the headquarters of the Croatian Army.

After that, he attended the War College "Ban Josip Jelačić", and in 2001, was named commander of the Dubrovnik Divisional District.

[1] From 11 January 2008 to 22 December 2011, he was a member of the Croatian Parliament,[2] after which he became Minister of Defence under Zoran Milanović.