Branko Bačić (born 7 June 1959) is a Croatian politician and graduate engineer in geodesy.

Shortly thereafter, on 5 January 2004, he was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development, as a result of which his mandate as a member of the Croatian Parliament was put on hold, and his mandate as mayor of Blato municipality also ended.

As state secretary, he held the position of head of the Expert Working Group at the Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development for negotiations with the Expert Working Group of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the purpose of solving the problem of a harmless passage under the future Pelješac Bridge, and thus determining the essential elements of the bridge.

[4] In that mandate, together with his colleagues, he initiated and implemented numerous projects and infrastructure investments on the Croatian coast, and he mostly advocated for a better quality of life for the islanders.

[9][10][11][12][13] At the same time and in that mandate, he initiated and created, and the Croatian Parliament adopted, the Law on Dealing with Illegally Constructed Buildings, which, in addition to the conditions prescribed by law, enabled the legalization of illegal buildings built until 21 June 2011.

[16] The goal of establishing the Sava Commission is the sustainable management of the waters of the basin, as well as the rehabilitation of the waterway to Sisak.

In that mandate, he held the position of chairman of the Committee for Environmental Protection in the Croatian Parliament.

Due to his obligations to the government and parliament, he put his council mandates in the county assembly on hold.