Ivan Malenica (born 21 July 1985) is a Croatian lawyer and politician serving as Minister of Justice and Public Administration since 2020.
[1] His family is originally from Brištani, one of the seven villages in the Miljevci area near the town of Drniš, in Šibenik-Knin County.
In 2016 Malenica was named a candidate of the Croatian Democratic Union for the State Secretary in the Ministry of Public Administration in the period when Andrej Plenković came to power, but Josipa Rimac took over the role.
He stressed on that occasion that he will do everything to make the public administration serve the citizens and that they will realize their rights and particular interests as soon as possible and with as little financial resources as possible.
[2][3] On 21 July 2020, on his 35th birthday, Malenica tested positive for the COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Croatia, while three days later he sworn in as Minister of Justice and Public Administration in the second Plenković cabinet.