Predrag Fred Matić (2 June 1962 – 23 August 2024) was a Croatian centre-left politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as a Member of European Parliament from 2019 to his death.

In summer 1992 he was released,[3] and for his bravery and heroism was awarded with numerous medals and military decorations, followed by a discharge with a rank of brigadier of Croatian Army.

From 1998 to 2000 he was the head of the Ministry of Croatian Veterans and from 2004 to 2005 served as an advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor.

[3] Following it, he assumed the role of Minister of Veterans' Affairs on which he remained until 2016, and same year served as a member of the SDP General Board.

During those years, from November 2016, he was a head of the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the South-East European Cooperation Process and was a member of the Interparliamentary Co-operation Committee.