He graduated from high school in mechanical engineering and worked at Croatian Railways.

The first time, at the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence, on 16 August 1991, on the Western Slavonic battlefield, when he was hit by a shrapnel shell in the lungs during the battle.

The second time was in October 1991 in Pokupsko, when he received a gunshot wound to the upper arm.

[1] On 15 March 2016 then prime minister Tihomir Orešković presented him as the new Minister of Croatian Veterans at a press conference,[4] and the Croatian Parliament confirmed him at the constituent session on 21 March 2016, with 88 votes of support.

Both brothers, the older Milan and the younger Ivan, were volunteers during the Croatian War of Independence.