He formerly served as the Croatian Minister of Science, Education and Sports in the twelfth Government of the Republic of Croatia cabinet of Zoran Milanović from June 2014 to January 2016.
[4] Vedran Mornar was the Minister of Science, Education and Sports in the second part of twelfth Croatian Government, cabinet of Zoran Milanović from June 2014 to January 2016.
During his mandate, he initiated a complete curricular reform that significantly contributed to the implementation of the largest project of informatization and digitalization of education in the Republic of Croatia called "e-Schools: Complete informatization of school business processes and teaching processes in order to create digitally mature schools for 21st century".
[6] He is the president of Croatian Society for Information, Communication and Electronic Technology (MIPRO)[7] He was the member of the Investment Committee of BICRO and Commission for the Implementation of the State Matura.
[8] He received several awards, among them the Golden Plaque "Josip Lončar" for significant improvement of teaching and scientific research in the field of computing, and for particularly successful management of the Faculty during his dean's mandate when Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing was one of the first faculties in Croatia to introduce Bologna Process; then the Memorial of the Homeland War in Croatia; and the 'Fran Bošnjaković Award of the University of Zagreb, which is awarded for outstanding results in scientific, teaching and professional work and the promotion of the scientific discipline and profession.