Hrvoje Hitrec

Hrvoje Hitrec
Minister of Information
In office 4 March 1991 – 17 July 1991
Prime Minister	Josip Manolić
Preceded by	Milovan Šibl
Succeeded by	Branko Salaj
Personal details
Born	(1943-07-14) 14 July 1943 (age 81) Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia
Political party	Croatian Democratic Union
Residence	Samobor
Alma mater	University of Zagreb (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Hrvoje Hitrec (born 14 July 1943) is a Croatian writer, screenwriter, and politician. He is notable for his works for children and youth, most famous of his works being the novel (and later a very popular 1980s/90s TV series) Smogovci [hr], but Hitrec also wrote novels, film and TV scripts, dramas. He received several notable Croatian literary awards: "Ksaver Šandor Gjalski," "Ivana Brlić Mažuranić" and "Grigor Vitez."^[1]