IEEE Croatia Section History
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| Established date | 1971-06-21 |
| IEEE Region | 8 |
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| Geographic region | Croatia |
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Founding
The Croatia Section is one of the three equal successors of the historic Yugoslav Section (1971-1992), which was founded on 21 June 1971. This date is therefore regarded as the Croatia Section´s founding date, as well as the founding date of the present Serbia Section and the present Slovenia Section.
The Croatia Section was approved under its present name on 1 August 1992.
History of the Croatia Section
The Croatia Section derives its roots from the Yugoslav Section (1971-1992). In 1992, following the wars in Yugoslavia, in which the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was dissolved as a state, a decision was made by the Executive Committee of the Yugoslav Section to form three new IEEE sections in newly established countries. The historic meeting at which this decision was organized by the Region 8 Director Kurt Richter, on April 30, 1992, in Graz, Austria. Those present included Baldomir Zajc from Ljubljana, Slovenia, as Yugoslav Section Chair; and two Executive Committee members, Aleksandar Szabo from Zagreb, Croatia; and George Paunovic from Belgrade, Serbia. They decided to petition for approval to form three new sections: Croatia Section and Slovenia Section, within the territorial limits of their respective countries, and the (new) Yugoslavia section, within the territorial limits of the (new) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later to be renamed to Serbia and Montenegro Section, in 2005).
Here is the petition letter, with list of petitioners, dated 1992, and the IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - Croatia acknowledging the creation of Croatia Section.
Henceforth, the Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia and Montenegro sections regard August 1, 1992, as their "second birthday", being the date of formation under their new/present names. In 1996, all three Sections celebrated their 25th anniversary, and in 2021, the 50th anniversary.
Notable events
2009 MGA Award Recipients Announced at its 21 November 2009 meeting, selected the following 2009 MGA Award recipients: ”MGA Innovation Award (Joint recipients) Marko Delimar (R8 - Croatia Section) and Ricardo Varela (R8 - U.K. Rep Of Ireland Section): “For the creation, development, and implementation of the IEEEXtreme Programming Contest."
Section Officers
| Year | Chair | Vice chair | Secretary | Treasurer |
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| 2000 | Aleksandar Szabo | Zvonko Bencic | Davor Skrlec | Davor Skrlec |
| 2001 | Aleksandar Szabo | Zvonko Bencic | Davor Skrlec | Davor Skrlec |
| 2002 | Aleksandar Szabo | Zvonko Bencic | Davor Skrlec | Davor Skrlec |
| 2003 | Aleksandar Szabo | Zvonko Bencic | Davor Skrlec | Davor Skrlec |
| 2004 | Aleksandar Szabo | Zvonko Bencic | Davor Skrlec | Davor Skrlec |
| 2005 | Sven Loncaric | Igor Kuzle | Zoran Kalafatic | Zoran Kalafatic |
| 2006 | Sven Loncaric | Igor Kuzle | Zoran Kalafatic | Zoran Kalafatic |
| 2007 | Sven Loncaric | Igor Kuzle | Mislav Grgic | Zoran Kalafatic |
| 2008 | Sven Loncaric | Igor Kuzle | Mislav Grgic | Zoran Kalafatic |
| 2009 | Igor Kuzle | Mislav Grgic | Maja Matijasevic | Aleksandar Szabo |
| 2010 | Igor Kuzle | Mislav Grgic | Maja Matijasevic | Aleksandar Szabo |
| 2011 | Igor Kuzle | Mislav Grgic | Maja Matijasevic | Aleksandar Szabo |
| 2012 | Igor Kuzle | Mislav Grgic | Maja Matijasevic | Aleksandar Szabo |
| 2013 | Mislav Grgic | Maja Matijasevic | Ana Katalinic | Jelena Bozek |
| 2014 | Mislav Grgic | Maja Matijasevic | Ana Katalinic | Jelena Bozek |
| 2015 | Mislav Grgic | Maja Matijasevic | Ana Katalinic | Jelena Bozek |
| 2016 | Mislav Grgic | Maja Matijasevic | Ana Katalinic | Jelena Bozek |
| 2017 | Maja Matijasevic | Ana Katalinic | Vinko Lesic | Matea Pavic |
| 2018 | Maja Matijasevic | Ana Katalinic | Vinko Lesic | Matea Pavic |
| 2019 | Maja Matijasevic | Ana Katalinic | Vinko Lesic | Matea Pavic / Jelena Bozek |
| 2020 | Maja Matijasevic | Ana Katalinic | Vinko Lesic | Jelena Bozek / Ivana Mikolic |
| 2021 | Ana Katalinic | Vinko Lesic | Tomislav Jagust | Ana Batinovic |
| 2022 | Ana Katalinic | Vinko Lesic | Tomislav Jagust | Ana Batinovic |
| 2023 | Ana Katalinic | Vinko Lesic | Tomislav Jagust | Ana Milas |
| 2024 | Ana Katalinic | Vinko Lesic | Tomislav Jagust | Ana Milas |
