Gari Cappelli
Gari Cappelli | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Tourism | |
| In office 19 October 2016 – 23 July 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrej Plenković |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Nikolina Brnjac (Minister of Tourism and Sports) |
| Mayor of Mali Lošinj | |
| In office 2005–2016 | |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1961 Mali Lošinj, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Citizenship | Croatian |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
| Alma mater | University of Rijeka |
Gari Cappelli (
listen) (born 16 May 1961) is a Croatian politician who had served as the Minister of Tourism in the Cabinet of Andrej Plenković from 2016 to 2020. He also served as mayor of Mali Lošinj between 2005 and 2016.
Early life[]
Cappelli was born on 16 May 1961 in Mali Lošinj in a family with origins from Padua, Italy.
Political career[]
Cappelli joined HDZ in 1992 and soon became the head of Mali Lošinj's HDZ town committee and started work in the county party committee. In 1999, due to his perfect knowledge of the Italian language, he was posted at the Croatian Consulate General in the Italian city of Trieste, where he was in charge of economic co-operation.
In 2005, Cappelli is running for Mayor of Mali Lošinj and has been performing for the third term for this position.
Since 19 October 2016, Cappelli serving as the 13th Minister of Tourism in the Cabinet of Andrej Plenković. He succeeded .
External links[]
- Gari Cappelli at gov.hr (in Croatian)
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- Living people
- 1961 births
- Croatian Democratic Union politicians
- Croatian diplomats
- Dalmatian Italians
- Tourism ministers of Croatia
- People from Mali Lošinj
- Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament
- Croatian politician stubs