Zlatko Vitez (born 22 June 1950 in Varaždin) is a Croatian theatre and film actor. He also served as the Croatian Minister of Culture in the period between October 1994 and November 1995 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Nikica Valenti?.Vitez graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1972 and went on to appear in about a hundred theatre productions at several prominent theatres, including the Gavella Drama Theatre and the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.Between the mid-1970s and late 1990s he also appeared in a number of Croatian television and feature films, most notably of which was the leading role in Zvonimir Berkovi?'s 1985 film Love Letters with Intent (Ljubavna pisma s predumišljajem).
Now (1996) serving as culture advisor to Croatian President.
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From 1994 to 1995 served as minister of culture in Croatian cabinet. During his term publicly stated that Croatian Parliament was nothing more than "bunch of chickens". Yet he managed to survive the confidence vote in Parliament.