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Health minister Vili Beroš is dismissed after an EPPO public-procurement investigation

On 15 November 2024 Croatian health minister Vili Beroš was dismissed from Andrej Plenković’s third cabinet after an EPPO investigation into corruption in public procurement. Vili Beroš is an unresolved person candidate. In the causal graph this event strengthens Plenković HDZ longevity, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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On 15 November 2024 Croatian health minister Vili Beroš was dismissed from Andrej Plenković’s third cabinet after an EPPO investigation into corruption in public procurement.

Context

Vili Beroš is an unresolved person candidate. This run does not mint him. A unique count of dismissed ministers across three cabinets is neighbouring journalism, not Contribution.size.

Cabinet 17 May 2024; dismissal 15 November 2024. Store the dismissal. Keep Health minister Vili Beroš is dismissed after an EPPO public-procurement investigation on 2024-11-15 separate from neighbouring 7 April 2017 Lex Agrokor, 19 October 2016 first cabinet, 17 May 2024 third cabinet, and 15 November 2024 Beroš dismissal.

The Prime Minister of Croatia proposes the cabinet, survives Sabor confidence votes, and is HDZ president. He does not sit as EPPO, as the extraordinary administrator of Agrokor, or as the European Commission. A 17 May 2024 vote is not authorship of every later minister file. An associate’s EPPO search is not a completed personal conviction unless a court so holds on its own row.

Why it matters

The path is HDZ longevity as patronage-adjacency after an EPPO file, not a personal conviction and not a Ukraine-war row.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Andrej Plenković

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    verified

    He chaired the cabinet that dismissed Beroš. EPPO investigated. Beroš is named, not minted. He did not sit as EPPO.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactHealth minister Vili Beroš is dismissed after an EPPO public-procurement investigation
    2. strengthensDriverPlenković HDZ longevity
    3. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 1 · Effect from 15 November 2024 · verified

    A completed EPPO-adjacent minister dismissal is a dated strengthening of HDZ longevity as patronage-adjacency.

    • Having a say in government

      via Plenković HDZ longevity

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.5 (weight 1 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.24sata — Plenković survived crises, changed 30 ministers and three coalitions, 18 October 202524sata · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.EPPO — raises concerns over rule of law in Croatia after 15 November 2024 competence conflict, 21 November 2024European Public Prosecutor’s Office · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

European Public Prosecutor’s Office carries the official instrument or communique. 24sata records the same dated act independently.

Established: Beroš was dismissed on 15 November 2024 after an EPPO health-procurement investigation, as recorded in the third-cabinet membership table.

Not established: A unique later conviction integer, or that the prime minister was named as a defendant in the same EPPO file.

EPPO investigated. Beroš is named, not minted. He did not sit as EPPO.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Health minister Vili Beroš is dismissed after an EPPO public-procurement investigation, not a later speech about Health minister Vili Beroš is dismissed after an EPPO public-procurement investigation.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He chaired the cabinet that dismissed Beroš. EPPO investigated. Beroš is named, not minted. He did not sit as EPPO. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAndrej Plenković
  2. contributed toFactHealth minister Vili Beroš is dismissed after an EPPO public-procurement investigation
  3. strengthensDriverPlenković HDZ longevity
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Health minister Vili Beroš is dismissed after an EPPO public-procurement investigation. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hr-beros-dismissed-20241115

https://factrail.ai/facts/hr-beros-dismissed-20241115

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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