Since Račan's centre-left coalition was replaced by the centre-right HDZ government, all the ministers were newly appointed. Furthermore, some ministries were re-organised: • Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare was dissolved; it was then merged into Ministry of Health (which then became
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare) and Ministry of Economy. • Ministry for Crafts, Small and Medium-sized entrepreneurship was also dissolved and merged with the Ministry of Economy, which then became
Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship • Ministry of Agriculture and Forest Management was renamed
Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Water Management • Ministry of Veterans' Affairs was renamed and expanded into '''''Minister of Family, Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity''''' • Ministry of Tourism was dissolved and merged with Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications to form the new
Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development • Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Local Self-government was renamed simply
Ministry of Justice • Minister of Public Works, Construction and Reconstruction was dissolved, and merged with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning to form the
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction • Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Education and Sports were merged into
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports These changes had brought down the number of ministries from 19 in Račan's cabinet to 14 under PM Sanader. Also, the ministries of European Integration (headed by
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović) and Foreign Affairs (headed by
Miomir Žužul) were later merged in February 2005, which further reduced the total number of government ministries to just 13. ==List of ministers and portfolios==