Ante Lažeta was born on September 2, 1972. He graduated from the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences in Zagreb.
From 2009 to 2014 he was assistant director of the Croatian Civil Aviation Agency, Department for flight operations, airworthiness, education and licensing, and general aviation. Previously he worked in the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure as airworthiness controller and was also involved in other activities.
Since 2014 he has been an assistant for international cooperation in the European Agency for Aviation Safety (EASA), working specifically as the operating manager of the TRACECA project (beneficiary countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan) and ENP (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia) aimed at improving the system of certification and oversight in the area of aviation safety. He has also participated as a team member in the security mission of the European Commission in Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines for the purpose of determining the ability of the competent authorities for carrying out the primary task (certification and surveillance) of the industry and has been a member of the team in the standardization visit of EASA to the Czech Republic in the area of airworthiness.