Franjo Tuđman was a Croatian politician and historian who became the first president of Croatia,from 1990 until his death. He served following the country's independence from Yugoslavia. Tuđman also was the ninth and last president of the Presidency of SR Croatia from May to July 1990.
Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić is a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president,he was prime minister of SR Croatia (1990) after the first multi-party elections,the last president of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1991) and consequently secretary general of the Non-Aligned Movement (1991),as well as speaker of the Croatian Parliament (1992–1994),a judge in Našice,and mayor of his hometown of Orahovica.
The Croatian Parliament or the Sabor is the unicameral legislature of Croatia. Under the terms of the Croatian Constitution,the Sabor represents the people and is vested with legislative power. The Sabor is composed of 151 members elected to a four-year term on the basis of direct,universal and equal suffrage by secret ballot. Seats are allocated according to the Croatian Parliament electoral districts:140 members of the parliament are elected in multi-seat constituencies. An additional three seats are reserved for the diaspora and Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina,while national minorities have eight places reserved in parliament. The Sabor is presided over by a Speaker,who is assisted by at least one deputy speaker.
The Croatian Peasant Party is an agrarian political party in Croatia founded on 22 December 1904 by Antun and Stjepan Radićas Croatian Peoples' Peasant Party (HPSS). The Brothers Radićbelieved that the realization of Croatian statehood was possible within Austria-Hungary,but that it had to be reformed as a Monarchy divided into three equal parts –Austria,Hungary and Croatia. After the creation of Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1918,the Party requested for the Croatian part of the Kingdom to be based on self-determination. This brought them great public support which culminated in 1920 parliamentary election when HPSS won all 58 seats assigned to Croatia.
Zlatko Tomčić is a Croatian politician who served as President of the Croatian Peasant Party from 1994 to 2005,as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 2000 to 2003,as a representative in the Croatian Parliament,and as acting President of Croatia in February 2000.
Josip "Joža" Manolić was a Croatian politician and communist revolutionary during World War II in Yugoslavia. He served as a high-ranking official of the Yugoslav State Security Administration and later as Prime Minister of Croatia,from 24 August 1990 to 17 July 1991. He was the last prime minister of Croatia as a constituent republic of Yugoslavia,as the country formally declared its independence during his term,on 25 June 1991. Following his brief term as prime minister,Manolićserved as the first Speaker of the Chamber of Counties,the then upper house of the Croatian Parliament,from 1993 until 1994.
The Croatia national handball team represents Croatia in international men's team handball competitions and friendly matches. The handball team is controlled by the Croatian Handball Federation (HRS).
The Croatia national beach handball team is the national team of Croatia. It is governed by the Croatian Handball Federation and takes part in international beach handball competitions.
Zoran Milanović is a Croatian politician serving as the president of Croatia since 2020. Prior to assuming the presidency,he was prime minister of Croatia from 2011 to 2016,as well as president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) from 2007 to 2016.
Croatia and Iran established diplomatic relations on April 18,1992 when Iran became the 7th country in the world and the first among Asian and Muslim-majority countries to recognize the newly independent Croatia. Croatia has an embassy in Tehran while Iran has an embassy and a cultural center in Zagreb. Relations among two countries are described as good and friendly.
Tomislav Karamarko is a Croatian politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia from January to June 2016. He served in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor as Minister of the Interior from 2008 to 2011.
Boris Šprem was a Croatian politician who was the speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 2011 to 2012. He was the first and to date only speaker to die in office since country's independence in 1991.
Leko is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Presidential elections were held in Croatia on 28 December 2014 and 11 January 2015,the sixth such elections since independence in 1991. Only four candidates contested the elections,the lowest number since 1997. Incumbent President Ivo Josipović,who had been elected as the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in 2009–2010 but ran as an independent,was eligible to seek reelection for a second and final five-year term. As no candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round in December 2014,a run-off took place in January 2015 between the two candidates with the most votes;Josipovićand Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. Grabar-Kitarovićwent on to win the elections by a slim margin of 32,509 votes or 1.48%,making her Croatia's first female president.
Božo Petrov is a Croatian politician and psychiatrist who served as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 2016 to 2017. He has been the president of The Bridge party since 2012.
Josip Mihalović was a Croatian-Hungarian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Zagreb from 1870 to 1891.
Josip Brekalo is a Croatian footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Fiorentina,and the Croatia national team.
Peđa Grbin is a Croatian lawyer and politician serving as president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) since 2020. He was also Leader of the Opposition from 2020 until 2022,when he was replaced by Davorko Vidović,the leader of the Social Democrats. He has represented the VIII electoral district in the Croatian Parliament since 2011.
The Gračani massacre was the killing of several hundred prisoners of war of the Croatian Armed Forces and civilians in May 1945 in Gračani,a neighborhood of Zagreb,Croatia. The massacre was perpetrated by the Yugoslav Partisans after the end of World War II in Yugoslavia. As of September 2018,bodies of 295 victims were exhumed from the site.
