Stjepan Mesi? was the second President of Croatia from 2000 February 18 to 2010 February 18 including all of the year 2007.
He previously held the posts of the Prime Minister of Croatia, the President of Yugoslavia, and the President of the Croatian Parliament. Mesi? was a deputy in the Croatian Parliament in the 1960s, and was then absent from politics until 1990 when he joined the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), and was named the Prime Minister after HDZ won in the elections. He was elected as the Croatian member of the Yugoslav Federal Presidency where he served first as Vice President and then in 1991 as the last President of the full Yugoslav Federal Presidency. After Yugoslavia disintegrated, Mesi? served as the President of the Croatian Parliament from 1992 to 1994, when he left HDZ over disagreemeents about Croatian policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With several other members of parliament, he formed a new party - Croatian Independent Democrats (HND). In 1997 the majority of HND members, including Mesi?, merged into the Croatian People's Party (HNS). After Franjo Tu?man died in December 1999, he was elected in two rounds the President of the Republic of Croatia in February 2000. He was re-elected in January 2005 for a second term. As an opposition of Tu?man's personality, relaxed and charming Mesi? has many times been voted as the most beloved politician in Croatia.
Stjepan Mesić was the second President of Croatia from 2000 February 18 to 2010 February 18 including all of the year 2007.
He previously held the posts of the Prime Minister of Croatia, the President of Yugoslavia, and the President of the Croatian Parliament. Mesić was a deputy in the Croatian Parliament in the 1960s, and was then absent from politics until 1990 when he joined the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), and was named the Prime Minister after HDZ won in the elections. He was elected as the Croatian member of the Yugoslav Federal Presidency where he served first as Vice President and then in 1991 as the last President of the full Yugoslav Federal Presidency. After Yugoslavia disintegrated, Mesić served as the President of the Croatian Parliament from 1992 to 1994, when he left HDZ over disagreemeents about Croatian policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With several other members of parliament, he formed a new party - Croatian Independent Democrats (HND). In 1997 the majority of HND members, including Mesić, merged into the Croatian People's Party (HNS). After Franjo Tuđman died in December 1999, he was elected in two rounds the President of the Republic of Croatia in February 2000. He was re-elected in January 2005 for a second term. As an opposition of Tuđman's personality, relaxed and charming Mesić has many times been voted as the most beloved politician in Croatia.
The President of Croatia makes 23,500 kuna a month.
Croatia was not a independent country in 1977
The current President of Croatia is Ivo Josipovic.
Croatia has no dictator, Croatia has president who is elected democratically. Currently, the President of Croatia is Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, who came into office in February 2015 and will serve a term of five years.
Why dont have the 4th president yet
In US: Rick Steves' Croatia and Slovenia 2007
Armored Guard Brigade - Croatia - was created in 2007.
Social Democratic Union - Croatia - ended in 2007.
Franjo Tuđman
World's Coastlines from Above - 2007 The Isles of Croatia 1-9 was released on: USA: 18 March 2007
Pressure Cook - 2007 Croatia 2-8 was released on: USA: 10 November 2008
Ivo Josipović is the President of Croatia in 2013. Elected in 2010 as the third President of the Republic of Croatia, he took office on 2010 February 18. He has a PhD in Law and Music and was a famous university professor before taking oath as a president. Josipović has become as popular as the former president Mesić in opinion polls. He is elected for a 5 year term.