Ivić Pašalić
| Ivić Pašalić | |
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| Member of Parliament (Croatia) | |
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In office 30 May 1990 – 22 December 2003 |
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| President | Franjo Tuđman (1990-1999) Vlatko Pavletić (acting; 1990-2000) Zlatko Tomčić (acting; 2000) Stjepan Mesić |
| Prime Minister | Stjepan Mesić (1990) Josip Manolić (1990-1991) Franjo Gregurić (1991-1992) Hrvoje Šarinić (1992-1993) Nikica Valentić (1993-1995) Zlatko Mateša (1995-2000) Ivica Račan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 November 1960 Šuica, Duvno, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Citizenship | Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia |
| Nationality | Croat |
| Political party | Nonpartisan |
| Other political affiliations |
Croatian Bloc (2002-2009) Croatian Democratic Union (1989-2002) |
| Residence | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb University of Mostar |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Profession | Doctor |
Ivić Pašalić (pronounced [ǐːʋit͡ɕ paʃǎliːt͡ɕ]; born 3 November 1960) is a Croatian politician and former prominent member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).
Pašalić was born in Šuica, Tomislavgrad. He attended high school in Zagreb and in 1980 he entered Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zagreb. He graduated in 1986 and gained master's degree at the Faculy of Medicine at the University of Mostar, where he specialised internal medicine.
He started to work as a doctor in hospital in Ivanec where he worked for two years, after which he was employed at the Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases and TB in Klenovnik where he worked as a director as well. In 1992 he became a director of the Prison Hospital in Zagreb.
Pašalić was one of the founders of the HDZ in Varaždin and Ivanec in 1989. Between 1990 and 2002 Pašalić was a member of parliament, elected as such for three terms. During the time he was president of the Executive Committee of the HDZ and member of the party's presidency. Pašalić was an advisor of the Croatian president Franjo Tuđman. He was referred to as the number two man in the country. In 1996, Pašalić was instrumental in the effort to suppress Radio 101.
In the late 1990s, Pašalić became target of a media campaign linking him to Miroslav Kutle, Vinko Grubišić, Ninoslav Pavić and others. They allegedly entered into a series of secret partnerships which resulted in the formation a company called "Grupo" in 1996, which was influential in the early operation of Nova TV, founded in 1999.
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