Radimir Čačić
| Radimir Čačić | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister | |
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In office 23 December 2011 – 14 November 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
| Succeeded by | Vesna Pusić |
| 1st President of the People's Party - Reformists | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| 2nd President of the Croatian People's Party | |
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In office 1995–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Savka Dabčević-Kučar |
| Succeeded by | Vesna Pusić |
| 4th President of the Croatian People's Party | |
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In office 2008–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Vesna Pusić |
| Succeeded by | Vesna Pusić |
| Minister of Economy | |
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In office 23 December 2011 – 14 November 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
| Preceded by | Đuro Popijač |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Vrdoljak |
| Minister of Public Works, Construction and Reconstruction | |
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In office 27 January 2000 – 23 December 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Ivica Račan |
| Preceded by | Ministry created |
| Succeeded by | Ministry dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 May 1949 Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Political party |
Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats (1990-2013) People's Party - Reformists (2013-present) |
| Alma mater |
University of Zagreb (Faculty of Architecture) |
| Awards | Order of Duke Domagoj |
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| Allegiance |
 Croatia
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| Service/branch | Croatian Army |
| Years of service | 2001- |
| Rank | Honorary Brigadier |
Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats (1990-2013)
Radimir Čačić (pronounced [râdimiːr tʃâtʃitɕ]; born 11 May 1949) is a Croatian politician and businessman, best known as a leader of the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) and a government minister.
Čačić served as the president of the HNS between 1995 and 2000. Following the Croatian parliamentary election, 2000, he became part of the Cabinet of Ivica Račan I where he notably spearheaded the construction of motorways.
He was elected president of HNS again in 2008. Following the 2011 parliamentary election, as the leader of the second-largest party in the four-party Kukuriku coalition, Čačić became Deputy Prime Minister, as well as Minister of Economy, in the Government of Zoran Milanović.
After causing a car crash that resulted in two fatalities, a Hungarian court sentenced him to 22 months in prison in November 2012. He resigned from his government post, and was ejected from HNS in 2013. After serving his prison sentence, Čačić returned to politics with a new political party, the People's Party - Reformists.
After graduating from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Architecture in 1973, he worked for a Zagreb company before moving to Varaždin and joining the construction company "Zagorje". Together with several partners, in 1979 he left Zagorje and founded the construction company "DP Coning". In 1989, the Yugoslav Chamber of Commerce awarded him with the title of manager of the year. Čačić amassed considerable wealth in the process, and when the laws were changed in March 1989 to allow for privatization, he spent 750,000 German marks to buy a 25% stake in his old company "Zagorje", and later merged the two companies, with some jobs being lost in the process.
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