Stipe Mesić
| Stjepan Mesić | |
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| 2nd President of Croatia | |
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In office 19 February 2000 – 18 February 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ivica Račan Ivo Sanader Jadranka Kosor |
| Preceded by | Zlatko Tomčić (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ivo Josipović |
| 14th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia | |
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In office 30 June 1991 – 6 December 1991 |
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| Prime Minister | Ante Marković |
| Preceded by | Sejdo Bajramović (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Branko Kostić (acting) |
| 1st Prime Minister of Croatia Elections: 1990 |
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In office 30 May 1990 – 24 August 1990 |
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| President | Franjo Tuđman |
| Preceded by | Antun Milović (as President of the Executive Council) |
| Succeeded by | Josip Manolić |
| 2ndSpeaker of the Croatian Parliament | |
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In office 7 September 1992 – 24 May 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Žarko Domljan |
| Succeeded by | Nedjeljko Mihanović |
| 13th Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement | |
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In office 30 June 1991 – 6 December 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Borisav Jović |
| Succeeded by | Branko Kostić |
| Personal details | |
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24 December 1934 Orahovica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Political party | Independent (2000–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
League of Communists of Croatia (1955–1990) Croatian Democratic Union (1990–1994) Croatian Independent Democrats (1994–1997) Croatian People's Party (1997–2000) |
| Spouse(s) | Milka Dudundić |
| Children | Dunja Saša |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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| ^a In order counting from the 1990 parliamentary election. 12th speaker of parliament overall. | |
Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić (pronounced [stjêpaːn stǐːpe měːsit͡ɕ]; born 24 December 1934) is a Croatian politician who served as the second President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was the first Prime Minister of Croatia (1990) after 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 home town of Orahovica.
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 prime minister after HDZ won the elections. He was appointed to serve as the Socialist Republic of Croatia's member of the Yugoslav federal presidency where he served first as vice president and then in 1991 as the last President of Yugoslavia before Yugoslavia dissolved.
Following the breakup of Yugoslavia and Croatia's independence, Mesić served as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 1992–94, when he left HDZ. With several other members of parliament, he formed a new party called Croatian Independent Democrats (HND). In 1997 the majority of HND members, including Mesić, merged into the Croatian People's Party (HNS).
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