Zvonimir Šeparović | |
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7th Minister of Justice of Croatia | |
In office 15 April 1999 – 27 January 2000 |
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Prime Minister | Zlatko Mateša |
Preceded by | Milan Ramljak |
Succeeded by | Stjepan Ivanišević |
4th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 31 July 1991 – 27 May 1992 |
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Prime Minister | Franjo Gregurić |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Zdenko Škrabalo |
Personal details | |
Born |
Blato, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
14 September 1928
Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
Spouse(s) | Branka Šeparović |
Alma mater |
University of Zagreb University of Ljubljana |
Zvonimir Šeparović (born 14 September 1928) is a Croatian jurist and politician. Šeparović was a professor of Criminal Law at the University of Zagreb. He was also known as the pioneer of victimology and a vocal opponent of death penalty.
Although he lacked any formal party or political affiliation, in 1991 he became foreign minister in the "National Government" of Franjo Gregurić. In 1992 he became the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations. He remained active in public life and did at one point become both a member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) as well as a member of the party's Central Committee.
In 2000, he entered the presidential race as an independent candidate, opposed to the official HDZ candidate Mate Granić. He finished last and, immediately after being informed about projected results, urged his supporters to vote for Dražen Budiša in the second round.
Šeparović's wife, Branka, is a Croatian Radiotelevision reporter.