List of chairpersons of the Croatian Democratic Union

President of the Croatian Democratic Union
Predsjednik Hrvatske demokratske zajednice
Logo of the Croatian Democratic Union
since 17 July 2016
StatusParty leader
AppointerPredsjedništvo
Term lengthFour years
Constituting instrumentParty statutes
Websitehdz.hr

This is a list of chairpersons of the Croatian Democratic Union.[1]

List of officeholders

Portrait Name Took office Left office Notes Prime Minister Ref.
Franjo Tuđman 17 June 1989 10 December 1999 Died in office. Antun Milović
Stjepan Mesić
Josip Manolić
Franjo Gregurić
Hrvoje Šarinić
Nikica Valentić
Zlatko Mateša 		[2][3]
Vladimir Šeks
(Acting) 		5 January 2000 30 April 2000 Acting holder of the office following Franjo Tuđman's death. Zlatko Mateša
Ivica Račan 		[3]
Ivo Sanader 30 April 2000 4 July 2009 Resigned while in office. Ivica Račan
Himself 		[3]
Jadranka Kosor 4 July 2009 21 May 2012 Herself
Zoran Milanović 		[3]
Tomislav Karamarko 21 May 2012 17 July 2016 Zoran Milanović
Tihomir Orešković 		[3]
Andrej Plenković 17 July 2016 Incumbent Tihomir Orešković
Himself 		[4]

References

  1. ^ "Predsjedništvo" [Presidency]. www.hdz.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Dr. Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999)". www.hdz.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "SVI PREDSJEDNICI HDZ-A Tuđman umro, ostali protjerani" [ALL HDZ PRESIDENTS Tuđman died, others were expelled]. Index.hr (in Croatian). 17 July 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Andrej Plenković". www.hdz.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2021.