Prime Minister of Croatia

President of the Government of Croatia
Coat of Arms of Croatia
Incumbent Jadranka Kosor
Inaugural holder	Stjepan Mesić
Formation	1990
Website	www.vlada.hr

Template:Fixbunching The Prime Minister of Croatia is officially called "President of the Government of the Republic of Croatia" (Croatian: Predsjednik Vlade Republike Hrvatske).

History

Initially, since its Constitution of 22.12.1990, Croatia was a semi-presidential system, which meant the president had broad executive powers, including naming the Prime Minister and dissolving the government. Following the 2000 elections and SDP-led government being formed, the Constitution was amended, which lowered the powers of the president in order to strengthen the functions of the parliament, government and the Prime Minister. This effectively made Croatia a semi-parliamentary system. Thus, the function of the Prime Minister became more powerful then that of the president.

  League of Communists of Yugoslavia   Social Democratic Party   Croatian Democratic Union   Non-party

Order	Head of Government		Lifespan	Term of office — Electoral mandates		Party	Notes
Minister for Croatia 1945
N/A		Pavle Gregorić		7 March 1945	1945	Communist Party of Yugoslavia
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Prime Minister 1945 - 1953
1		Vladimir Bakarić		14 April 1945	6 February 1953	Communist Party of Yugoslavia	First prime minister of modern Croatia.
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Presidents of the Executive Council 1953 - 1990
1		Vladimir Bakarić		6 February 1953	December 1953	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (party renamed)
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2		Jakov Blažević		December 1953	July 1962	League of Communists of Yugoslavia	Longest term as Croatian head of government.
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3		Zvonko Brkić		July 1962	June 1963	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
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4		Mika Špiljak		June 1963	May 1967	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
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5		Savka Dabčević-Kučar		May 1967	May 1969	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
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6		Dragutin Haramija		May 1969	December 1971	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
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7		Ivo Perišin		December 1971	April 1974	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
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8		Jakov Sirotković		April 1974	9 May 1978	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
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9		Petar Fleković		9 May 1978	July 1980	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
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10		Ante Marković		July 1980	20 November 1985	League of Communists of Yugoslavia	Also at one time President of the Presidency of SR Croatia, and last Prime Minister of SFR Yugoslavia.
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11		Ema Derossi-Bjelajac		20 November 1985	10 May 1986	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
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12		Antun Milović		10 May 1986	30 May 1990	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
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Prime Ministers 1990 on
1 (13)		Stjepan Mesić		30 May 1990	24 August 1990	Croatian Democratic Union	(Within SFR Yugoslavia) First official to hold the title "Prime Minister of Croatia" since 1953.
				1990
2 (14)		Josip Manolić		24 August 1990	17 July 1991	Croatian Democratic Union	(Within SFR Yugoslavia)
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3 (15)		Franjo Gregurić		17 July 1991	12 August 1992	Croatian Democratic Union	First Croatian prime minister after (and during) its secession from SFR Yugoslavia
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4 (16)		Hrvoje Šarinić		12 August 1992	3 April 1993	Croatian Democratic Union
				1992
5 (17)		Nikica Valentić		3 April 1993	7 November 1995	Croatian Democratic Union
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6 (18)		Zlatko Mateša		7 November 1995	27 January 2000	Croatian Democratic Union
				1995
7 (19)		Ivica Račan		27 January 2000	23 December 2003	Social Democratic Party
				2000
8 (20)		Ivo Sanader		23 December 2003	6 July 2009	Croatian Democratic Union
				2003, 2007
9 (21)		Jadranka Kosor		6 July 2009	Incumbent	Croatian Democratic Union
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See also

• Politics of Croatia
• President of Croatia
• List of Presidents of Croatia
• List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
• Prime Minister of Yugoslavia