Ante Ledić

Ante Ledić (born 13 October 1939 in Aržano)^[1] is a Croatian businessman, politician from and vice-president of Croatian Christian Democratic Party.

In his youth, Ledić was a Yugoslav champion and national record holder in long jump and decathlon.^[2] His decathlon personal best, set in 1961, makes him the all-time top ten Croatian decathlete as of 2020^[update].^[3]

He has never been a member of a political party, but he was very close to Franjo Tuđman and the Croatian Democratic Union. His first entry to politics happened during the Zagreb Crisis when he was proposed by Tuđman as a compromise candidate for Zagreb mayor.

In 2000 he ran for Croatian president as an independent candidate,^[4] finishing 5th, with 0.85% of the vote.^[5]

References

^ "LEDIĆ, Ante". Hrvatski šumarski životopisni leksikon (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-09-23.
^ "Životopisi predsjedničkih kandidata" (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. January 8, 2000. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
^ "Tablice svih vremena - Desetoboj (M)" (in Croatian). Croatian Athletics Federation. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
^ "Službeno objavljene kandidature za predsjedničke izbore". hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. January 7, 2000. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
^ "Rezultati izbora za izbor Predsjednika Republike Hrvatske 2000" (in Croatian). HIDRA. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-02-14.

External links

"Predsjednički kandidati". vjesnik.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2010-02-14.

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[1] "LEDIĆ, Ante". Hrvatski šumarski životopisni leksikon (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-09-23.

[2] "Životopisi predsjedničkih kandidata" (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. January 8, 2000. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved 2011-01-10.

[3] "Tablice svih vremena - Desetoboj (M)" (in Croatian). Croatian Athletics Federation. Retrieved 2020-09-23.

[4] "Službeno objavljene kandidature za predsjedničke izbore". hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. January 7, 2000. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved 2010-02-14.

[5] "Rezultati izbora za izbor Predsjednika Republike Hrvatske 2000" (in Croatian). HIDRA. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-02-14.

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