Josip Manolić

Josip Manolić
Manolić in 2011
Speaker of the Chamber of Counties of Croatia
In office
22 March 1993 – 23 May 1994
PresidentFranjo Tuđman
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKatica Ivanišević
Office for the Protection of the Constitutional Order
In office
27 May 1991 – 21 March 1993
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Prime Minister of Croatia
In office
24 August 1990 – 17 July 1991
Within Yugoslavia: 24 August 1990 – 25 June 1991
PresidentFranjo Tuđman
Preceded byStjepan Mesić
Succeeded byFranjo Gregurić
Vice-President of the Presidency of the Republic of Croatia
In office
25 July 1990 – 24 August 1990
PresidentFranjo Tuđman
Prime MinisterStjepan Mesić
Preceded byHimself (as Vice-President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Vice-President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia
In office
30 May 1990 – 25 July 1990
PresidentFranjo Tuđman
Prime MinisterStjepan Mesić (as President of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Croatia)
Preceded byPosition vacant
Ante Marković
Succeeded byHimself (as Vice-President of the Presidency of the Republic of Croatia)
President of the Croatian Independent Democrats
In office
30 April 1994 – 26 October 2002
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byZlatko Canjuga
Personal details
Born(1920-03-22)22 March 1920
Died15 April 2024(2024-04-15) (aged 104)
Zagreb, Croatia
Other political
affiliations
Spouses
  • Marija Eker
    (m. 1945; died 2003)
  • Mirjana Ribarić
    (m. 2016; died 2020)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb Faculty of Law
Military service
AllegianceYugoslavia
Branch/serviceYugoslav Partisans (1941–1945)
OZNA (1944–1965)
UnitOZNA 2
CommandsOZNA 2 in Bjelovar
Department for Execution of Criminal Sentences
Battles/warsWorld War II in Yugoslavia
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Josip "Joža" Manolić (pronounced [jǒsip mǎnolit͡ɕ]; 22 March 1920 – 15 April 2024) was a Croatian politician and communist revolutionary during World War II in Yugoslavia. He served as a high-ranking official of the Yugoslav State Security Administration (OZNA or UDBA) and later as Prime Minister of Croatia, from 24 August 1990 to 17 July 1991. He was the last prime minister of Croatia as a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, as the country formally declared its independence during his term, on 25 June 1991. Following his brief term as prime minister, Manolić served as the first Speaker of the Chamber of Counties, the then upper house of the Croatian Parliament, from 1993 until 1994.