Vladimir Bakarić

Vladimir Bakarić
Vladimir Bakarić by 1966
Member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia for SR Croatia
In office
15 May 1974 – 16 January 1983
Preceded byJakov Blažević
Đuro Kladarin
Milan Mišković
Succeeded byMika Špiljak
5th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament[a]
In office
December 1953 – December 1963
Prime MinisterJakov Blažević
Zvonko Brkić
Mika Špiljak
Preceded byZlatan Sremec
Succeeded byIvan Krajačić
President of the Executive Council of the People's Republic of Croatia
In office
14 April 1945 – 18 December 1953
PresidentVladimir Nazor
Karlo-Gašpar Mrazović
Vicko Krstulović
Zlatan Sremec
Preceded byPavle Gregorić
(as Minister for Croatia)
Succeeded byJakov Blažević
Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia
In office
1948 – May 1969
PresidentVladimir Nazor
Karlo-Gašpar Mrazović
Vicko Krstulović
Zlatan Sremec
Himself
Ivan Krajačić
Jakov Blažević
Prime MinisterHimself
Jakov Blažević
Zvonko Brkić
Mika Špiljak
Savka Dabčević-Kučar
Preceded byAndrija Hebrang
Succeeded bySavka Dabčević-Kučar
Personal details
Born(1912-03-08)8 March 1912
Died16 January 1983(1983-01-16) (aged 70)
PartyLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
^a The Speaker of the Parliament was the head of state of SR Croatia between 6 February 1953 and 8 May 1974.
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Vladimir Bakarić (pronounced [ʋlǎdimiːr bǎkarit͡ɕ]; 8 March 1912 – 16 January 1983) was a Yugoslav and Croatian communist revolutionary and a politician. He served as the President of the Executive Council of the People's Republic of Croatia from 1945 to 1953 and Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 1953 to 1963. In addition, he was Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia for 2 decades from 1948 to 1969, where he became a close collaborator with President Josip Broz Tito.