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This is a '''list of ] of ]'''. This is a list of heads of state of the ], since the ].


Historically, the ] of ] as a ] of the ] were referred to as "Presidents".{{Citation needed|date=September 2013}} Prior to 1974, Croatia's head of state was the ] of the Croatian parliament.{{Citation needed|date=September 2013}} The ] was known as the People's Assembly (''Narodna Skupština'') 1945-1953, and then re-assumed its old name, the ''Sabor'', in 1953 ("''Sabor''" is translated "Parliament" in the table). Historically, the republican system was introduced in the ] while it was a constituent republic of the ], and its head of state is discussed in the history of ].


Since the ], the President of the Republic (''Predsjednik'') is directly elected to a five-year term and is limited to a maximum of two terms. Since the changes to the ] in 2001, the President of the Republic of Croatia cannot be a member of any political party.<ref>http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/232289.html</ref> He or she can be elected as a member of a party, but once elected must resign from membership in any political party. Since 1990, the ] (''Predsjednik'') is directly elected to a five-year term and is ] to a maximum of two terms. However, with the ] of 2001, the powers of the President (much expanded in 1990) were now again severely curtailed, as Croatia shifted from a ], to an incomplete ]. As in most parliamentary systems, the President is now by-and-large a ceremonial office, with the Prime Minister ''de facto'' heading the executive branch.


==Presidents of the Republic of Croatia (1990–present)==
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Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Croatian Presidents |url=https://www.predsjednik.hr/en/former-presidents/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanović |language=en-US}}</ref>
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On 30 May 1990 Franjo Tuđman was elected by Parliament as the ], then still a constituent republic of the ], and held office together with several Vice Presidents of the Presidency of SR Croatia. The collective presidency was reduced to seven members on 25 July 1990 and the name of the constituent Yugoslav republic was changed to the ''Republic of Croatia'' by removing the word ''Socialist'' from its name and the names of its institutions. The collective presidency was abolished in favor of the post of ] with the adoption of a new constitution on 22 December 1990. The Croatian Parliament then declared independence on 25 June 1991, when Tuđman formally became the first president of an independent Croatian nation under the name the ''Republic of Croatia''.
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(*)The constitutional amendments of November 2000 abandoned a ] for a ] (with a directly elected president) and also made the presidency a non-partisan office, meaning that even if they are elected to office as a candidate of a particular political party, the president must resign membership in that party before taking office.
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{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! rowspan="2" |No.
! rowspan="2" |Picture
! rowspan="2" width=23% |Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Election
! rowspan="2" |Political party
|- |-
! style="text-align: center;" |No.
! No.
! style="text-align: center;" |Term start
! colspan="2" | President
! style="text-align: center;" |Term end
! Lifespan
! colspan="2" | Term of office<br>—<br>Electoral<br>mandates
! Party
! Notes
|- |-
| rowspan="4" style="background: {{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''1'''}}
| align="center" colspan="8" | '''Presidents of the Presidium of the Parliament'''<br /><small>1943-1953</small>
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |]<br />]
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |''']'''<br /><small>(1922–1999)</small>
| style="background: {{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''—'''}}
|30 May 1990
|12 August 1992
|—
| rowspan="5" |]
|- |-
| style="background: white; width:1em" | '''1''' | style="background: {{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''1'''}}
|12 August 1992
| style="width:1em;" | ]
|11 August 1997
| style="width:11em;"| ]
|] (56.73%)
| style="width:6em;" | 1876–1949
| style="width:5em;" | <small>13 June</small><br />1943
| style="width:5em;" | <small>19 June</small><br />1949
| style="width:17em;" | ]<ref>Member of the ], i.e. the ]</ref>
| style="width:18em;" | <small>From 1943 to 1945 formal head of state as ] of the ] (] wartime assembly). Post-war served as head of state in the function of President of the Presidium of the Parliament. First ] of modern Croatia. Died in office.</small>
|- |-
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''2'''}} | style="background: {{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''2'''}}
|12 August 1997
| style="width:1em;" | ]
|10 December 1999 †
| style="width:11em;"| ]
|] (61.41%)
| style="width:6em;" | 1902–1987
| style="width:5em;" | <small>15 October</small><br />1949
| style="width:5em;" | <small></small><br />1952
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small></small>
|- |-
| colspan="4" |<small>] elected him the ] in May 1990, but with the adoption of a new constitution on 22 December 1990, the title of the office was changed to ''President of the Republic of Croatia'' and the ] (Presidency) was abolished. Tuđman presided over ] and ultimately joined the ] in May 1992. Tuđman won re-election to a ''de facto'' second and third term in ] and ], winning election outright both times without the need for a run-off. He is the only president to have been elected in the first round of elections. He died in office in December 1999.</small>
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" rowspan="2" | {{color|white|'''3'''}}
| style="width:1em;" rowspan="2" | ]
| style="width:11em;" rowspan="2" | ]
| style="width:6em;" rowspan="2" | 1905–1988
| style="width:5em;" rowspan="2" | <small></small><br />1952
| style="width:5em;" rowspan="2" | <small>6 February</small><br />1953
| style="width:17em;" | ]<br /><small>(renamed in 1952)</small>
| style="width:18em;" rowspan="2" | <small></small>
|- |-
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''—'''}}
| style="width:17em;" | ]<br /><small>(renamed in 1952)</small>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |''']'''<br /><small>(1930–2007)</small>
| style="background: {{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''—'''}}
|10 December 1999
|2 February 2000
|Acting President
|- |-
| colspan="5" |<small>Tuđman was incapacitated since 26 November 1999 and died on 10 December 1999. Pavletić became acting president as ]. He was succeeded by ] when the 4th Assembly of Parliament was replaced by the 5th Assembly after the ]. </small>
| align="center" colspan="8" | ''']'''<br /><small>1953-1974</small>
|- |-
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''4'''}} | rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Croatian Peasant Party}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''—'''}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |''']'''<br /><small>(1945–)</small>
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="background: {{party color|Croatian Peasant Party}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''—'''}}
| style="width:6em;" | 1898–1971
|2 February 2000
| style="width:5em;" | <small>6 February</small><br />1953
|18 February 2000
| style="width:5em;" | <small>December</small><br />1953
|Acting President
| style="width:17em;" | ]
|]
| style="width:18em;" | <small>] since 1946; became formal head of state (as Speaker) on 6 February 1953 with the abolition of the Presidium.</small>
|- |-
| colspan="5" |<small>Became acting president as ] when the 4th Assembly of Parliament (1995-2000) was replaced by the 5th Assembly (2000–2003). Served until ] was sworn in as the new president on 18 February 2000.</small>
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''5'''}}
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="width:6em;" | 1912–1983
| style="width:5em;" | <small>December</small><br />1953
| style="width:5em;" | <small>December</small><br />1963
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small>Longest term to date as ]n head of state, also served as ]. ]</small>
|- |-
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''6'''}} | rowspan="3" style="background: {{party color|Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|black|'''2'''}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |]<br />]
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |''']'''<br /><small>(1934–)</small>
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="background: {{party color|Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|black|'''3'''}}
| style="width:6em;" | 1906–1986
|19 February 2000
| style="width:5em;" | <small>December</small><br />1963
|18 February 2005
| style="width:5em;" | <small>June</small><br />1967
|] (56.01%)
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| rowspan="2" |]* (formally ])
| style="width:18em;" | <small></small>
|- |-
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''7'''}} | style="background: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|black|'''4'''}}
|19 February 2005
| style="width:1em;" | ]
|18 February 2010
| style="width:11em;" | ]
|] (65.93%)
| style="width:6em;" | 1912–1996
| style="width:5em;" | <small>June</small><br />1967
| style="width:5em;" | <small>April</small><br />1974
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small></small>
|- |-
| colspan="5" |<small>He defeated ] in the ]. He was the first president with reduced powers, as the ] was replaced by an incomplete ] in November 2000. Mesić was re-elected in ], defeating ] in a landslide.</small>
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''8'''}}
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="width:6em;" | 1923–2009
| style="width:5em;" | <small>April</small><br />1974
| style="width:5em;" | <small>8 May</small><br />1974
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small>Ceased to be the head of state with the establishment of the collective Presidency on 8 May 1974; continued on as ] until 1978. Also at one time held the positions of ], and ].</small>
|- |-
| rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Croatia}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''3'''}}
| align="center" colspan="8" | '''Presidents of the Presidency'''<br /><small>1974-1990</small>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |]<br />]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |''']'''<br /><small>(1957–)</small>
| style="background: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Croatia}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''5'''}}
|19 February 2010
|18 February 2015
|] (60.26%)
| rowspan="1" |]* (formally ])
|- |-
| colspan="5" |<small>He defeated ] by a wide margin in the ]. He was narrowly defeated by ] in his re-election bid in 2015.</small>
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''9'''}}
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="width:6em;" | 1912–1996
| style="width:5em;" | <small>8 May</small><br />1974
| style="width:5em;" | <small>May</small><br />1982
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small></small>
|- |-
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''10'''}} | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''4'''}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |]<br />]
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |''']'''<br /><small>(1968–)</small>
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="background: {{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''6'''}}
| style="width:6em;" | 1920–1990
|19 February 2015
| style="width:5em;" | <small>May</small><br />1982
|18 February 2020
| style="width:5em;" | <small>May</small><br />1983
|] (50.74%)
| style="width:17em;" | ]
|]* (formally ])
| style="width:18em;" | <small></small>
|- |-
| colspan="5" |<small>She defeated incumbent president ] in the second round of the ]. She is the ] since independence and also the youngest, aged 46. She was defeated by ] in her reelection bid in 2020.</small>
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''11'''}}
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="width:6em;" | 1920–2013
| style="width:5em;" | <small>May</small><br />1983
| style="width:5em;" | <small>10 May</small><br />1984
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small></small>
|- |-
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''12'''}} | rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Croatia}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''5'''}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |]<br />]
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |''']'''<br /><small>(1966–)</small>
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="background: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Croatia}}; text-align: center;" |{{color|white|'''7'''}}
| style="width:6em;" | 1922–1993
|19 February 2020
| style="width:5em;" | <small>10 May</small><br />1984
|Incumbent
| style="width:5em;" | <small>10 May</small><br />1985
|] (52.66%)
| style="width:17em;" | ]
|]* (formally ])
| style="width:18em;" | <small></small>
|- |-
| colspan="5" |<small>He defeated incumbent president ] in the second round of the ].</small>
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''13'''}}
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="width:6em;" | 1920–1985
| style="width:5em;" | <small>10 May</small><br />1985
| style="width:5em;" | <small>20 November</small><br />1985
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small></small>
|-
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''14'''}}
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="width:6em;" | 1926–
| style="width:5em;" | <small>20 November</small><br />1985
| style="width:5em;" | <small>10 May</small><br />1986
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small></small>
|-
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''15'''}}
| style="width:1em;" | <!-- Commented out: ] -->
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="width:6em;" | 1924–2011
| style="width:5em;" | <small>10 May</small><br />1986
| style="width:5em;" | <small>May</small><br />1988
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small>Also at one time ], and last ]. Led successful reforms terminated by the ensuing ].</small>
|-
| style="background: {{League of Communists of Yugoslavia/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''16'''}}
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| style="width:11em;" | ]
| style="width:6em;" | 1929–2002
| style="width:5em;" | <small>May</small><br />1988
| style="width:5em;" | <small>30 May</small><br />1990
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small></small>
|-
| align="center" colspan="8" | '''Presidents'''<br><small>since 1990</small><ref name="july-90">{{cite news | url = http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/1990_07_31_610.html | newspaper = ] | language = Croatian | author = ] | title = Odluka o proglašenju Amandmana LXIV. do LXXV. na Ustav Socijalističke Republike Hrvatske | date = July 25, 1990 | accessdate = 2011-12-27}}</ref>
|-
| style="background: {{Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color}}; width:1em" rowspan="2" | {{color|white|'''1<br /><small>(17)</small>'''}}
| style="width:1em;" rowspan="2"| ]
| style="width:11em;" rowspan="2"| ]
| style="width:6em;" rowspan="2"| 1922–1999
| style="width:5em;" | <small>30 May</small><br />1990
| style="width:5em;" | <small>10 December</small><br />1999
| style="width:17em;" rowspan="2"| ]
| style="width:18em;" rowspan="2"| <small>Two terms. Initially held the office as ]. From 26 November 1999 until his death on 10 December 1999 represented by acting president ] (the ]). Died while formally in office.</small>
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"| ], ]
|-
| style="background: {{Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''N/A'''}}
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| style="width:11em;" | ]<br /><small>(acting)</small>
| style="width:6em;" | 1930–2007
| style="width:5em;" | <small>26 November</small><br />1999
| style="width:5em;" | <small>2 February</small><br />2000
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small>] serving as acting president (for ] until 10 December 1999, then in his own right).</small>
|-
| style="background: {{Croatian Peasant Party/meta/color}}; width:1em" | {{color|white|'''N/A'''}}
| style="width:1em;" | ]
| style="width:11em;" | ]<br /><small>(acting)</small>
| style="width:6em;" | 1945–
| style="width:5em;" | <small>2 February</small><br />2000
| style="width:5em;" | <small>18 February</small><br />2000
| style="width:17em;" | ]
| style="width:18em;" | <small>] serving as acting president until the inauguration of an elected president (] replaced ] as Speaker after the ]).</small>
|-
| style="background: white; width:1em" rowspan="2" | {{color|black|'''2<br /><small>(18)</small>'''}}
| style="width:1em;" rowspan="2"| ]
| style="width:11em;" rowspan="2"| ]
| style="width:6em;" rowspan="2"| 1934–
| style="width:5em;" | <small>18 February</small><br />2000
| style="width:5em;" | <small>18 February</small><br />2010
| style="width:17em;" rowspan="2"| ]
| style="width:18em;" rowspan="2"| <small>Two terms. Previously served as the last ].</small>
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"| ], ]
|-
| style="background: {{Social Democratic Party of Croatia/meta/color}}; width:1em" rowspan="2" | {{color|white|'''3<br /><small>(19)</small>'''}}
| style="width:1em;" rowspan="2"| ]
| style="width:11em;" rowspan="2"| ]
| style="width:6em;" rowspan="2"| 1957–
| style="width:5em;" | <small>18 February</small><br />2010
| style="width:5em;" | ''<small>18 February</small><br />2015''
| style="width:17em;" rowspan="2"| ]
| style="width:18em;" rowspan="2"| <small>One term.</small>
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"| ]
|-
| style="background: {{Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color}}; width:1em" rowspan="2" | ''{{color|white|'''4<br /><small>(20)</small>'''}}''
| style="width:1em;" rowspan="2"| ]
| style="width:11em;" rowspan="2"| '']''
| style="width:6em;" rowspan="2"| ''1968–''
| style="width:5em;" | ''<small>18 February</small><br />2015''
| style="width:5em;" |
| style="width:17em;" rowspan="2"| '']''
| style="width:18em;" rowspan="2"| <small></small>
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"| '']''
|} |}

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(**) From the abolishment of the collective Presidency of the Republic of Croatia on 22 December 1990


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This is a list of heads of state of the Republic of Croatia, since the independence of Croatia.

Historically, the republican system was introduced in the Socialist Republic of Croatia while it was a constituent republic of the SFR Yugoslavia, and its head of state is discussed in the history of politics of the Socialist Republic of Croatia.

Since 1990, the President of the Republic of Croatia (Predsjednik) is directly elected to a five-year term and is limited to a maximum of two terms. However, with the Constitution of 2001, the powers of the President (much expanded in 1990) were now again severely curtailed, as Croatia shifted from a semi-presidential system, to an incomplete parliamentary system. As in most parliamentary systems, the President is now by-and-large a ceremonial office, with the Prime Minister de facto heading the executive branch.

Presidents of the Republic of Croatia (1990–present)

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On 30 May 1990 Franjo Tuđman was elected by Parliament as the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, then still a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and held office together with several Vice Presidents of the Presidency of SR Croatia. The collective presidency was reduced to seven members on 25 July 1990 and the name of the constituent Yugoslav republic was changed to the Republic of Croatia by removing the word Socialist from its name and the names of its institutions. The collective presidency was abolished in favor of the post of President of the Republic of Croatia with the adoption of a new constitution on 22 December 1990. The Croatian Parliament then declared independence on 25 June 1991, when Tuđman formally became the first president of an independent Croatian nation under the name the Republic of Croatia.

(*)The constitutional amendments of November 2000 abandoned a semi-presidential system for a parliamentary system (with a directly elected president) and also made the presidency a non-partisan office, meaning that even if they are elected to office as a candidate of a particular political party, the president must resign membership in that party before taking office.

  Croatian Democratic Union (2)

  Social Democratic Party of Croatia (2)

  Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (1)

No. Picture Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Election Political party
No. Term start Term end
1 Franjo Tuđman
 Franjo Tuđman
(1922–1999) 		— 30 May 1990 12 August 1992 — Croatian Democratic Union
1 12 August 1992 11 August 1997 1992 (56.73%)
2 12 August 1997 10 December 1999 † 1997 (61.41%)
Parliament elected him the President of the Presidency of SR Croatia in May 1990, but with the adoption of a new constitution on 22 December 1990, the title of the office was changed to President of the Republic of Croatia and the Presidium of Croatia (Presidency) was abolished. Tuđman presided over the period when Croatia gained independence and ultimately joined the United Nations in May 1992. Tuđman won re-election to a de facto second and third term in 1992 and 1997, winning election outright both times without the need for a run-off. He is the only president to have been elected in the first round of elections. He died in office in December 1999.
— Vlatko Pavletić
(1930–2007) 		— 10 December 1999 2 February 2000 Acting President
Tuđman was incapacitated since 26 November 1999 and died on 10 December 1999. Pavletić became acting president as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament. He was succeeded by Zlatko Tomčić when the 4th Assembly of Parliament was replaced by the 5th Assembly after the 2000 election.
— Zlatko Tomčić
(1945–) 		— 2 February 2000 18 February 2000 Acting President Croatian Peasant Party
Became acting president as Speaker of Parliament when the 4th Assembly of Parliament (1995-2000) was replaced by the 5th Assembly (2000–2003). Served until Stjepan Mesić was sworn in as the new president on 18 February 2000.
2 Stjepan Mesić
 Stjepan Mesić
(1934–) 		3 19 February 2000 18 February 2005 2000 (56.01%) Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats* (formally independent)
4 19 February 2005 18 February 2010 2005 (65.93%)
He defeated Dražen Budiša in the 2000 presidential elections. He was the first president with reduced powers, as the semi-presidential system was replaced by an incomplete parliamentary system in November 2000. Mesić was re-elected in 2005, defeating Jadranka Kosor in a landslide.
3 Ivo Josipović
 Ivo Josipović
(1957–) 		5 19 February 2010 18 February 2015 2009–10 (60.26%) Social Democratic Party* (formally independent)
He defeated Milan Bandić by a wide margin in the 2010 election. He was narrowly defeated by Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović in his re-election bid in 2015.
4 Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
 Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
(1968–) 		6 19 February 2015 18 February 2020 2014–15 (50.74%) Croatian Democratic Union* (formally independent)
She defeated incumbent president Ivo Josipović in the second round of the 2015 election. She is the first female president since independence and also the youngest, aged 46. She was defeated by Zoran Milanović in her reelection bid in 2020.
5 Zoran Milanović
 Zoran Milanović
(1966–) 		7 19 February 2020 Incumbent 2019–20 (52.66%) Social Democratic Party* (formally independent)
He defeated incumbent president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović in the second round of the 2020 election.

A – Acting President
(**) From the abolishment of the collective Presidency of the Republic of Croatia on 22 December 1990

See also

References

  1. "Croatian Presidents". President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanović. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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