At the same time, presidential elections were held which were won by a moderate, Stjepan Mesić.

At the same time, presidential elections were held which were won by a moderate, Stjepan Mesić.

Mesić won a landslide victory gaining nearly 49 % of the vote in the first round, held on 2 January 2005.

The elections went to a second round held on 16 January 2005 in which Mesić and Kosor were the only candidates.

This triumph was marred by Budiša losing to Stjepan Mesić on the presidential elections held two weeks later.

President Mesić is active in foreign policy, promoting Croatia's ambition to become a member of the European Union and NATO.

Immediately following the invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003, Mesić deplored that by attacking Iraq, the Bush administration had marginalized UN, induced divisions in EU, damaged relationships with traditional allies, disturbed the foundations of international order and incited a crisis, which could spill over borders of Iraq.

However, in the 1970s Mesić supported the nationalist Croatian Spring movement which called for Croatian equality within the Yugoslav Federation on economic, political and cultural levels.

In the 2005 election, Mesić was a candidate supported by eight political parties and won nearly half of the vote, but was denied the absolute majority by a few percent.

The Committee also accused Mesić of abusing the commemorations at the Jasenovac concentration camp for political purposes.

Image: StipeMesic1. jpg | Stjepan Mesić independent candidate supported by left-wing political parties

Most polls before the first round were predicting the incumbent president Stjepan Mesić would be reelected without a runoff, securing 50 % + 1 vote.

On the night of the election, the first exit polls indicated president Mesić might secure a second term without the need of a runoff, while Kosor and Mikšić were shown battling for second place.

Knežević also claimed that the cigarette cartel also poses a security threat to Boris Tadić and that even Croatian president Stipe Mesić gave Tadić documents during their meeting in Sofia on April 25, 2009 warning him of possible attacks on him.

After the Orange Revolution, President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine hosted a major commemoration of the 65th anniversary in 2006, attended by Presidents Moshe Katsav of Israel, Filip Vujanovic of Montenegro, Stjepan Mesić of Croatia, and Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau.

The settlements with a Romanian ethnic majority are: Vojvodinci, Jablanka, Kuštilj, Mali Žam, Malo Središte, Markovac, Mesić, Ritiševo, Sočica, and Straža.

There are two Serbian Orthodox monasteries in the Vršac municipality: Mesić monastery from the 13th century and Središte monastery, which is currently under construction.

Stjepan Mesić won two consecutive terms, in 2000 and in 2005.

The result was a victory for Stjepan Mesić of the Croatian People's Party, who received 56. 9 % of the vote.

The first Prime Minister of Croatia since the 1990 constitutional reforms was Stjepan Mesić, assuming office on 30 May 1990.

Stjepan " Stipe " Mesić (; born 24 December 1934 ) is a Croatian politician who served as the second President of Croatia, 2000 to 2010.

Mesić was a deputy in the Croatian Parliament in the 1960s, and was then absent from politics until 1990 when he joined the Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ), and was named Prime Minister after HDZ won the elections.

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Mesić served as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 1992 to 1994, when he left HDZ.

After Franjo Tuđman had died in December 1999 Mesić won the elections to become the next President of Croatia in February 2000.

Mesić had always topped the polls for the most popular politician in Croatia during his two terms.

The Mesić family spent most of the Second World War in refuges in Mount Papuk and Orahovica when it was occasionally liberated.

In 1945, the family took refuge from the final fighting of the war in Hungary, along with 10, 000 other refugees, and subsequently settled in Našice, where Josip Mesić became the chairman of the District council.

Also in 1961, Mesić married Milka Dudundić, of Ukrainian and Serbian ethnic origin from Hrvatska Kostajnica, with whom he has two daughters.

As mayor, Mesić attempted the building of a private factory in the town, the first private factory in Yugoslavia.

In 1967, when a group of Croatian intellectuals published the landmark " Declaration on the Status and Name of the Croatian Literary Language " Mesić publicly denounced it as a diversionary attack against the very foundations of Yugoslavia and called for its authors to be prosecuted by law.

The members from Serbia and its provinces voted against, and the member from Montenegro abstained, leaving Mesić one vote short of majority.

Under pressure from the international community after the Ten-Day War in Slovenia, Mesić was eventually appointed.

Mesić stated that this decision was motivated by his disagreement with Croatia's policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time, specifically Franjo Tuđman's alleged agreement with Slobodan Milošević in the Karađorđevo to carve up Bosnia and Herzegovina between Croatia and Serbia and the subsequent launch of the Croat-Bosniak war.

However, Mesić left HDZ some 18 months after the Croat-Bosniak war in Bosnia had started.

In 1997 he and a part of the HND membership merged into the liberal Croatian People's Party ( HNS ), where Mesić became an executive vice-president.

Mesić ran as the joint candidate of the HNS, HSS, LS and IDS.

Although his administrative abilities had been noticed, on the eve of the U. S. entry into World War II he had never held an active command above a battalion and was far from being considered by many as a potential commander of major operations.

Eisenhower retired from active service on May 31, 1952, and resumed the university presidency, which he held until January 1953.

It has been active as a paramilitary organization representing Lebanon's Catholic Maronites since 1936, played a major role in the Lebanese civil war of 1975-1990, perpetrated the Sabra and Shatila massacre of 1982 and held the presidency of Lebanon from 1982-1988.

For example, a Dinosaur is a member who was active before the first Worldcon ( World Science Fiction Convention ) held on July 4, 1939, while Associate Membership requires provable activity in fandom for more than three decades.

* " the active assertion and promotion of beliefs, prescriptions, laws or policies that are held to be Islamic in character ,"

He was an active member of the Lunar Society often held at Erasmus Darwin House and is remembered on the Moonstones in Birmingham.

Sartre was a very active contributor to Combat, a newspaper created during the clandestine period by Albert Camus, a philosopher and author who held similar beliefs.

The active stitches are held on a needle until another loop can be passed through them.

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The beginning of Polish parish in modern times is connected to him In XIX century Polish population of the town consisted among others of Polish soldiers in Prussian service stationed in the city, salt refining specialists from Ciechocinek, political prisoners in local Prussian and permanent Polish inhabitants In the second half of XIX century the Polish community further increased with arrival of Polish workers During the period 1875-1914 an active Polish community grew and through its funds a Catholic school and the Church of Saint Marcin where masses in Polish were held ( initially throughout the season, after about 1890 all the year ), were established.

It is an 8-stranded " Greek key " beta-barrel, with the active site held between the barrel and two surface loops.

Following in Street's footsteps, Morris became active in the growing movement to return originality and mastery of technique to embroidery, and was one of the first designers associated with the Royal School of Art Needlework with its aim to " restore Ornamental Needlework for secular purposes to the high place it once held among decorative arts.

While sailing groups organize the most active and popular competitive yachting, other boating events are also held world-wide: speed motor boat racing ; competitive canoeing, kayaking, and rowing ; and navigational contests ( generally a test of celestial and landmark-based navigation skills where GPS and other electronic navigation equipment is disallowed ) are among the events which are organized around the world.

In Jacobs ' and Broyde's view, they were attracted by its glorification of man, its doctrine of immortality, and its ethical principles, which they saw as more in keeping with the spirit of Talmudic Judaism than are those taught by the philosophers, and which was held in contrast to the view of Maimonides and his followers, who regarded man as a fragment of the universe whose immortality is dependent upon the degree of development of his active intellect.

In this sense, " political prisoner " can be used to describe any politically active prisoner who is held in custody for a violent action which supporters deem ethically justified.

At 39 years, the noisy but impressive Shackleton held the distinction of being the aircraft with the longest period of active RAF service, until overtaken by the English Electric Canberra in 1998.

Previously, he had held strong conservative or libertarian political views, desired a career in business, was a highly active member of Teenage Republicans, serving as the Youth Governor for Pennsylvania through the YMCA Youth and Government program in 1978 and almost pursued a Republican political career.

The Court held that the act meant to prohibit employers from proscribing the peaceful dissemination of information concerning the terms and conditions of employment by those involved in an active labor dispute, even when such dissemination occurs on an employer's private property.

While Ventura has not held public office since the end of his term as governor in 2003, he has remained politically active and has occasionally stated intentions of possibly running again for political office.

LeMay was an active amateur radio operator and held a succession of call signs ; K0GRL, K4FRA, and W6EZV.

Entering the 2006 – 07 season, the Warriors held the active record ( 12 ) for the most consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance ( see Active NBA non-playoff appearance streaks ).

One of Laird's most active initiatives was his persistent effort to secure the release of the American captives held by the enemy in Vietnam.

The first two maritime republics held consulates and had expatriate colonies there ( Ragusan merchants remained active at the port through the 17th century operating from their colony in nearby Provadiya ).

In the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan was active in the area, and one of the largest Klan rallies in the state was held in Foster on the Old Home Day grounds in 1924 with 8, 000 in attendance and U. S. Senator J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama speaking.

The school held annual beauty pageants for girls, had a very active Parents-Teachers Association, and the school partially integrated in 1965 and fully in 1966 ( both without event ) with the closure of the old MTA School for African-American students.