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Tuđman died in 1999 and in the early 2000 parliamentary elections, the nationalist Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) government was replaced by a center-left coalition under the Social Democratic Party of Croatia, with Ivica Račan as prime minister.
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Tuđman and died
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Tuđman died in 1999 and in the early 2000 parliamentary elections, the nationalist Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) government was replaced by a center-left coalition, with Ivica Račan as prime minister.
Croatia's former president Franjo Tuđman and Bosnia's Alija Izetbegović died before any alleged accusations were leveled at them at the ICTY.
Franjo Tuđman died in 1999 and his party was voted out of power on 2000 parliamentary elections.
The Hague Tribunal was preparing a war crimes indictment against then Croatian President Franjo Tuđman for Operation Flash, but he died in 1999.
Tuđman and 1999
* 1999 – Franjo Tuđman, Croate politician ( b. 1922 )
In a series of high-level meetings since the latter half of 1998, Slovenia and Croatia have been engaged in settling bilateral differences, a process which accelerated after the death of Croatian President Franjo Tuđman in 1999.
* May 14 – Franjo Tuđman, President of Croatia ( d. 1999 )
This situation occurred after the death of Franjo Tuđman in 1999, when Vlatko Pavletić became the acting president.
After the death of Tuđman in 1999, and the defeat of his CDU in Croatian elections in 2000, Abdić was eventually arrested and convicted for acts of war crimes against civilian Bosniaks loyal to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Two of his roles — in 1999 comedy Marshall Tito's Spirit ( Maršal ) and 2002 TV series Promised Land ( Obećana zemlja )-were inspired by real-life characters of Tito and Tuđman.
Tuđman and early
That and other gaffes finally prompted Tuđman to sack Letica in early 1991.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s he opposed Croatian nationalism and for that reason he was snubbed by the media controlled by Franjo Tuđman and his ruling Croatian Democratic Union.
Tuđman and 2000
The January 2000 election win and the defeat of the ruling HDZ was seen as a turning point as it marked the first transition of power in Croatia's young democracy and upon coming into power Račan's government was seen as the country's first staunchly pro-Western government following a decade of the " authoritarian and nationalist rule " of late President Franjo Tuđman.
Partly through charisma, partly through a well-established network of supporters, and partly through presenting himself as a champion of Slavonian interests in Zagreb, Glavaš maintained a tight grip on power and eastern Slavonia remained an HDZ stronghold even after the death of Franjo Tuđman and his party's loss of power at the national level in 2000.
Tuđman and parliamentary
After Croatian Communist Party rebranded itself into Social Democratic Party of Croatia and lost 1990 parliamentary elections, Tomac worked very hard to steer the party towards the nationalist course close to Franjo Tuđman and ruling Croatian Democratic Union.
For a while, it looked that HDZ would ultimately lose parliamentary majority, but Tuđman in the end managed to keep number of its moderates in line, thus maintaining and later solidifying his grip on power.
On 1995 parliamentary elections, it became apparent that HND didn't attract many of HDZ voters, while those already opposed to Tuđman overwhelmingly preferred older opposition parties.
As such, it took part in campaign for first Croatian parliamentary elections and was the first Croatian broadcast media that aired interview with future President Franjo Tuđman.
Conflict between HDZ and SDP manifested in the 1995 parliamentary and City of Zagreb elections, leading to the Zagreb Crisis: an electoral alliance ( in which the SDP was a major partner ) won a majority in the Zagreb elections and chose Goran Granić as the new mayor, but Franjo Tuđman used a legal loophole to stop Granić from taking office.
Tuđman and elections
Franjo Tuđman won the first Croatian presidential elections in 1992 and 1997.
Although the SDS won relatively few seats in 1990 elections, it quickly began to increase its power and Rašković was soon perceived as a leader of Croatian Serbs by Franjo Tuđman and his new government.
Government of Franjo Tuđman has invested great effort to defeat the Istrian Democratic Assembly, concerned about party's good result during 1992 elections.
After the first democratic elections in Croatia, he joined the government of Franjo Tuđman and became head of his personal office.
The coalition failed to make a major impact at the 1990 elections, with most opting for Franjo Tuđman and his Croatian Democratic Union party.
In 1990 after the first democratic elections, Franjo Tuđman took him seriously and made him his chief political advisor.
In May 1990 the HDZ party led by Franjo Tuđman won Croatia's first post-communist multi-party elections.
Several subsequent elections were held, with the SDP winning each time and Tuđman promptly removing every candidate.
This was seen as a mere formality, because Tuđman had already made a precedent by confirming opposition prefects following the disastrous defeat of his party in the 1993 local elections in Istria County.
Tuđman and nationalist
In June 1989 the Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) was founded by Croatian nationalist dissidents led by Franjo Tuđman a former fighter in Tito's Partisan movement and JNA General.
French philosopher and writer Alain Finkielkraut, a supporter of the Croatian nationalist leader Franjo Tuđman, denounced the Cannes Film Festival's jury award, saying,
A Bosnian Croat emigreé to Canada, he rose to prominence in the Croat diaspora in North America, eventually becoming a close friend and associate to Franjo Tuđman, leader of the Croatian Democratic Union, a nationalist party seeking Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia.
Pašalić and his followers founded the new party, accusing Sanader both of winning the convention by undemocratic means and straying from the nationalist legacy of Franjo Tuđman.
As the rule of Franjo Tuđman neared its end, Kovačević, as well as its party, began to distance itself from Croatian political centre and shift to hardline nationalist right, embodied in their new partners Croatian Party of Rights ( HSP ).
In 1993 their unofficial champion Josip Manolić, former right-hand man of President Franjo Tuđman, was becoming demoted and increasingly marginalised, while Gojko Šušak, powerful defence minister and leader of hardline nationalist faction, was winning Tuđman's favour.
As Yugoslavia began to break up, Serbia's President Slobodan Milošević and Croatia's President Franjo Tuđman started to pursue nationalist politics.
Tuđman pursued a strongly Croatian nationalist course, advocating independence from Yugoslavia.
Tuđman and Croatian
The Guardians political editor Michael White criticised Foot's " overgenerous " support for Croatian leader Franjo Tuđman.
According to general Stjepan Šiber, the highest ranking ethnic Croat in Bosnian Army, the key role in foreign volunteers arrival was played by Franjo Tuđman and Croatian counter-intelligence underground with the aim to justify involvement of Croatia in Bosnian War and mass crimes committed by Croat forces.
Croatian and Serbian interests were represented by President Tuđman and President Milošević respectively.
The result was a victory for Franjo Tuđman of the Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ), who received 57. 8 % of the vote.
The result was a victory for Franjo Tuđman of the Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ), who received 61. 4 % of the vote.
Those and other changes, however, weren't very convincing to the Croatian electorate and SKH lost power to Croatian Democratic Union of Franjo Tuđman.
At the end of 1980s, as a multi-party system was returning to Yugoslavia, he founded the first branch of the Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) in Austria and at this time he first came into contact with Franjo Tuđman.
At first, Franjo Tuđman reacted to this indictment defiantly and named Blaškić Inspector General of the Croatian Army.
This result turned Istria into an area of significant concern for Croatian President Franjo Tuđman and his Croatian Democratic Union, which had dominated every other region in Croatia.
He blamed the Croatian President Franjo Tuđman for outcome of conflict, calling him " The Balkan Hitler ".
New central park was created that carries the name of first Croatian president, dr. Franjo Tuđman.
The Croats and their leader Franjo Tuđman also aimed at securing parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina as Croatian.
Following the Karadjordjevo meeting with Slobodan Milošević held on 30 March 1991, Croatian President Franjo Tuđman stated in a televised press-conference that during the March 9th events, Drašković's associates had phoned his government in order to " seek help in toppling the current Serbian regime ".
* the Croatian crossed Đ ( as in Franjo Tuđman ), halfway between D and Dj
He was a member of the Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) and a close associate of Franjo Tuđman.
By his own admission, Blažević was already close to getting the Bosnia-Herzegovina national team job years earlier in 2002, but ended up not getting hired due to then influential FA member Jusuf Pušina who considered Blažević unsuitable for the job because of the coach's association with the Croatian wartime president Franjo Tuđman and his party.
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