Croatian Democratic Union
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The Croatian Democratic Union is a major conservative, centre-right to right-wing political party in Croatia. Since 2016, it has been the ruling political party in Croatia under the incumbent Prime Mi
Plaque in Dubrovnik, dedicated to the establishment of the local branch of the Croatian Democratic Union
Franjo Tuđman, former Croatian President and HDZ founder
Ivo Sanader, president of the HDZ from 2000 to 2009; he was expelled from the party on 4 October 2010
Jadranka Kosor, the first female Prime Minister of Croatia
Franjo Tuđman
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Franjo Tuđman was a Croatian politician and historian who became the first president of Croatia, from 1990 until his death in 1999. He served following the country's independence from Yugoslavia. Tuđm
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…first political party in Croatia to be convicted of corruption. The HDZ was founded on 17 June 1989 by Croatian dissidents led by former major general Franjo Tuđman. It was officially registered on 25 January 1990. The HDZ held its first convention on 24–25 February 1990, when Franjo Tuđman was elected its president…
Tuđman's childhood home in Veliko Trgovišće
Tuđman as a member of the Yugoslav Partisans
Tuđman (left), with Joža Horvat (right), in Partisan uniform, February 1945