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President of the Government of Croatia;
	; Coat of Arms of Croatia
	Incumbent; Jadranka Kosor
Inaugural holder	Stjepan Mesić
Formation	1990
Website	www.vlada.hr

The Prime Minister of Croatia is officially called "President of the Government of the Republic of Croatia" (Croatian: Predsjednik Vlade Republike Hrvatske).

[edit] History

Initially, since its Constitution of 22.12.1990, Croatia was a semi-presidential system, which meant the president had broad executive powers, including naming the Prime Minister and dissolving the government. Following the 2000 elections and SDP-led government being formed, the Constitution was amended, which lowered the powers of the president in order to strengthen the functions of the parliament, government and the Prime Minister. This effectively made Croatia a semi-parliamentary system. Thus, the function of the Prime Minister became more powerful then that of the president.

[edit] List of Heads of Government of Croatia (1945–1991)

[edit] Minister for Croatia (Part of Yugoslav Government)

Pavle Gregorić (7 March 1945 – 1945)

[edit] Prime Minister

Vladimir Bakarić (14 April 1945 – 6 February 1953)

[edit] Presidents of the Executive Council

Vladimir Bakarić (6 February – December 1953)
Jakov Blažević (December 1953 – July 1962)
Zvonko Brkić (July 1962 – June 1963)
Mika Špiljak (June 1963 – May 1967)
Savka Dabčević-Kučar (May 1967 – May 1969)
Dragutin Haramija (May 1969 – December 1971)
Ivo Perišin (December 1971 – April 1974)
Jakov Sirotković (April 1974 – 9 May 1978)
Petar Fleković (9 May 1978 – July 1980)
Ante Marković (July 1980 – 20 November 1985)
Ema Derossi-Bjelajac (20 November 1985 – 10 May 1986)
Antun Milović (10 May 1986 – 30 May 1990)

[edit] Prime Ministers of the Republic of Croatia

Name	Term started	Term ended	Political Party	Government
Stjepan Mesić	30 May 1990	24 August 1990	Croatian Democratic Union	1st
Josip Manolić	24 August 1990	17 July 1991	Croatian Democratic Union	2nd
Franjo Gregurić	17 July 1991	12 August 1992	National government led by Croatian Democratic Union	3rd
Hrvoje Šarinić	12 August 1992	3 April 1993	Croatian Democratic Union	4th
Nikica Valentić	3 April 1993	7 November 1995	Croatian Democratic Union	5th
Zlatko Mateša	7 November 1995	27 January 2000	Croatian Democratic Union	6th
Ivica Račan	27 January 2000	23 December 2003	Social Democratic Party of Croatia - in coalition	7th 8th
Ivo Sanader	23 December 2003	6 July 2009	Croatian Democratic Union - in coalition	9th 10th
Jadranka Kosor	6 July 2009	Incumbent	Croatian Democratic Union - in coalition	11th

[edit] See also

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