Zlatko Tomčić
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Zlatko Tomčić (born 1945) is a Croatian politician, former leader of the Croatian Peasant Party (Hrvatska seljačka stranka—HSS) and a representative in the Croatian Parliament.
After the Peasant Party won the 2000 elections in coalition with five other parties, Tomčić became the speaker of Parliament (Predsjednik Sabora). He was instated on February 2, 2000.[1]
As the speaker of parliament, he was also serving as the acting President of the Republic, due to the death of President Franjo Tuđman. He gave up the position of acting president on February 18, 2000, when the newly elected president Stipe Mesić took office.
Tomčić remained President of the Parliament until December 2003, following new elections where the party lost seats and went into the opposition. Tomčić did, however, keep a seat in the Parliament.
In 2005, the HSS ten-member club in the Parliament split between a group supporting Tomčić and another one insisting on change in leadership. In the party election of December 2005, Tomčić was opposed by Josip Friščić and defeated.
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Party political offices | ||
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Preceded by Drago Stipac |
President of Croatian Peasant Party December 1994-December 2005 |
Succeeded by Josip Friščić |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Vlatko Pavletić |
Croatian Parliamentary Speaker 2 February 2000-2003 |
Succeeded by Vladimir Šeks |
Preceded by Vlatko Pavletić (acting) |
President of Croatia (acting) 2 February 2000 - 18 February 2000 |
Succeeded by Stjepan Mesić |