| Nikica Valentić | |
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| 5th Prime Minister of Croatia | |
| In office April 3, 1993 – November 7, 1995 |
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| President | Franjo Tuđman |
| Preceded by | Hrvoje Šarinić |
| Succeeded by | Zlatko Mateša |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 10, 1950 Gospić, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
Nikica Valentić (born 1950) is a Croatian politician.
Native of Gospić, Valentić graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law.[1]
Before being involved in politics, Valentić was a high-ranking official of INA, the Croatian oil company.
On April 4 1993, as a member of the Croatian Democratic Union, he was appointed by President Franjo Tuđman to the post of Croatian prime minister. He served in that position until November 4, 1995.[2]
A few months after taking office his cabinet de-valued the Croatian currency Croatian dinar, stopping the inflation and bringing some sort of economic stability to Croatia for the first time after the start of war. In June 1994 the Croatian dinar was replaced with the kuna.
In 1995, during his term in office, the Croatian military and police conducted Operation Storm which would ultimately lead to the end of the war in Croatia and neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina.
After his term expired, he served as a member of the Croatian Parliament until 2003.[3][1]
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