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Franjo Tuđman
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. Tuđman also was the ninth and last president of the Presidency of SR Croatia from May to July 1990.
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politics · President of Croatia from 1990 to 1999 · politician · political commissar · university teacher · historian · also Franjo Tuđman, Franjo Tudman, Franjo Tudjman, Tuđman
Born 14 May 1922 · Died 10 December 1999 · Q183703
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It is not only others who are to blame for all our evils. Nor will in any circumstances only others shape our destiny. And for the present situation we all bear part of the responsibility in our own way. And especially for the future: our personal, our vocation and our people.
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2002· 1 entry
The new ICTY prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, said in an interview that she would have indicted Tuđman had he not died in 1999
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2000· 1 entry
British Channel 4 television broadcast a report about the tape recordings of Franjo Tuđman in which he allegedly spoke about the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Serbs after the Dayton Agreement
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1999· 4 entries
Died 1999-12-10.
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While the ICTY's chief prosecutor Louise Arbour expressed her dissatisfaction with Croatia's cooperation with the tribunal
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The private sector share in GDP reached 60%, which was significantly lower than in other former socialist countries
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“It is not only others who are to blame for all our evils. Nor will in any circumstances only others shape our destiny. And for the present situation we all bear part of the responsibility in our own way. And especially for the future: our personal, our vocation and our people.”
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1998· 2 entries
Tuđman claimed that his program of national reconciliation had prevented a civil war in Croatia during the collapse of Yugoslavia
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And the central government budget was in surplus that year
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1997· 1 entry
Officially included the sentence in the oath
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1996· 4 entries
A large demonstration was held in Zagreb in response to revoking broadcasting license to Radio 101, a radio station that was critical towards the ruling party
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But kept in the Croatian, French and German versions
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Specify 180,000 destroyed housing units, 25% of the Croatian economy destroyed, and US$27 billion of material damage
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Signed an agreement on normalization of relations with FR Yugoslavia
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1995· 3 entries
Parliamentary elections were held that resulted in a victory of HDZ with 75 out of 127 seats in the parliament
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A Ministry of Privatization was established with Ivan Penić as its first minister
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Did not receive unambiguous supports from the US, but they supported Croatian demands for territorial integrity
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1994· 1 entry
Tuđman apologized for the remarks made about Jews, stating that in the years since the publication of the book his views on world Jewry had changed
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1992· 2 entries
But the war had spread into Bosnia and Herzegovina, where Croats fought in an alliance with Bosniaks
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And 1997 and remained in power until his death in 1999
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1990· 4 entries
Election won: 1990 election campaign.
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Awarded honorary citizen of Zagreb (1990).
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And Tuđman became the President of the Presidency of SR Croatia
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Campaign: 1990 election campaign.
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1989· 1 entry
Tuđman published Bespuća povijesne zbiljnosti (Literal English translation:Wastelands of historical reality) which was published in English in 1996 as Horrors of War: Historical Reality and Philosophy
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1981· 1 entry
Because of this interview, and was accused for having spread "enemy propaganda"
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1977· 1 entry
Traveled to Sweden using a forged Swedish passport to meet members of the Croatian diaspora
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1974· 1 entry
The new Yugoslav constitution granted the majority of the demands sought by the Croatian Spring
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1972· 1 entry
Was sentenced to two years in prison for subversive activities during the Croatian Spring
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1970· 1 entry
Became a member of the Croatian Writers' Society
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1967· 1 entry
Tuđman was expelled from Communist Party and forced to retire from the institute
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1965· 1 entry
And worked as a historian until coming into conflict with the regime
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1963· 2 entries
Became a professor at the Zagreb Faculty of Political Sciences
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Became professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb where he taught a course called "Socialist Revolution and Contemporary National History"
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1962· 1 entry
Serbs and Montenegrins composed 70% of army generals
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1961· 1 entry
At his own request and began working at the Institute for the History of the Workers' Movement in Croatia, and remained its director until 1967
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1953· 1 entry
Tuđman was promoted to the position of colonel and moved to position head of office of the Chief of staff of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence
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1945· 1 entry
And she finished five semesters of English language in the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry
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1922· 1 entry
Born 1922-05-14.
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1918· 1 entry
Until Its Breakdown in 1941, and was a compilation of some of his previously published works
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