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Ivo Josipović

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Ivo Josipović (pronounced [ǐːʋo josǐːpoʋitɕ] ; born 28 August 1957) is a Croatian academic, jurist, composer, and politician who served as the president of Croatia from 2010 to 2015. Josipović entered politics as a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ), and played a key role in the democratic transformation of the League of Communists of Croatia (SKH) into the Social Democratic Party (SDP) as the author of its first statute. He left politics in 1994, but returned in 2003, winning a seat in the Croatian Parliament running as an independent candidate on the SDP party list. He won re-election to parliament as a member of the SDP in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivo Josipović is the 5,001st most popular politician (down from 4,821st in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Croatia (up from 55th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Croatian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ivo Josipović ranks 5,001 out of 19,576Before him are Erwin Piscator, Chandragupta II, Horia Sima, Sweyn Haakonsson, Tervel of Bulgaria, and René Préval. After him are Mesud I, Eumenes I, Traidenis, Shvarn, Ayşe Sultan, and Muhammad Khan Junejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Ivo Josipović ranks 45Before him are Stefan Löfven, Kelly McGillis, Rumiko Takahashi, Bruce Beutler, Masayoshi Son, and Ai Weiwei. After him are Rinat Dasayev, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Kevin McHale, Theo van Gogh, Michael Cretu, and Michael Madsen.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Ivo Josipović ranks 53 out of 700Before him are Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Josip Skoblar (1941), Matthias Flacius (1520), Siniša Mihajlović (1969), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), and Francis, Duke of Teck (1837). After him are Ivan Gundulić (1589), Luigi Dallapiccola (1904), Krešimir Ćosić (1948), Ante Gotovina (1955), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), and Branko Zebec (1929).

Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, Ivo Josipović ranks 17Before him are Zoran Milanović (1966), Ivan Ribar (1881), Veljko Kadijević (1925), Tomislav of Croatia (null), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), and Francis, Duke of Teck (1837). After him are Milka Planinc (1924), Milan Babić (1956), Slavko Kvaternik (1878), Vladko Maček (1879), Ivo Sanader (1953), and Ante Starčević (1823).