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Josip Manolić

1920 - 2024

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Josip "Joža" Manolić (pronounced [jǒsip mǎnolit͡ɕ]; 22 March 1920 – 15 April 2024) was a Croatian politician and communist revolutionary during World War II in Yugoslavia. He served as a high-ranking official of the Yugoslav State Security Administration (OZNA or UDBA) and later as Prime Minister of Croatia, from 24 August 1990 to 17 July 1991. He was the last prime minister of Croatia as a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, as the country formally declared its independence during his term, on 25 June 1991. Following his brief term as prime minister, Manolić served as the first Speaker of the Chamber of Counties, the then upper house of the Croatian Parliament, from 1993 until 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josip Manolić is the 10,440th most popular politician (down from 9,115th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 136th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Croatian Politician.

Josip Manolić was a influential Croatian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of independent Croatia from 1991 to 1992, guiding the country through its transition from communist rule to a democratic state. He is best remembered for his central role in the process of Croatia's secession from Yugoslavia and the establishment of Croatia as a sovereign nation.

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Among politicians, Josip Manolić ranks 10,440 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel González Flores, Septimius, Hermann of Salm, Leo III, King of Armenia, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, and Mihrişah Kadın. After him are John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Georg I, Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard, Messali Hadj, and Hyperbolus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Josip Manolić ranks 174. Before him are Jean Carmet, Walter Krupinski, Giuseppe Colombo, Bert Williams, Viveca Lindfors, and Lassie Lou Ahern. After him are Stan Ockers, Georg Ots, Michel Audiard, Yang Kyoungjong, Julien Ries, and Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa. Among people deceased in 2024, Josip Manolić ranks 199. Before him are M. Emmet Walsh, Sergio Sebastiani, Vernor Vinge, Annelie Ehrhardt, Dabney Coleman, and Aribert Reimann. After him are Rebecca Horn, Mahieddine Khalef, George Rhoden, Akira Endo, Carl Andre, and Bernard Chiarelli.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Josip Manolić ranks 158 out of 700. Before him are Petar Radaković (1937), Dragutin Šurbek (1946), Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (1888), Vice Vukov (1936), Branko Radičević (1824), and Mile Mrkšić (1947). After him are Jure Francetić (1912), Svetozar Pribićević (1875), Ivica Horvat (1926), Alen Bokšić (1970), Stjepan Sarkotić (1858), and Maximilian Njegovan (1858).

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Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, Josip Manolić ranks 39. Before him are István Horthy (1904), Pietro Tradonico (750), Ante Trumbić (1864), Ivo Lola Ribar (1916), Pietro I Candiano (842), and Vladimir Bakarić (1912). After him are Svetozar Pribićević (1875), Savka Dabčević-Kučar (1923), Franjo Rački (1828), Branko Mamula (1921), Milan Neralić (1875), and Ivo Lapenna (1909).

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