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Stjepan Mesić

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Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić (pronounced [stjêpaːn stǐːpe měːsit͡ɕ]; born 24 December 1934) is a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as the president of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was prime minister of SR Croatia (1990) after the first multi-party elections, the last president of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1991) and consequently secretary general of the Non-Aligned Movement (1991), as well as the speaker of the Croatian Parliament (1992–1994), and mayor of his hometown of Orahovica. Mesić was a deputy in the Croatian Parliament in the 1960s, and was then absent from politics until 1990 when he joined the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), and was named President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (then still a constituent republic of the SFR Yugoslavia) after HDZ won the elections. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stjepan Mesić is the 1,512th most popular politician (down from 1,395th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 26th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Serbian Politician.

Stjepan Mesić is most famous for being the president of Croatia from 2000 to 2010.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stjepan Mesić ranks 1,512 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexei Rykov, Manuel Noriega, Fritz Sauckel, Ælfweard of Wessex, Pelagius of Asturias, and John McCain. After him are Childebert I, As-Saffah, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Krum, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Wenceslaus II of Bohemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Stjepan Mesić ranks 26. Before him are Jane Goodall, Daniel Kahneman, Shirley MacLaine, Tarcisio Bertone, William F. Sharpe, and Manuel Noriega. After him are Sydney Pollack, Vavá, Roman Herzog, Tom Baker, Paul Ekman, and Pierre Richard.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Stjepan Mesić ranks 27 out of 661. Before him are Gratian (359), Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923), Claudius Gothicus (210), Jovian (331), Stefan Lazarević (1374), and Herennius Etruscus (220). After him are Krum (710), Karađorđe (1768), Quintillus (220), Vuk Karadžić (1787), Alexander I of Serbia (1876), and Mátyás Rákosi (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In Serbia

Among politicians born in Serbia, Stjepan Mesić ranks 22. Before him are Gratian (359), Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923), Claudius Gothicus (210), Jovian (331), Stefan Lazarević (1374), and Herennius Etruscus (220). After him are Krum (710), Karađorđe (1768), Quintillus (220), Alexander I of Serbia (1876), Mátyás Rákosi (1892), and Constantius III (370).

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