Vlatko Pavletić

Vlatko Pavletić
4th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
In office
28 October 1995  2 February 2000
Preceded by Nedjeljko Mihanović
Succeeded by Zlatko Tomčić
President of Croatia
Acting
In office
10 December 1999  2 February 2000
Prime Minister Zlatko Mateša
Ivica Račan
Preceded by Franjo Tuđman
Succeeded by Zlatko Tomčić (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1930-12-02)2 December 1930
Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died 19 September 2007(2007-09-19) (aged 76)
Zagreb, Croatia
Political party Croatian Democratic Union
Alma mater University of Zagreb

Vlatko Pavletić (pronounced [ʋlâtko pǎʋletit͡ɕ]; 2 December 1930 – 19 September 2007) was a Croatian politician, university professor, literary critic and essayist.

Pavletić was born in Zagreb in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1955, he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, where he majored in Croatian language and literature. In 1972 he was imprisoned for a year and a half by the communist Yugoslav government as a Croatian nationalist for "attempting to destroy and change the state organization".[1] He earned a doctorate in 1975.

Between 1990 and 1992 Pavletić served as Minister of Education, Culture, Technology and Sports under Prime Ministers Stjepan Mesić, Josip Manolić and Franjo Gregurić. In 1992, he was elected to the Croatian parliament and was appointed Speaker of the Parliament on 28 November 1995. He held the post until 2000.

When President Franjo Tuđman was declared incapacitated on 26 November 1999, he automatically became Acting President of Croatia. He held this office from Tuđman's death on 10 December 1999 until the Croatian parliament elected Zlatko Tomčić as the new Speaker (and thus the new acting president) on 2 February 2000.

In 2004, Pavletić retired from politics. He died in Zagreb from pancreatic cancer on 19 September 2007.

Political offices
Preceded by
Office established
00Minister of Education, Culture and Sports00
1990–1992
Succeeded by
Vesna Girardi-Jurkić
Preceded by
Nedjeljko Mihanović
Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
1995–2000
Succeeded by
Zlatko Tomčić
Preceded by
Franjo Tuđman
President of Croatia
(Acting)

1999–2000
Succeeded by
Zlatko Tomčić
(Acting)
Academic offices
Preceded by
Enes Midžić
00Dean of the Academy of Dramatic Art00
1992
Succeeded by
Enes Midžić

References

  1. Marijana Zrinjski (19 September 2007). "Vlatko Pavletić umro u 77. godini života" [Vlatko Pavletić dead at 77 years of age] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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