In 2000 he ran for Croatian president as an independent candidate, finishing 5th, with 0.85% of the vote.

During almost four hours of testimony, the Croatian president calmly took the court back over a decade, to the planning of the breakup of the Communist Yugoslavia.

In 2004, he represented the Croatian president at the beatification of Austria-Hungary's final emperor, Charles I.

New central park was created that carries the name of first Croatian president, dr. Franjo Tuđman.

The Croatian president, a sharp debater, seemed unperturbed by Mr. Milosevic's relentless questioning.

Croatian president said whatever solution would be adopted it would be good that Island of Vukovar eventually found on the Croatian side of border.

The Croatian president has set a deadline to the end of November before conducting a military attack.

But he praised the new Croatian president, Stipe Mesic, speaking of a "new spirit" between the two countries.

This event prompted the Jerusalem office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center to publicly issue a protest to the Croatian president.

Yet the Serbian and Croatian presidents conferred several times in 1991.