Vladimir Bakarić

Vladimir Bakarić
Vladimir Bakarić by 1966
1st Member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia for SR Croatia
In office 15 May 1974 – 16 January 1983
Preceded by	Jakov Blažević Đuro Kladarin Milan Mišković
Succeeded by	Mika Špiljak
3rd Speaker of the Croatian Parliament[a]
In office December 1953 – December 1963
Prime Minister	Jakov Blažević Zvonko Brkić Mika Špiljak
Preceded by	Zlatan Sremec
Succeeded by	Ivan Krajačić
1st Prime Minister of Croatia
In office 14 April 1945 – 18 December 1953
President	Vladimir Nazor Karlo-Gašpar Mrazović Vicko Krstulović Zlatan Sremec
Preceded by	Pavle Gregorić (as Minister for Croatia)
Succeeded by	Jakov Blažević
5th Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia
In office 1948 – May 1969
President	Vladimir Nazor Karlo-Gašpar Mrazović Vicko Krstulović Zlatan Sremec Himself Ivan Krajačić Jakov Blažević
Prime Minister	Himself Jakov Blažević Zvonko Brkić Mika Špiljak Savka Dabčević-Kučar
Preceded by	Andrija Hebrang
Succeeded by	Savka Dabčević-Kučar
Personal details
Born	(1912-03-08)8 March 1912 Velika Gorica, Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungary
Died	16 January 1983(1983-01-16) (aged 70) Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
^a The Speaker of the Parliament was the head of state of Croatia between 6 February 1953 and 8 May 1974.

Dr. Vladimir Bakarić (pronounced [ʋlǎdimiːr bǎkarit͡ɕ]; 8 March 1912 – 16 January 1983) was a Croatian communist and a politician in Socialist Yugoslavia.

Bakarić helped organize Partisan resistance in Croatia during World War II. From 1948 to 1969 he was the chairman of the Croatian League of Communists, and as such was a close collaborator of President Josip Broz Tito. Even after stepping down from the top post in Croatian communist hierarchy, he retained much influence and was in fact considered to be the most influential Croatian politician.

Together with Edvard Kardelj he belonged to the more liberal wing of the Yugoslav political elite and was known for his statement on the need for "federation to federate" (federiranje federacije), a reference to the struggle between Yugoslav unitarists who advocated giving more powers to the central government and federalists who wanted to shift power to the republics. Still, Bakarić was usually extremely careful in his public pronouncements on policy and wary of radical statements.

See also

• Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

References

Presidents of Croatia
Presidents of the Presidency (1974–1991)	Jakov Blažević Marijan Cvetković Milutin Baltić Jakša Petrić Pero Car Ema Derossi-Bjelajac Ante Marković Ivo Latin Franjo Tuđman
Presidents (since 1991)	Franjo Tuđman Vlatko Pavletić (acting) Zlatko Tomčić (acting) Stjepan Mesić Ivo Josipović Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Prime Ministers of Croatia
In Yugoslavia (1945–1991)	Vladimir Bakarić Jakov Blažević Zvonko Brkić Mika Špiljak Savka Dabčević-Kučar Dragutin Haramija Ivo Perišin Jakov Sirotković Petar Fleković Ante Marković Antun Milović
Following the first multi-party elections (1990–1991)	Stjepan Mesić Josip Manolić
Since independence (1991–)	Franjo Gregurić Hrvoje Šarinić Nikica Valentić Zlatko Mateša Ivica Račan Ivo Sanader Jadranka Kosor Zoran Milanović Tihomir Orešković Andrej Plenković

Speakers of the Croatian Parliament
In Yugoslavia (1945–1991)	Vladimir Nazor Zlatan Sremec Vladimir Bakarić Ivan Krajačić Jakov Blažević Ivo Perišin Jure Bilić Jovo Grčić Ivo Latin Anđelko Runjić
Since independence (1991–)	Žarko Domljan Stjepan Mesić Nedjeljko Mihanović Vlatko Pavletić Zlatko Tomčić Vladimir Šeks Luka Bebić Boris Šprem Josip Leko Željko Reiner
Chamber of Counties (1993–2001)	Josip Manolić Katica Ivanišević

Secretaries of the League of Communists of Croatia
Secretaries of the Central Committee (1945–90)	Đuro Špoljarić (1937–39) Rade Končar (1940–41) Vlado Popović (1941–42) Andrija Hebrang, Sr. (1942–44) Vladimir Bakarić (1944–69) Savka Dabčević-Kučar (1969–71) Milka Planinc (1971–82)
Presidents of the Presidency of the Central Committee (1945–90)	Jure Bilić (1982–83) Josip Vrhovec (1983–84) Mika Špiljak (1984–86) Stanko Stojčević (1986–89) Ivica Račan (1989–90)