Ivica Račan
(24 February 1944 – 29 April 2007) was a Croatian politician who was Prime Minister of Croatiafrom 2000 to 2003, heading two centre-left coalition governments. He was leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP)—initially the League of Communists of Croatia (SKH)—from 1989 to 2007.
Račan was born on 24 February 1944 in Ebersbach, Germany, where his mother was interned in a labour camp during World War II. He and his mother survived the Allied bombing of Dresden and were buried for days in the basement of a collapsed building. After the war, Račan returned to Croatia and spent his childhood and adolescence in Slavonski Brod, before moving to Zagreb and enrolling at the University of Zagreb. In 1970 he graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Law.
(24 February 1944 – 29 April 2007) was a Croatian politician who was Prime Minister of Croatiafrom 2000 to 2003, heading two centre-left coalition governments. He was leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP)—initially the League of Communists of Croatia (SKH)—from 1989 to 2007.
Račan was born on 24 February 1944 in Ebersbach, Germany, where his mother was interned in a labour camp during World War II. He and his mother survived the Allied bombing of Dresden and were buried for days in the basement of a collapsed building. After the war, Račan returned to Croatia and spent his childhood and adolescence in Slavonski Brod, before moving to Zagreb and enrolling at the University of Zagreb. In 1970 he graduated from the Zagreb Faculty of Law.
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