Dražen Budiša

Dražen Budiša (born 25 July 1948) is a Croatian politician who used to be a leading opposition figure in the 1990s and a two-time presidential candidate. As president of the Croatian Social Liberal Party through the 1990s he remains to date the only Leader of the Opposition not to have been from either the Croatian Democratic Union or the Social Democratic Party.

Dražen Budiša
Member of Parliament
In office
7 September 1992  23 December 2003
ConstituencyII electoral district
Leader of the Opposition
In office
12 August 1992  27 January 2000
Prime MinisterHrvoje Šarinić
Nikica Valentić
Zlatko Mateša
Preceded byNational unity government
Succeeded byVladimir Šeks (acting)
President of the Croatian Social Liberal Party
In office
2 February 2002  7 December 2003
Preceded byJozo Radoš (acting)
Succeeded byIvan Čehok (acting)
In office
November 1997  11 July 2001
Preceded byVlado Gotovac
Succeeded byJozo Radoš (acting)
In office
1990  February 1996
Preceded bySlavko Goldstein
Succeeded byVlado Gotovac
Personal details
Born (1948-07-25) 25 July 1948
Drniš, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partyCroatian Social Liberal Party
SpouseNada Budiša
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
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