Ivica Račan

Ivica Račan
Ivica Račan
	Račan in 2003
Prime Minister of Croatia
	In office; 27 January 2000 – 23 December 2003
President	Vlatko Pavletić (Acting); Zlatko Tomčić (Acting); Stjepan Mesić
Preceded by	Zlatko Mateša
Succeeded by	Ivo Sanader
President of the League of Communists of Croatia
	In office; 13 December 1989 – 3 November 1990
Preceded by	Stanko Stojčević
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Prime Minister	In office; 23 December 2003 – 11 April 2007
Additional positions
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 23 December 2003 – 11 April 2007
Prime Minister	Ivo Sanader
Preceded by	Ivo Sanader
Succeeded by	Željka Antunović (Acting); Zoran Milanović
	In office; 30 May 1990 – 17 July 1991
President	Franjo Tuđman
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Vacant (National unity government)
President of the Social Democratic Party
	In office; 3 November 1990 – 11 April 2007
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Željka Antunović (Acting); Zoran Milanović
Member of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia for LC Croatia
	In office; 28 June 1986 – 22 January 1990 Serving with Stipe Šuvar
President	Milanko Renovica; Boško Krunić; Stipe Šuvar; Milan Pančevski
Preceded by	Jure Bilić
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	24 February 1944; Ebersbach, Nazi Germany; (now Germany)
Died	29 April 2007 (aged 63); Zagreb, Croatia
Political party	SKH (1961–1990); SDP (1990–2007)
Spouses	Agata Špišić (m. 1967; div. 1984); Jelena Nenadić (m. 1990; div. 1992); Dijana Pleština (m. 1993⁠–⁠2007);
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Zagreb

Ivica Račan (pronounced [îʋit͡sa rât͡ʃan]; 24 February 1944 – 29 April 2007) was a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2000 to 2003, heading two centre-left coalition governments.

Račan became the first prime minister of Croatia not to be a member of the Croatian Democratic Union, namely the opposition coalition headed by his Social Democratic Party won the 2000 parliamentary election and came to power for the first time since independence. He was the leader of the party, initially called the League of Communists of Croatia from 1990 to 2007.

Before becoming prime minister, Račan served in the capacity of Leader of the Opposition on two occasions: firstly, from the first multi-party elections in May 1990 until the formation of a national unity government under Franjo Gregurić in July 1991; and secondly, from his defeat in the 2003 general election by Ivo Sanader until his death on 29 April 2007.

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