Josip Manolić

HRV: Josip Manolić (Kalinovac kraj Đurđevca, 22. ožujka 1920.), hrvatski političar, bivši komunist, drugi predsjednik Vlade Republike Hrvatske.

Politikom se počeo baviti 1937. godine. Već slijedeće godine postaje omladinskim i sindikalnim rukovoditeljem. Za vrijeme Drugog svjetskog rata (1941. - 1945.) postaje organizacijski sekretar PK SKOJ-a za Hrvatsku. Have you voted for or against Josip Manolić ? Po ustroju OZN-e 1944. godine upućen je kao glavni zapovjednik u akciju oslobođenja Bjelovara i okolice. 1946. godine Manolić odlazi u Zagreb za načelnika odjela za izvršenje kaznenih sankcija u tadašnjem Sekretarijatu za unutrašnje poslove (između ostalog provodi utamničenje nadbiskupa Alojza Stepinca). 1948. Has changed the detail your opinion on Josip Manolić ? postaje načelnik u Sekretarijatu unutrašnjih poslova NR Hrvatske. U međuvremenu, 1960. diplomira na Pravnom fakultetu u Zagrebu. 1960. godine postaje šef SUP-a (Sekretarijata unutarnjih poslova ) u SFRJ.

1965. Have you read details about Mirela Holy ? godine izabran je u Sabor SR Hrvatske i obnaša funkcije predsjednika organizaciono-političkog odbora, predsjednika zakonodavno-pravne komisije, te člana je Ustavne komisije. 1969. godine izabran je po drugi put u Sabor SR Hrvatske. Nakon Hrvatskog proljeća, postao je disident te upoznaje Tuđmana. 1989. Can Josip Manolić have an influence on Mirela Holy ? godine rukovodi CK SKH na 20. kongresu, te sudjeluje u donošenju odluke o raspisivanju prvih višestranačkih parlamentarnih izbora.

Jedan je od osnivača HDZ-a na zagrebačkom Jarunu (tzv. "barakaši") 1989. Godine 1990. postaje potpredsjednik Predsjedništva Republike Hrvatske. Did you know that Josip Manolić is popular at 31% of voters?? Početkom 1990-tih drugi je čovjek u novo nastaloj Republici Hrvatskoj, odmah je do Franje Tuđmana, kojemu je bliski suradnik. Od 24. kolovoza 1990. do 17. srpnja 1991. obnašao je dužnost predsjednika Vlade RH, nasljedivši Stipu Mesića na toj dužosti, jer je ovaj bio izabran za hrvatskog člana u Predsjedništvu SFRJ.

Od 1991. bio je šef Ureda za zaštitu ustavnoga poretka (tijelo koje je koordiniralo svim tajnim službama). Od 1993. do 1994. obnašao je dužnost predsjednika Županijskog doma Sabora Republike Hrvatske.

1994. godine sa Stjepanom Mesićem, Degoricijom, Jurićem i drugima, zbog neslaganja oko politike prema BiH, izazi iz HDZ-a. Godine 1995. osnivaju svoju stranku Hrvatskih nezavisnih demokrata (HND), čiji predsjednik postaje slijedeće godine.

Danas je u mirovini i ne bavi se više aktivno politikom. Počasni je predsjednik HND-a.

Izvor

ENG: Josip Manolić (born 1920) is a Croatian politician who was one of the most important public figures in 1990s Croatia. He was prime minister of the Republic of Croatia from August 24, 1990 - July 17, 1991.

Background and political career

In his youth during World War II, Manolić joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the Partisans. After the war, he became a high-ranking official of OZNA, and later UDBA. One of his duties was to supervise all political prisons in Croatia.

After the Croatian Spring, Manolić became a dissident and befriended Franjo Tuđman. He was one of the founders of the Croatian Democratic Union and later emerged as Tuđman's right hand man.

His status was confirmed on August 24, 1990 when he became prime minister, following the departure of Stjepan Mesić, who had left that post in order to serve as the Croatian representative in the Yugoslav collective Presidency. His cabinet was mostly preoccupied with the process that would ultimately lead to Croatia's declaration of independence on June 25, 1991, as well as the rebellion of ethnic Serbs in Krajina.

When Manolić left the office on July 17, 1991 Croatian forces — police and nascent military — were involved in full-scale war with Krajina rebels, who were backed by the Yugoslav federal army. He took another, even more important post of the head of Constitutional Order Protection Office (Ured za zaštitu ustavnog poretka), a body that would coordinate and supervise all Croatian security services. There he built Tuđman's security apparatus, relying mostly on the old cadre from UDBA and other sections of the Communist-era security apparatus. Despite the nature of his work, he remained very much in the public spotlight. In his interviews and statements he gradually gained a reputation of being a moderate. His enormous power, moderate views and Partisan past made him very unpopular among the rank and file of the HDZ party and brought him into conflict with Gojko Šušak, the powerful minister of defence who led a hardline nationalist faction.

In 1993 Manolić was replaced from his post and elected as Speaker of the Chamber of Counties (to 1994). Many saw this as his demotion and fall from Tuđman's favor.

One year later Manolić and Mesić tried to organise a mass defection of HDZ members of Sabor and thus deprive Franjo Tuđman of parliamentary majority. They failed and later, together with other HDZ dissidents, created a new party called Croatian Independent Democrats.

Manolic's attempt to take power on national level failed, but his supporters in the Zagreb County Assembly succeeded in replacing HDZ administration. This led Tuđman to introduce new legislation, merging Zagreb County and the City of Zagreb and calling for new elections, which ultimately resulted in the Zagreb Crisis.

Those elections coincided with the 1995 parliamentary elections, during which HND fared badly, failing to enter Sabor. This prompted Mesić to jo. n the Croatian People's Party, while Manolić tried to mend ties with his former party, becoming a marginalised political figure in the process.

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27.8.2010