List of chairpersons of the Croatian Democratic Union

This is a list of chairpersons of the Croatian Democratic Union.

List of officeholders Portrait Name Took office Left office Notes Prime Minister Ref. Franjo Tuđman 17 June 1989 10 December 1999 Died in office. Antun Milović Stjepan Mesić Josip Manolić Franjo Gregurić Hrvoje Šarinić Nikica Valentić Zlatko Mateša Vladimir Šeks 5 January 2000 30 April 2000 Acting holder of the office following Franjo Tuđman's death. Zlatko Mateša Ivica Račan Ivo Sanader 30 April 2000 4 July 2009 Resigned while in office. Ivica Račan Himself Jadranka Kosor 4 July 2009 21 May 2012 Herself Zoran Milanović Tomislav Karamarko 21 May 2012 17 July 2016 Zoran Milanović Tihomir Orešković Andrej Plenković 17 July 2016 Incumbent Tihomir Orešković Himself

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