Ante Ledić (born 13 October 1939 in

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) is a

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n businessman, politician from and vice-president of

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. In his youth, Ledić was a Yugoslav champion and national record holder in

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

and

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

. His decathlon personal best, set in 1961, makes him the all-time top ten Croatian decathlete . He has never been a member of a political party, but he was very close to

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and the

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. His first entry to politics happened during the Zagreb Crisis when he was proposed by Tuđman as a compromise candidate for Zagreb mayor. In 2000 he ran for Croatian president as an independent candidate, finishing 5th, with 0.85% of the vote.

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