The Third Government of the Republic of Croatia () or The

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( Croatian: ''Vlada nacionalnog jedinstva'') was the

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cabinet led by

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Franjo Gregurić Franjo Gregurić (; born 12 October 1939) is a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from July 1991 to September 1992, leading a national unity government at the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence. Gregurić was ...

. It was announced on 17 July 1991 in response to the escalation of the

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. It was the 3rd cabinet of Croatia since the first multi-party elections, and its term ended on 12 August 1992 after the first parliamentary election under the 1990 Croatian Constitution. During the term of this cabinet Croatia gained internationally diplomatic recognition and became a member of the

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. A major reshuffle in its make-up came in mid-April 1992, when government ministers Enzo Tireli,

Vlatko Pavletić Vlatko Pavletić (; 2 December 1930 – 19 September 2007) was a Croatian politician, university professor, literary critic and essayist who served as acting President of Croatia from 1999 to 2000, as well as he served as Speaker of the Croatian ...

, Bernardo Jurlina, Petar Kriste, Ivan Vekić and Ante Čović left the cabinet and were replaced by Franjo Kajfež,

Vesna Girardi-Jurkić Vesna Girardi-Jurkić (15 January 1944 – 25 August 2012) was a Croatian archeologist and museologist. She formerly served as the Croatian Minister of Education, Culture and Sport in the period between April 1992 and October 1994 in the cabinet ...

, Josip Juras, Branko Mikša,

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and Jure Radić. In addition, three new

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were named on the same day:

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and Mladen Vedriš.

List of ministers and portfolios

The periods in the table fall outside the cabinet's term when the minister listed also served in the preceding or the subsequent cabinets.

References

External links

Official website
of the

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