The Third Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Treća Vlada Republike Hrvatske) or The
Government of National Unity
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(
Croatian: ''Vlada nacionalnog jedinstva'') was the
Croatian Government
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cabinet led by
Prime Minister
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Franjo Gregurić
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. It was announced on 17 July 1991 in response to the escalation of the
Croatian War of Independence
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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
United Nations
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.
A major reshuffle in its make-up came in mid-April 1992, when government ministers
Enzo Tireli
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,
Vlatko Pavletić
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,
Bernardo Jurlina
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,
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,
Ivan Vekić and
Ante Čović
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left the cabinet and were replaced by
Franjo Kajfež,
Vesna Girardi-Jurkić
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,
Josip Juras,
Branko Mikša
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D ...
,
Ivan Jarnjak
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and
Jure Radić. In addition, three new
ministers without portfolio
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were named on the same day:
Ivica Crnić
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,
Darko Čargonja 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