Vladimir Veselica (23 January 1938 – 11 December 2013) was a Croatian politician, economist and university professor born in Glavice near

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. He graduated and received PhD in economics from the

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in 1970. In the aftermath of the Croatian Spring, Veselica was removed from his post of a lecturer at the Higher School of Foreign Trade in 1972 as the supporter of the ousted leadership of the League of Communists of Croatia and the ideas championed by Matica hrvatska. In 1974–1989, Veselica performed managerial functions in Konstruktor-Split construction company. In 1989, he founded and chaired the

Croatian Democratic Party Croatian may refer to: *Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , ...

(HDS) established shortly before the

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. He was a member of the

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in 1990–1992 and a minister without portfolio in the 1991

Cabinet of Franjo Gregurić The Third Government of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Treća Vlada Republike Hrvatske) or The Government of National Unity ( Croatian: ''Vlada nacionalnog jedinstva'') was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Franjo Gregurić. ...

. Veselica was a

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at the Zagreb Faculty of Economics from 1992 until his retirement in 2008. He died in Zagreb on 11 December 2013.

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1938 births 2013 deaths People from Sinj Croatian Democratic Party politicians Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb alumni Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Government ministers of Croatia Academic staff of the University of Zagreb {{Croatia-politician-stub

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