Ante Ledić (born 13 October 1939 in
Aržano) is a
Croatia
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n businessman, politician from and vice-president of
Croatian Christian Democratic Party
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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 consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...
. 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
Franjo Tuđman
Franjo Tuđman (; 14 May 1922 – 10 December 1999), also written as Franjo Tudjman, was a Croatian politician and historian. Following the country's independence from Yugoslavia, he became the first president of Croatia and served as ...
and the
Croatian Democratic Union
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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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1939 births
Living people
Croatian decathletes
Croatian male long jumpers
People from Imotski
Croatian sportsperson-politicians
Candidates for President of Croatia
Croatian Christian Democratic Party politicians
Croatian Demochristian Party politicians
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