The Second Government of the Republic of Croatia () was the

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cabinet led by

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Josip Manolić Josip "Joža" Manolić (; 22 March 1920 – 15 April 2024) was a Croatian politician and Communism, communist revolutionary during World War II in Yugoslavia. He served as a high-ranking official of the SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav State Security Ad ...

. It was announced on 24 August 1990, when the previous

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Stjepan Mesić Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić (; born 24 December 1934) is a Croatia, Croatian lawyer and politician who served as the president of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was Prime Minister of Croatia, prime minis ...

, left

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to assume the Croatian seat at the Yugoslav collective presidency following armed insurrection by ethnic Serbs. During the cabinet's duration Croatia declared its

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from

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on 25 June 1991. It was the 2nd cabinet of modern Croatia since the first multi-party elections, formed by the

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, and was reconstructed on 17 July 1991 in favor of a

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in response to the escalation of the

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List of ministers and portfolios

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

References

External links

Official website
of the

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