Krešimir Džeba (

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, 27 August 1935 –

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, 11 March 1993) was a Croatian and Yugoslav journalist and politician. In 1954, Džeba graduated from the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb and started working in ''

Vjesnik ''Vjesnik'' () was a Croatian state-owned daily newspaper published in Zagreb. Originally established in 1940 as a wartime illegal publication of the Communist Party of Croatia, it later built and maintained a reputation as Croatia's newspaper ...

'' in 1957 as a contributor and a columnist before becoming the editor of the economic section. In 1966, Džeba became the

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of the ''

Vjesnik u srijedu ''Vjesnik'' () was a Croatian state-owned daily newspaper published in Zagreb. Originally established in 1940 as a wartime illegal publication of the Communist Party of Croatia, it later built and maintained a reputation as Croatia's newspaper ...

''. In his editorials published in the period of the

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, Džeba advocated economic and political reforms. After the purge of the reformist leadership of the ruling

League of Communists of Croatia League of Communists of Croatia (, SKH) was the Socialist Republic of Croatia, Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ). It came into power in 1945. Until 1952, it was known as Communist Party of Croatia (, KPH). The party ...

in late 1971, Džeba was forced to resign his post and took up work in ''Vjesnik''-run marketing agency instead. At the time of the

1990 Croatian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the Socialist Republic of Croatia between 22 and 23 April 1990; the second round of voting occurred on 6–7 May. These were the first multi-party elections held in Croatia since 1938 Yugoslavian parliamentary ...

, Džeba entered politics and became the vice-president of the Croatian People's Party.

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