{"id":"ivica-racan","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ivica-racan","language":"en","name":"Ivica Račan","name_en":"Ivica Račan","name_ne":null,"description":"7th Prime Minister of Croatia (1944–2007)","headline":"7th Prime Minister of Croatia (1944–2007)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Ivica Račan (pronounced [îʋit͡sa rât͡ʃan]; 24 February 1944 – 29 April 2007) was a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2000 to 2003, heading two centre-left coalition governments.","summary_more":["Račan became the first prime minister of Croatia not to be a member of the Croatian Democratic Union, namely the opposition coalition headed by his Social Democratic Party won the 2000 parliamentary election and came to power for the first time since independence. He was the leader of the party, the successor of the League of Communists of Croatia, from 1990 to 2007.","Before becoming prime minister, Račan served in the capacity of Leader of the Opposition on two occasions: firstly, from the first multi-party elections in May 1990 until the formation of a national unity government under Franjo Gregurić in July 1991; and secondly, from his defeat in the 2003 general election by Ivo Sanader until his death on 29 April 2007."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"24 February 1944","date":"1944-02-24"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315467#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Ebersbach-Neugersdorf","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162989"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315467#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"29 April 2007","date":"2007-04-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315467#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Zagreb","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1435"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315467#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Croatia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315467#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"jurist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185351"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315467#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Social Democratic Party of Croatia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830323"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315467#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1564297"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315467#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of Croatia (27 January 2000 – 23 December 2003)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1195270","start":"2000-01-27","end":"2003-12-23"},{"text":"Special Guest of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (30 September 1992 – 30 January 1995)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65494735","start":"1992-09-30","end":"1995-01-30"},{"text":"Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia (1989–1990)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17097749","start":"1989-12","end":"1990-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315467#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivica_Ra%C4%8Dan","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315467"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Ivica Račan born?","a":"Ivica Račan was born on 24 February 1944 in Ebersbach-Neugersdorf."},{"q":"What positions has Ivica Račan held?","a":"Positions held by Ivica Račan include: Prime Minister of Croatia (2000–2003); 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Ivica Račan EC.jpg — European Commission, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Ivica Račan\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ivica-racan. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T13:59:50Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ivica-racan","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ivica-racan","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/ivica-racan?lang=ne"}}