List of chairpersons of the Croatian Democratic Union

This is a list of chairpersons of the Croatian Democratic Union.^[1]

President of the Croatian Democratic Union
Predsjednik Hrvatske demokratske zajednice
Logo of the Croatian Democratic Union
Incumbent Andrej Plenković since 17 July 2016
Status	Party leader
Appointer	Predsjedništvo
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Party statutes
Website	hdz.hr

List of officeholders

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes	Prime Minister	Ref.
	Franjo Tuđman	17 June 1989	10 December 1999	Died in office.	Antun Milović Stjepan Mesić Josip Manolić Franjo Gregurić Hrvoje Šarinić Nikica Valentić Zlatko Mateša	^[2]^[3]
	Vladimir Šeks (Acting)	5 January 2000	30 April 2000	Acting holder of the office following Franjo Tuđman's death.	Zlatko Mateša Ivica Račan	^[3]
	Ivo Sanader	30 April 2000	4 July 2009	Resigned while in office.	Ivica Račan Himself	^[3]
	Jadranka Kosor	4 July 2009	21 May 2012		Herself Zoran Milanović	^[3]
	Tomislav Karamarko	21 May 2012	17 July 2016		Zoran Milanović Tihomir Orešković	^[3]
	Andrej Plenković	17 July 2016	Incumbent		Tihomir Orešković Himself	^[4]

References

1. "Predsjedništvo" [Presidency]. www.hdz.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
2. "Dr. Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999)". www.hdz.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2021.
3. "SVI PREDSJEDNICI HDZ-A Tuđman umro, ostali protjerani" [ALL HDZ PRESIDENTS Tuđman died, others were expelled]. Index.hr (in Croatian). 17 July 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
4. "Andrej Plenković". www.hdz.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2021.