List of chairpersons of the Croatian Democratic Union

President of the Croatian Democratic Union
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

AppointerPredsjedništvo

Constituting instrumentParty statutes

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

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

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