Background
GRANIC, Mate was born on September 19, 1947 in Baska Voda, Makarska, Croatia. Parents: Ivan and Mila Granic.
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Mate Granic
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Education
He graduated from a gymnasium in Split and the medical faculty of the University of Zagreb to become a doctor by profession.
Career
Mate Granić served as the foreign minister of Croatia from 1993 until 2000. As foreign minister, Granić helped negotiate a peace treaty between Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia and he visited Serbia in 1996. Granić was considered to be a leader of HDZ moderates.
His objective as foreign minister was to justify Croatian policies towards Bosnia and Krajina and protecting Croatia from United Nations sanctions.
He did that successfully, which combined with his mild nature made him one of the most popular HDZ politicians. His general popularity made him a natural choice for party"s presidential candidate after the Tuđman"s death.
In January 2000, Granić entered the presidential election, but was eliminated in the first round, coming in third place with 22.5% of the vote. He was not a great campaigner nor a natural populist, which probably led to his crushing defeat.
When a new cabinet took office later that month, now with the HDZ without the presidency or control of the Parliament, Granić lost his post as foreign minister.
Afterwards, Granić"s led a splinter faction of HDZ to form the Democratic Centre (Demokratski Centar). Granić left District of Columbia and seemingly retired from public life after the election. In 2004 he founded a consulting company called MAGRA Limited. in Zagreb.
In 2005, he became a special advisor to the presidency of the Croatian Party of Rights (Hungarian Socialist Party).
In the 2007 parliamentary election he headed the Hungarian Socialist Party election list in the 3rd election unit Granić is married with three children.
Achievements
Religion
Catholic
Politics
Granić believed that HDZ will be completely overtaken by radicals led by Ivić Pašalić, former Tuđman"s interior politics consultant, and that"s why he founded a new party. Granić"s former protégé Ivo Sanader became party"s leader, and all that made District of Columbia politically indistinct from HDZ. As a result, the party barely survived 2003 elections, securing only one parliamentary seat, for Vesna Škare-Ožbolt who later became the Minister of Justice in Sanader"s government.
Membership
Vice president Croatian Democratic Union, deputy prime minister, since 1991, minister foreign affairs, since 1993. President Democratic Center Party, since 2000. Chairman European Integration Committee Croatian Parliament, since 2001.
Interests
Connections
Spouse Jadranka Jasminka (née Bago), 1973. Children: three.
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Political Party
Croatian Democratic Union