Education
Vidošević graduated from Faculty of Economy at the University of Split in 1984.
Vidošević graduated from Faculty of Economy at the University of Split in 1984.
He started his career at Dalmacijacement, a company producing construction materials, becoming the company"s Chief Executive Officer in 1990. In 1992, he became president of the Croatian football club Hajduk Split, a position he held for nearly 4 years. On the negative aspect Vidošević, Ivan Buljan and Vedran Rožić were charged with tax evasion during their work in Hajduk.
They damaged the club for nearly 55 million kunas (7,3 million euros).
Following the 1993 Chamber of Counties election, he was elected to the now defunct Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament on the Croatian Democratic Union ticket as a representative from Split–Dalmatia County. In October the same year he was appointed Minister of Economy under Prime Minister Nikica Valentić, a position he held until 1995.
In 1995 he was elected chairman of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, a position he held until 2013, after being re-elected four times: in 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011. Vidošević was arrested 12 November 2013 on the charge of misappropriating 32.9 million HRK (United States dollar 5,784363) from Croatian Chamber of Commerce.
He was a long-time member of the Croatian Democratic Union, before he launched an independent and ultimately unsuccessful candidacy in the 2009-2010 Croatian presidential election.