Career
During the 1950s he became out of favour with Yugoslavia"s communist regime and had his passport confiscated on three occasions. He was jailed by the regime in 1952 which prevented him from joining the national team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was also kicked out of university.
In 1957, he was awarded the Sportske novosti Croatian Sportsman of the Year.
In 1956 he finished a degree in law. He later finished a doctorate in law in 1965 at the University of Zagreb, specializing in maritime law.
Kačić also writes about history. He has collaborated with Ivo Pilar Institute of History.
He was elected to the Croatian Parliament for the first time in the country"s first democratic elections in 1990 as an independent candidate.
From 1994 to 2001 he was president of the State Commission for Borders of the Republic of Croatia. He has served on the committee which gives out the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport. Kačić still actively supports Croatian water polo, retaining a position in the Croatian Water Polo Federation and supporting the national team