List of chairpersons of the Croatian Democratic Union explained

Post:	President
Body:	the Croatian Democratic Union
Flag:	HDZ logo.svg
Flagsize:	130
Flagcaption:	Logo of the Croatian Democratic Union
Incumbent:	Andrej Plenković
Incumbentsince:	17 July 2016
Status:	Party leader
Appointer:	Predsjedništvo
Termlength:	Four years
Constituting Instrument:	Party statutes

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

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	5 January 2000	30 April 2000	Acting holder of the office following Franjo Tuđman's death.	Zlatko Mateša Ivica Račan
	Ivo Sanader	30 April 2000	4 July 2009	Resigned while in office.	Ivica Račan Himself
	Jadranka Kosor	4 July 2009	21 May 2012		Herself Zoran Milanović
	Tomislav Karamarko	21 May 2012	17 July 2016		Zoran Milanović Tihomir Orešković
		17 July 2016	Incumbent		Tihomir Orešković Himself	^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Predsjedništvo . Presidency . www.hdz.hr . 18 March 2021 . hr.
Web site: Dr. Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999) . www.hdz.hr . 18 March 2021 . hr.
Web site: SVI PREDSJEDNICI HDZ-A Tuđman umro, ostali protjerani . ALL HDZ PRESIDENTS Tuđman died, others were expelled . Index.hr . 17 July 2016 . 18 March 2021 . hr.
Web site: Andrej Plenković . www.hdz.hr . 18 March 2021 . hr.