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Source revisionJan 16, 2025
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This is a list of cabinets of Croatian government, the chief executive body of the Republic of Croatia.

Note that between 1990 and 2000 Croatia had a semi-presidential system and members of government, including prime ministers, were all directly appointed and removed by the president of Croatia, this post being held by Franjo Tuđman from 1990 to late 1999. During his two terms as president, Tuđman was also the chairman of the ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), with all prime ministers in this period also coming from his party's ranks.

Following Tuđman's death in December 1999 and the subsequent January 2000 general election, the new centre-left parliamentary majority led by Ivica Račan amended the Constitution of Croatia in November 2000 and introduced a parliamentary system, greatly reducing the president's executive powers. Therefore, prime ministers since Račan have usually been the leaders of parties (or coalition of parties) which held a parliament majority according to results of the general election. Meanwhile, the position of president of the Republic was made into a non-party post, which meant that presidents who served after Tuđman (Stjepan Mesić from 2000 to 2010, Ivo Josipović from 2010 to 2015, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović from 2015 to 2020 and Zoran Milanović since 2020) "froze" or resigned their party memberships upon getting elected or taking office for the entire duration of their five-year terms.

There have been 12 prime ministers since the introduction of a multi-party system via the 1990 general election and 15 governments headed by them. Since independence in June 1991, however, there have been 11 prime ministers and 14 governments (beginning with that of Josip Manolić).

Nine prime ministers were members of the HDZ during their term in office, two were members of the SDP and one was not a member of any political party. To date two prime ministers (Ivica Račan and Ivo Sanader) have chaired more than one government.

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