Josip Manolić

Who they were

Personal life and death In 1945, Manolić married his first wife, Marija Eker (1921 – 15 April 2003), who died in a house fire, aged 82. [ 1 ] On 30 April 2016, aged 96, Manolić married his second wife, Mirjana Ribarić (5 March 1956 –⁠ 18 August 2020), [ 2 ] 35 years his junior, however she later died of lung cancer , aged 64. [ 3 ] He had three children. [ 4 ] Manolić's advanced age earned him notability both on social media and in the press. Namely,

Josip "Joža" Manolić was a Croatian politician and communist revolutionary during World War II in Yugoslavia. He served as a high-ranking official of the Yugoslav State Security Administration and later as Prime Minister of Croatia, from 24 August 1990 to 17 July 1991. He was the last prime minister of Croatia as a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, as the country formally declared its independence during his term, on 25 June 1991. Following his brief term as prime minister,

Early life

Educated at: University of Zagreb.

Youth and World War II Manolić was born on 22 March 1920 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in Kalinovac near Đurđevac to a well-to-do working-class family as the youngest of four children. When he was eight, his family moved to Orlovac near Nova Rača . He graduated from the secondary Craft School in Bjelovar , where he studied to be a shoemaker. [ 3 ] When he was 18, he joined the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ).

Path and career

Honours and decorations Award or decoration Grand Order of Queen Jelena [ 1 ] ^ "Odluka o odlikovanju Veleredom kraljice Jelene s lentom i Danicom za izniman doprinos neovisnosti i cjelovitosti Republike Hrvatske, izgradnji i napretku Republike Hrvatske, te za izniman doprinos razvi" . narodne-novine.nn.hr . Archived from the original on 9 March 2024 . Retrieved 15 April 2024 .

Why this date

Josip Manolić appears on our April 15 calendar for 2024 as a death entry.