Radimir Čačić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Croatian politician and businessman
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Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia
About Radimir Čačić
- Radimir Cacic (pronounced [râdimi?r t?ât?it?]; born 11 May 1949) is a Croatian politician and businessman, best known as a leader of the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) and a government minister. Cacic served as the president of the HNS between 1995 and 2000.
- Following the 2000 Croatian parliamentary election, he became part of the Cabinet of Ivica Racan I where he notably spearheaded the construction of motorways. He was elected president of HNS again in 2008.
- Following the 2011 parliamentary election, as the leader of the second-largest party in the four-party Kukuriku coalition, Cacic became Deputy Prime Minister, as well as Minister of Economy, in the Government of Zoran Milanovic. After causing a car crash that resulted in two fatalities, a Hungarian court sentenced him to 22 months in prison in November 2012.
- He resigned from his government post, and was ejected from HNS in 2013.
- After serving his prison sentence, Cacic returned to politics with a new political party, the People's Party - Reformists.
- In 2017.
- he was elected for zupan/prefect of Varazdin county.
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