Source: On 30 May 1990 Franjo Tuđman was elected by Parliament as the
President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, then still a constituent republic of the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and held office together with several Vice Presidents of the Presidency of SR Croatia. The collective presidency was reduced to seven members on 25 July 1990 and the name of the constituent Yugoslav republic was changed to the
Republic of Croatia by removing the word
Socialist from its name and the names of its institutions. The collective presidency was abolished in favor of the post of
President of the Republic of Croatia with the adoption of a new constitution on 22 December 1990. The Croatian Parliament then declared independence on 25 June 1991, when Tuđman formally became the first president of an independent Croatian nation under the name the
Republic of Croatia. (*)The constitutional amendments of November 2000 abandoned a
semi-presidential system for a
parliamentary system (with a directly elected president) and also made the presidency a non-partisan office, meaning that even if they are elected to office as a candidate of a particular political party, the president must resign membership in that party before taking office. (2) (2) (1) A –
Acting President (**) From the abolishment of the collective Presidency of the Republic of Croatia on 22 December 1990 ==See also==