Franjo Tudjman, awkward Balkan survivor.(ruler of Croatia)(Brief Article)

The Economist (US) | November 13, 1999 | Copyright

FOR a 77-year-old who was widely said to be on the point of death a good three years ago, the man who led Croatia to independence has proved surprisingly resilient. Only last month, when he appeared frailer and thinner than before, but not visibly on his last legs, Franjo Tudjman told a bevy of foreign correspondents that all speculation about his health was just cynical gossip put about by people who "dislike the democratic Croatia that I have set up." But this month, efforts to play down his condition collapsed when the president had an emergency operation and once again ...

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