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Franjo Tudjman

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Franjo Tudjman , 1922-99, Croatian nationalist leader, first president of independent Croatia (1991-99). He joined Tito 's Partisans in 1941 and after World War II rose to the rank of major general (1960) in the Yugoslav army. A history professor at Zagreb Univ. from 1963, he lost his post and his Communist party membership in 1967 because of his Croatian nationalism, which also led to his imprisonment in 1972-74 and 1981-84. Founding the Croatian Democrat Union in 1990 as Yugoslavia began to disintegrate, he became president of Croatia in 1990 and led the constituent republic to independence... Read more

Franjo Tudjman
Franjo Tudjman Franjo Tudjman (born 1922), once communist...of his natural life. Franjo Tudjman was born on May 14, 1922...chairmanship. In 1946, however, Tudjman's parents' lives ended abruptly when, according to Franjo, they were liquidated... Read more

Tudjman, Franjo
Tudjman, Franjo (1922–99) Croatian president...nationalist activities. In 1989, Tudjman founded the ultra-nationalist...the country to independence. Tudjman was re-elected in 1997. An...http://www.croatiaemb.org/tudjman/biography.html Read more

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	Franjo Tudjman ; Franjo Tudjman, president of Croatia Born: 14 May...1999, in hospital in Zagreb, aged 77 FRANJO Tudjman, who ruled Croatia with an iron fist...ethnically cleanse "Orthodox Serbs". Franjo Tudjman was born in the small Croatian hill... Read more
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	Obituary: Franjo Tudjman ; ...Croatia to independence, Franjo Tudjman secured a special place...to return to, Croatia. Franjo Tudjman was born in 1922 in Veliko...further tragedies: in 1929 Franjo was devastated by the...of mental depression. Tudjman never admitted the true... Read more
	PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN, LEADER OF INDEPENDENT CROATIA, DIES.(News)(Obituary) ; President Franjo Tudjman, who led his country to independence from former Yugoslavia but...for an ulcer and swollen lymph nodes. ``The big heart of President Franjo Tudjman ceased to beat,'' Parliament speaker Vlatko Pavletic said on television... Read more
	Franjo Tudjman's nationalist ideology. ; ...Croatian national leader--Franjo Tudjman. Tudjman, the Croatian President...look at the extent to which Tudjman's nationalist ideology is...situation in Croatia determined Tudjman's nationalist ideology, and...outsiders. (6) To what extent Tudjman's nationalist ideology tends...of ... Read more
	Heard the One About Franjo Tudjman?; Thin-Skinned Croatian Leader Moves to Squelch Journalistic Satire ; Poking fun at Croatian President Franjo Tudjman is no laughing matter. Just ask...a tongue-in-cheek link between Tudjman, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin...the mistake of jokingly comparing Tudjman to an "illegal squatter" in political... Read more
	What dictators really fear: sarcasm. (how the Croatian alternative paper the Feral Tribune has use sharp satire to keep Pres Franjo Tudjman on the defensive)(Brief Article) ; ...Croatia, where President Franjo Tudjman has succeeded in bringing...the headline asked. When Tudjman, under American pressure...quickly replaced Milosevic in Tudjman's bed. Who Is Next? the headline...asked. Other features attack Tudjman's alleged corruption and greed ( Franjo 5! one ... Read more
	Shaky future: Croatia.(victory of Franjo Tudjman in presidential elections) ; ZAGREB FRANJO TUDJMAN, self-proclaimed father of the nation...members of Europe's various clubs. Mr Tudjman, the former general whose Croatian Democratic...visited Croatia at the end of May, Mr Tudjman has been under some pressure belatedly... Read more
	The Antisemitism Charges Against Franjo Tudjman ; ...charges of antisemitism against Franjo Tudjman in The Post's April 20 editorial...influence the public image of Franjo Tudjman, but it cannot change the facts...texts. Attacking the anti-fascist Franjo Tudjman, the propaganda also works to... Read more
	The two culprits: what makes Croatia and Serbia tick, separately. (respective presidents of Croatia and Serbia, Franjo Tudjman and Slobodan Milosevic)(Balkan Survey) ; CROATIA'S Franjo Tudjman and Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic have...recent history. Unlike Mr Milosevic, Mr Tudjman won his war, driving out the Serbs and...engaged in a great national endeavour. Mr Tudjman, who won a third term as president last... Read more

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	BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: GLIGOROV: TUDJMAN READY TO PARTITION BOSNIA IN 1991.(Kiro Gligorov, Franjo Tudjman)
	CROATIA: CROATIAN GOVERNMENT SEALS TUDJMAN'S ARCHIVES.(Franjo Tudjman)(Brief Article)
	CROATIA: TUDJMAN'S PARTY COMING OUT OF HIS SHADOW?(late President Franjo Tudjman's Croatian Democratic Community)(Brief Article)

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