Prime Minister Ante Marković Succeeded by Ante Marković Speaker Jure Bilić | Preceded by Pero Car Speaker Jure Bilić Education University of Zagreb | |
Born 3 May 1926 (age 90)
Štrmac, Yugoslavia ( 1926-05-03 ) Political party League of Communists of Yugoslavia Party League of Communists of Yugoslavia | ||
Ema Derossi-Bjelajac (sometimes rendered Derosi-Bjelajac) is a Croatian politician that served as the President of the Presidency of Croatia, notable for being the first female head of state of modern Croatia. She served in a number of high-ranking functions within the League of Communists of Croatia and the Croatian government of the period: notably, she was a Member of the Central Committee of the League between 1964-1974, and was a Member and Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) between 1978 and 1982.
She served in the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from 1964 to 1968.
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