Ivo Josipovi? is the third President of Croatia, in office since 2010. Josipovi? entered politics as a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, and played a key role in the democratic transformation of the League of Communists of Croatia into the Social Democratic Party as the author of its first statute. He left politics in 1994, but returned in 2003 as an independent Member of Parliament. In addition to politics, Josipovi? has also worked as a university professor, legal expert, musician and composer. Josipovi? entered the 2009?2010 presidential election as the official candidate of the SDP, which he had rejoined in 2008. In the first round he topped eleven rivals with 32.4% of the vote, and entered the second round with the independent candidate Milan Bandi? who had secured 14.8%. He went from being almost unknown to the general public in Croatia to winning 60.26% in the final election. He campaigned for Nova Pravednost, calling for a new social and legal framework to address the deep social injustices, corruption and organised crime. 

August 28th, 1957 in Zagreb (Age 66)