Ante Ladić (born 12 October 1939 in Aržano, in

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

) is a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n businessman, politician from and vice-president of

Croatian Christian Democratic Party The Croatian Demochristian Party ( or HDS) is a Christian democratic political party in Croatia. It was formed in 2009 from a merger of three minor Christian Democratic parties: * Croatian Demochristians () * Croatian Christian Democratic Par ...

. In his youth, Ledić was a Yugoslav champion and national record holder in

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

and

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...

. His decathlon personal best, set in 1961, makes him the all-time top ten Croatian decathlete . He has never been a member of a political party, but he was very close to

Franjo Tuđman Franjo Tuđman (14 May 1922 – 10 December 1999) was a Croatian politician and historian who became the first president of Croatia, from 1990 until his death in 1999. He served following the Independence of Croatia, country's independe ...

and the

Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union (, , HDZ) is a major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. Since 2016, it has been the ruling political party in Croatia under the incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. It is one of the ...

. His first entry to politics happened during the Zagreb Crisis when he was proposed by Tuđman as a compromise candidate for Zagreb mayor. In 2000 he ran for Croatian president as an independent candidate, finishing 5th, with 0.85% of the vote.

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* 1939 births Living people Croatian decathletes Croatian male long jumpers People from Imotski Croatian sportsperson-politicians Candidates for President of Croatia Croatian Christian Democratic Party politicians Croatian Demochristian Party politicians Yugoslavian Athletics Championships winners {{Croatia-politician-stub