| | Stjepan Mesic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In 1967, when a group of Croatian intellectuals published the now-famous "Declaration" about the Croatian language, Mesić publically denounced it as a diversionary attack against the very foundations of Yugoslavia and called for its authors to be prosecuted by law. |
 | | He was elected Croatian member of the Yugoslav Federal Presidency where he served first as Vice President and then in 1991 as the last President of the Yugoslav Federal Presidency. |
 | | When Croatia declared its complete independence, he returned to Croatia and resigned from Presidency since was evident that SFR Yugoslavia did not exist anymore as far as the Croatians were concerned. |
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