Ema Derossi-Bjelajac

Ema Derossi-Bjelajac

14th President of the Presidency of Croatia
In office 20 November 1985 – 10 May 1986
Prime Minister	Ante Marković
Preceded by	Pero Car
Succeeded by	Ante Marković
Deputy Speaker of Parliament
In office 1978–1982
Speaker	Jure Bilić
Member of Parliament
In office 1978–1982
Speaker	Jure Bilić
Personal details
Born	(1926-05-03) 3 May 1926 Štrmac, Yugoslavia
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Alma mater	University of Zagreb
Profession	Politician

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.

Sources

DEROSSI-BJELAJAC, Ema at lzmk.hr (Croatian)

Political offices
Preceded by Pero Car	President of the Presidency of Croatia 1985–1986	Succeeded by Ante Marković

Presidents of Croatia

Presidents of the Presidium of the Parliament^a (1943–1953)	Vladimir Nazor Karlo-Gašpar Mrazović Vicko Krstulović

Speakers of Parliament^b (1953–1974)	Zlatan Sremec Vladimir Bakarić Ivan Krajačić Jakov Blažević Ivo Perišin

Presidents of the Presidency (1974–1991)	Jakov Blažević Marijan Cvetković Milutin Baltić Jakša Petrić Pero Car Ema Derossi-Bjelajac Ante Marković Ivo Latin Franjo Tuđman

Presidents (since 1991)	Franjo Tuđman Vlatko Pavletić (acting) Zlatko Tomčić (acting) Stjepan Mesić Ivo Josipović Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

a The President of the Presidium of the Parliament was the office of the head of state 1946-1953, the office of the Speaker was separate; b Speakers of the Parliament were the formal heads of state of Croatia between 1953 and 1974.

Members of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (1982-1986)

Marijan Cvetković President (1982-1983) Milutin Baltić President (1983-1984) Jakša Petrić President (1984-1985) Pero Car President (1985) Ema Derossi-Bjelajac President (1985-1986) Mirko Bošković Tode Ćuruvija Dragutin Plašć

Members ex officio as President of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia	Jure Bilić (1982-1983) Josip Vrhovec (1983-1984) Mika Špiljak (1984-1986)

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