Anto Đapić
| Anto Đapić | |
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| Mayor of Osijek | |
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In office 23 January 2009 – 4 June 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Gordan Matković |
| Succeeded by | Krešimir Bubalo |
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In office June 2005 – 3 September 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Zlatko Kramarić |
| Succeeded by | Gordan Matković |
| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 7 January 1992 – 6 February 2009 |
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| Succeeded by | Daniel Srb |
| Constituency | IV electoral district |
| 2nd President of the Croatian Party of Rights |
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In office 11 September 1993 – 7 November 2009 |
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| Deputy | Daniel Srb |
| Preceded by | Dobroslav Paraga |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Srb |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 August 1958 Čaprazlije, Livno, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Political party | Croatian Party of Rights |
Anto Đapić (born 22 August 1958) is a retired Croatian right-wing politician and the former president of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP). He served as a Representative in the Croatian Parliament, a post he was elected to at the 1992, 1995, 2000, 2003 and 2007 elections.
Đapić was born in Čaprazlije, Livno municipality, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia (now in Bosnia and Herzegovina). The Đapić family had a history of supporting the old Croatian Party of Rights, and later the Ustaše regime. His father and uncles chose to go to West Germany on permanent work instead of living in Yugoslavia, but Anto, his mother and brother lived in Osijek since 1962. Đapić considers Osijek to be his hometown. Đapić lost his mother in a car crash when he was a teenager, so he had to do manual labour while studying law at Osijek University. Đapić obtained a law degree in 1989.
In 1989, Đapić first joined Franjo Tuđman's Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). He was one of the party's organizers in Osijek, but he left it after short time. In 1991, he joined the Croatian Party of Right (HSP), which was renewed year earlier. After the assassination of Ante Paradžik, he was named party's Vice President. Đapić was also for short period of time a commander of voluntary military units called HOS (Hrvatske Obrambene Snage - Croatian Defence Forces), which were organized by Croatian Party of Right. They wore black uniforms like the Black Legion of the Ustaše army, and fought in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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