Radimir Čačić

Who is Radimir Čačić?

Radimir Čačić is a Croatian politician and businessman, and the president of the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats since 2008. He previously served as president of the party from 1995 until 2000. As the leader of the second-largest party in the Kukuriku four-party coalition, he became Deputy Prime Minister, as well as Minister of Economy, in the Government of Zoran Milanović, after the 2011 parliamentary election. After causing a car crash that resulted in two fatalities, a Hungarian court sentenced him to 22 months in prison in November 2012, and he resigned from his government post.