Vlatko Pavletić

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Vlatko Pavletić (2 December 1930 – 19 September 2007) was a Croatian politician.

Pavletić was born in Zagreb in the former Yugoslavia. In 1955, he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, where he majored in literature and the Croatian language. He earned a doctorate in 1975.

Pavletić was appointed as the Minister of Education, Culture, Technical Culture and Sports. In 1992, he was elected to the Croatian parliament where he would serve as the chairman of the parliamentary committee for education, science and culture and vice-president of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Pavletić was subsequently elected by his colleagues as Speaker of the Parliament on 28 November 1995. After President Franjo Tuđman was declared incapacitated on 26 November 1999, he became the acting President of Croatia. He would continue in this role after Tuđman's 10 December 1999 death until the Croatian parliament elected Zlatko Tomčić as the new speaker on 2 February 2000.

In 2004, Pavletić retired from politics. He died on 19 September 2007 in Zagreb, aged 76, from undisclosed causes.

Political offices
Preceded by post established	Croatian Minister of Education, Culture and Sport May 31, 1990 - April 15, 1992	Succeeded by Vesna Girardi-Jurkić
Preceded by Nedjeljko Mihanović	Croatian Parliamentary Speaker 1995 - 2 February 2000	Succeeded by Zlatko Tomčić
Preceded by Franjo Tuđman	President of Croatia (acting) 10 December 1999-2 February 2000	Succeeded by Zlatko Tomčić (acting)