Hrvoje Hitrec
Minister of Information
In office
4 March 1991 – 17 July 1991
Prime MinisterJosip Manolić
Preceded byMilovan Šibl
Succeeded byBranko Salaj
Personal details
Born (1943-07-14) 14 July 1943 (age 80)
Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union
ResidenceSamobor
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
(Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Hrvoje Hitrec (born 14 July 1943) is a Croatian writer, screenwriter, and politician. He is notable for his works for children and youth, most famous of his works being the novel (and later a very popular 1980s/90s TV series) Smogovci [hr], but Hitrec also wrote novels, film and TV scripts, dramas. He received several notable Croatian literary awards: "Ksaver Šandor Gjalski," "Ivana Brlić Mažuranić" and "Grigor Vitez."[1]

Hitrec was also a close associate of Franjo Tuđman, the first President of Croatia and an early member of his nationalist Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party.[2] In the early 1990s he served as director of the state broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision, information minister in the government of Josip Manolić, and also a member of Croatian Parliament.[2]

Hitrec headed a right-wing independent list in the 2007 parliamentary elections.[3] He identified himself as eurosceptic, and won 709 votes, or 0.26% of the vote in the VII district.[4]

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References

  1. ^ (in Croatian) Hrvati AMAC: Razgovor s Hrvojem Hitrecom
  2. ^ a b "Hrvoje Hitrec". hkv.hr (in Croatian). 10 October 2006. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  3. ^ "VII. izborna jedinica". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 31 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  4. ^ (in Croatian) hina.hr on Hitrec's list Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
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