Hrvoje Hitrec | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Information | |
| In office 4 March 1991 – 17 July 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Josip Manolić |
| Preceded by | Milovan Šibl |
| Succeeded by | Branko Salaj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 July 1943 Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia |
| Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
| Residence | Samobor |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) |
Hrvoje Hitrec (born 14 Julij 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]
- ^ (in Croatian) Hrvati AMAC: Razgovor s Hrvojem Hitrecom
- ^ a b "Hrvoje Hitrec". hkv.hr (in Croatian). 10 October 2006. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "VII. izborna jedinica". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 31 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ (in Croatian) hina.hr on Hitrec's list Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine