Vladimir Nazor

Vladimir Nazor
Nazor in 1944
President of the ZAVNOH[a]
In office
13 June 1943 – 21 August 1945
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHimself (as Speaker of Parliament)
1st Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
In office
21 July 1945 – 19 June 1949
Prime MinisterPavle Gregorić
(as Minister for Croatia)
Vladimir Bakarić
Preceded byHimself (as President of the ZAVNOH)
Succeeded byKarlo Mrazović
President of the Presidium of the Croatian Parliament[b]
In office
26 February 1946 – 19 June 1949
Prime MinisterVladimir Bakarić
Preceded byHimself (as Speaker of Parliament)
Succeeded byKarlo-Gašpar Mrazović
Personal details
Born(1876-05-30)30 May 1876
Postira, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary
Died19 June 1949(1949-06-19) (aged 73)
Zagreb, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
NationalityCroat
Political partyUnitary National Liberation Front (1942–45)
National Front (1945–49)
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
University of Graz
^a The President of the ZAVNOH (the wartime deliberative council) formally held the position of head of state.
^b The President of the Presidium of the Parliament was the office of the head of state, the Speaker of Parliament was a separate office.

Vladimir Nazor (30 May 1876 – 19 June 1949) was a Croatian poet and politician. During and after World War II in Yugoslavia, he served as the first President of the Presidium of the Croatian Parliament (Croatian head of state), and first Speaker of the Croatian Parliament.

Nazor is a well-known poet, writer, translator, and humanist. He was not an active politician until 1941, but had a significant political influence through ethical aspects of his work during prewar Kingdom of Yugoslavia.