Darko Bekić (born January 18, 1946) is a Croatian historian, author, diplomat and foreign policy advisor to the first President of the Republic of Croatia Franjo Tuđman.
[1] He served, inter alia, as the Croatian Ambassador to the OSCE in Vienna (1992–1996)[2] and as Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations in Geneva (1996–1998).
[1] Darko Bekić began his career as a journalist in 1966 at the age of 20, when he joined the editorial Board of the Zagreb newspaper Studentski list.
His career flourished in January 1971, when he was nominated Editor-in-Chief of the popular Yugoslav illustrated magazine Plavi vjesnik [hr] (circulation cca 100,000 copies).
Darko Bekić was removed from the position of Editor-in-Chief, fired from the Editing House Vjesnik, expelled from the League of Communists and deprived of his passport.
He led missions to a number of African and Asian countries, serving as a consultant and speaker at numerous congresses and seminars and as an expert member to various national and UN agencies.
[11] In 1992, he was appointed Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the now independent and internationally recognized Republic of Croatia to the OSCE in Vienna, where he was particularly engaged in the peace negotiations during the 1994 First Chechen War.