List of prime ministers of Croatia by time in office

This is a list of prime ministers of Croatia since the first multi-party elections in 1990.

These Prime Ministers served within the Socialist Republic of Croatia, a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, and after independence in 1991, the Republic of Croatia.

The Prime Ministers are ranked by the length of their combined terms in office.

Political parties:   Croatian Democratic Union Social Democratic Party Independent Andrej Plenković took office as prime minister on 19 October 2016.

On 4 May 2022, he surpassed the tenure of Ivo Sanader (5 years, 195 days) and became the longest-serving prime minister of Croatia since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and independence on 25 June 1991.

Andrej Plenković
is Croatia's incumbent prime minister and the longest-serving holder of the office – at 8 years, 121 days or 3043 days.
Ivo Sanader was Croatia's second longest-serving prime minister – at 5 years, 195 days or 2022 days.
Zlatko Mateša was Croatia's third-longest serving prime minister – at 4 years, 81 days or 1542 days, and the longest-serving officeholder of the era of semi-presidentialism (1990–2000).
Zoran Milanović
was Croatia's fourth-longest serving prime minister – at 4 years, 30 days or 1491 days, and the longest serving non-HDZ prime minister.
Tihomir Orešković was Croatia's tenth-longest serving prime minister – at 271 days, and the shortest-serving officeholder during the era of an incomplete parliamentary system (2000–present).
Stjepan Mesić was Croatia's shortest-serving Prime Minister – at 86 days.
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