Vlatko Pavletić (pronounced [ʋlâtko pǎʋletit͡ɕ]; 2 December 1930 – 19 September 2007) was a Croatian politician, university professor, literary critic and essayist who served as acting President of Croatia from 1999 to 2000, as well as he served as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 1995 to 2000.

In 1955, he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Zagreb, where he majored in Croatian language and literature.

In 1972, he was imprisoned for a year and a half by the communist Yugoslav government as a Croatian nationalist for "attempting to destroy and change the state organization".

He held this office from Tuđman's death on 10 December 1999 until the Croatian Parliament elected Zlatko Tomčić as new speaker (and thus the new acting president) on 2 February 2000.

He died in Zagreb from pancreatic cancer on 19 September 2007.