About Ante Ledić
Born 1939. Ante Ledić is a Croatian politician and athletics competitor.
Ante Ledić (born 12 October 1939 in Aržano, in Yugoslavia) is a Croatian businessman, politician from and vice-president of Croatian Christian Democratic Party.
In his youth, Ledić was a Yugoslav champion and national record holder in long jump and decathlon. His decathlon personal best, set in 1961, makes him the all-time top ten Croatian decathlete .
He has never been a member of a political party, but he was very close to Franjo Tuđman and the Croatian Democratic Union. His first entry to politics happened during the Zagreb Crisis when he was proposed by Tuđman as a compromise candidate for Zagreb mayor.
In 2000 he ran for Croatian president as an independent candidate, finishing 5th, with 0.85% of the vote.
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Who is Ante Ledić?
Croatian politician and long jumper
When was Ante Ledić born?
Ante Ledić was born on 13 October 1939.
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Ante Ledić is a politician and athletics competitor.
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Ante Ledić is Croatian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ante Ledić. https://biography.guide/ante-ledic/
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