Born: 6 December 1923, Croatia
Died: 6 August 2009
Country most active: Croatia
Also known as: NA
Savka Dabčević-Kučar was one of the most influential Croatian female politicians during the Communist period, particularly during the Croatian Spring. In 1967 she became the President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, one of eight constituent republics and autonomous provinces of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, making her the first female head of government of a political entity in Europe. She was deposed in 1971, but returned to politics in the early 1990s during the early days of Croatian independence as the leader of the Coalition of People’s Accord and the Croatian People’s Party.