Vladimir Nazor

Vladimir Nazor
Nazor in 1944
President of the ZAVNOH[a]
In office 13 June 1943 – 21 August 1945
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Himself (as Speaker of Parliament)
1st Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
In office 21 July 1945 – 19 June 1949
Prime Minister	Pavle Gregorić (as Minister for Croatia) Vladimir Bakarić
Preceded by	Himself (as President of the ZAVNOH)
Succeeded by	Karlo Mrazović
President of the Presidium of the Croatian Parliament[b]
In office 26 February 1946 – 19 June 1949
Prime Minister	Vladimir Bakarić
Preceded by	Himself (as Speaker of Parliament)
Succeeded by	Karlo-Gašpar Mrazović
Personal details
Born	(1876-05-30)30 May 1876 Postira, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary
Died	19 June 1949(1949-06-19) (aged 73) Zagreb, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croat
Political party	Unitary National Liberation Front (1942–45) National Front (1945–49)
Alma mater	University of Zagreb University of Graz
^a The President of the ZAVNOH (the wartime deliberative council) formally held the position of head of state. ^b The President of the Presidium of the Parliament was the office of the head of state, the Speaker of Parliament was a separate office.

Vladimir Nazor (30 May 1876 – 19 June 1949) was a Croatian poet and politician. During and after World War II in Yugoslavia, he served as the first President of the Presidium of the Croatian Parliament (Croatian head of state), and first Speaker of the Croatian Parliament.

Nazor is a well-known poet, writer, translator, and humanist. He was not an active politician until 1941, but had a significant political influence through ethical aspects of his work during prewar Kingdom of Yugoslavia.