Anto Đapić (b. August 22, 1958) is a Croatian right-wing politician and president of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP). He currently serves as a Representative in Croatian Parliament, a post he was elected to in 1992, 1995, 2000 and 2003 elections. August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The Croatian Party of Rights (Croatian Hrvatska Stranka Prava, HSP) is a right-wing political party in Croatia, the oldest in the country. ... The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Đapić was born in Čaprazlije, small place near Livno in western Bosnia. His family had a history of supporting the old Croatian Party of Rights, and later Ustaše regime. Therefore, when his father and uncles chose to go to West Germany on a permanent work instead of living in socialist Yugoslavia, while Anto, his mother and brother lived in Osijek, Croatia ever since 1962. Đapić considers Osijek to be his hometown. Livno Valley and mountain Dinara Livno is a city in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... The Ustaše (often spelled Ustashe in English; singular Ustaša or Ustasha) was a Croatian far-right organisation put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers in 1941. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... Osijek (Hungarian: Eszék; German: Esseg) is the fourth largest city in Croatia with population 114,616 in 2001. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Đapić lost his mother in a car crash when he was a teenager, so he had to do manual work while studying law at Osijek University. Đapić obtained law degree after twelve years, achieving rather low grades.

When pluralism took over in Croatia and rest of Yugoslavia in 1989, Đapić first joined Franjo Tuđman's Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). He was one of the party's organizers in Osijek, but he left it after short time. In 1991, he joined the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), which was renewed year earlier. After the assassination of Ante Paradžik, he was named party's Vice President. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... . Franjo Tuđman (May 14, 1922 - December 10, 1999) was the first president of Croatia in the 1990s. ... The Croatian Democratic Union (Croatian: Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica, HDZ), is a Croatian political party. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Đapić was also for short period of time a commander of paramilitary units called HOS (Hrvatski obrambeni savez - Croatian Defense Alliance), which were organized by Croatian Party of Rights. They wore black uniforms like the Black Legion of the Ustaše army, and fought in Croatia and in Bosnia. Later HOS was blended with Croatian Army (in Croatia) and Croatian Defense Council (in Bosnia). The Ustaše (often spelled Ustashe in English; singular Ustaša or Ustasha) was a Croatian far-right organisation put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers in 1941. ...

In 1993, Đapić was named president of HSP. Previous president Dobroslav Paraga claimed Đapić was elected illegaly, and he later formed the new party Croatian Party of Rights 1861, which has miserably failed at each parliamentary election since 1993.Đapić was less critical of President Tuđman and HDZ then Paraga, and he was considered to be their satellite. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Dobroslav Paraga is Croatian politician. ...

In the 1995 election, HSP won 4.8 % of vote, but after a recount, 5.01 % was claimed to be official result, which meant that HSP remained represented in Parlament. With war being over the party took more and more criticism for its neo-ustaša views. However, HSP led by Đapić mainteined small but solid support among the voters. In 2000, this time in coalition with Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU), HSP kept four Parliament seats.

Đapić led a presidential campaign same year, which failed miserably, with his finishing a distant fifth.

But ever since then, Đapić and his party worked hard to change perception among voters. The extremist right-wing agenda was softened a bit.

Đapić's political reputation was severely tarnished after the media found out that he cheated to obtain his first post-graduate degree in law at the University of Split, in collusion with Boris Kandare, a senior member of his party and professor at the Law Faculty. Đapić was later prosecuted, and in April 2005, Split Court judge found him not guilty on charges of fraud and abuse of power because the judge said that "copying academic material was a widespread practice" and that "there was no obvious economic gain in it for the accused". Split Harbour Split (Italian: Spalato) is the largest and most important city in Dalmatia, the administrative center of Croatias Split-Dalmatia county. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Split Harbour Split (Italian: Spalato) is the largest and most important city in Dalmatia, the administrative center of Croatias Split-Dalmatia county. ...

HSP still opposes Hague War Crimes Tribunal, holds eurosceptic views and is socially very conservative. But it also takes care of economic, educational and various other problems. Therefore it won over some moderates and doubled its seat numbers in 2003 election. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is a body of the United Nations established to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. ... Euroscepticism is scepticism about, or disagreement with, the purposes of the European Union, sometimes coupled with a desire to preserve national sovereignty. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ...

HSP and its president are now viewed as an anti-establishment solution as opposed to establishment parties like HDZ and the Social Democratic Party of Croatia. The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Croatian: Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske) is the main social democratic political party in Croatia. ...

Representative Đapić currently serves in Foreign Politics Committee. He is married with one daughter.

In June 2005 Đapić became mayor of Osijek. June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...