Question: What key details about mate granic can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: mate granic -lrb- born 19 september 1947 -rrb- is a croatian diplomat and politician who was part of the croatian government in much of the 1990s . granic was born in baska voda in dalmatia -lrb- then pr croatia , fpr yugoslavia -rrb- . he graduated from a gymnasium in split and the medical faculty of the university of zagreb to become a doctor by profession . mate granic served as the foreign minister of croatia from 1993 until 2000 . he was a member of the croatian democratic union -lrb- hdz -rrb- and a close associate of franjo tuman . as foreign minister , granic helped negotiate a peace treaty between croatia , bosnia and serbia and he visited serbia in 1996 . granic was considered to be a leader of hdz moderates . his objective as foreign minister was to justify croatian policies towards bosnia and krajina and protecting croatia from un sanctions . he did that successfully , which combined with his mild nature made him one of the most popular hdz politicians . his general popularity made him a natural choice for party 's presidential candidate after the tuman 's death . in january 2000 , granic entered the presidential election , but was eliminated in the first round , coming in third place with 22.5 % of the vote . he was not a great campaigner nor a natural populist , which probably led to his crushing defeat . when a new cabinet took office later that month , now with the hdz without the presidency or control of the parliament , granic lost his post as foreign minister . afterwards , granic 's led a splinter faction of hdz to form the democratic centre -lrb- '' demokratski centar '' -rrb- . granic believed that hdz will be completely overtaken by radicals led by ivic pasalic , former tuman 's interior politics consultant , and that 's why he founded a new party . however , not all moderates followed granic , and in 2002 they finally won a bitter inner-party struggle with far right . granic 's former protege ivo sanader became party 's leader , and all that made dc politically indistinct from hdz...
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- successor is tonino picula- party is croatian democratic union- deputy is ivo sanader- primeminister is nikica zlatko matesa -lrb- 1995 & ndash ; 2000 -rrb- valentic -lrb- 1993 & ndash ; 1995 -rrb-- office is minister of foreign affairs- predecessor is zdenko Skrabalo- term end is 27 january 2000- term start is 28 may 1993- birth date is 19 september 1947- name is mate granic- nationality is croatian- image is mate granic n d 060509.jpg- birth place is baska voda , fpr yugoslavia- alma mater is university of zagreb -lrb- school of medicine -rrb-