Josip Friščić

{{Short description|Croatian politician (1949–2016)}}

{{Infobox president

| name = Josip Friščić

| image = Josip Friščić 25-06-09.jpg

| order = President of the Croatian Peasant Party

| primeminister =

| term_start = 17 December 2005

| term_end = 28 January 2012

| predecessor = Zlatko Tomčić

| successor = Branko Hrg

| order2 = Vice president of Croatian Parliament

| term_start2 = 2008

| term_end2 = 2011

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 =

| order3 = Prefect of county Koprivnica-Križevci

| deputy3 =

| term_start3 = 2001

| term_end3 = 2008

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 = Darko Koren

| order4 = Member of Croatian Parliament from 2nd electoral district

| term_start4 = 2008

| term_end4 = 2012

| successor4 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1949|8|15}}

| birth_place = Subotica Podravska near Rasinja, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia)

| death_date ={{death date and age|2016|1|23|1949|8|15|df=y}}

| death_place =

| party = Croatian Peasant Party

| residence =

| profession =

| religion =

}}

Josip Friščić (15 August 1949 – 23 January 2016) was a Croatian politician. He was a leader of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and vice president of Croatian Parliament from 2008.

Friščić joined the party in 1992 and subsequently established many local branches. After many years of active political work, he was elected as president of the party in 2005. His party was crucial to the formation of a center-right government after parliamentary elections in 2007. He resigned in 2012. He was suffering from a rare form of cancer, and died on 23 January 2016.[http://www.javno.com/hr/hrvatska/clanak.php?id=90095 Biography: Josip Friščić] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513201521/http://www.javno.com/hr/hrvatska/clanak.php?id=90095 |date=2008-05-13 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/413360/Umro-Josip-Friscic.html |title=Umro Josip Friščić |publisher=tportal.hr |date= |accessdate=2016-01-25}}