At the age of 97, the wife of the first Croatian president, Franjo Tuđman, died. Ankica Tuđman has been a member of the HDZ party from the very beginning. Sanader excluded her from the party, and Karamarko even awarded her an honorary card. One of the greatest affiers of the Tuđman period is connected with it. After the death of her husband, she almost completely disappeared from the public eye.