Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa i panuitia ai nga pooti manapori tuatahi i Croatia, ko Vrdoljak tetahi o nga tohunga nui e 200 e tautoko ana i te Kootiana o te Whakaaetanga a te Iwi. I te mutunga o te pakanga, i hurihia e ia tana tautoko mo te roopu tino kaha o te Uniana Democratic Croatian (HDZ) me Franjo Tuđman, i hangaia e ia he whanaungatanga tata. I te 30 o Mei 1990, i huihui te Paremata Croatia hou i kowhiria rawatia, a, i kowhiria a Franjo Tuđman hei Perehitini o Croatia. Ko Vrdoljak tetahi o nga perehitini tuarua e ono o te whenua. I runga i tērā, i tukua ki a ia te tirotiro i ngā
1990 European Athletics Championships i Split. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te tohu toa.