sentences:  When president Franjo Tuđman was declared incapacitated on 26 November 1999, he automatically became acting President of Croatia.He held this office from Tuđman's death on 10 December 1999 until the Croatian Parliament elected Zlatko Tomčić as the new Speaker (and thus the new acting president) on 2 February 2000.In 2004, Pavletić retired from politics.