|Former judge and currently an independent [[Member of the European Parliament]] for [[Croatia (European Parliament constituency)|Croatia]]. His bid was announced on 27 May.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kolakušić: Sada kreće predsjednička kampanja, najavljujem da ću se kandidati za predsjednika Hrvatske |url=https://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/novosti/hrvatska/clanak/id/605756/kolakusic-sada-krece-predsjednicka-kampanja-najavljujem-da-cu-se-kandidati-za-predsjednika-hrvatske |website=slobodnadalmacija.hr |date=27 May 2019 |access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> He is running as an anti-establishment independent candidate,<ref name=n1>{{Cite news|url=http://ba.n1info.com/English/NEWS/a391142/Croatia-s-presidency-election-to-be-held-on-December-22.html|title=Croatia's presidency election to be held on December 22|publisher=[[N1 (television)|N1]]|date=14 November 2019}}</ref> focusing on [[anti-corruption]] and [[Small government|smaller government]] policies.<ref name=glashrvatske/>
| Submitted some 15,000 signatures on 29 November.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kolakušić: Šokiran sam SDP-ovim potpisima, sumnjam da su se oni dogodili |url=http://hr.n1info.com/Vijesti/a464110/Kolakusic-Sokiran-sam-SDP-ovim-potpisima-sumnjam-da-su-se-oni-dogodili.html |website=hr.n1info.com |access-date=29 November 2019 |archive-date=30 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130234959/http://hr.n1info.com/Vijesti/a464110/Kolakusic-Sokiran-sam-SDP-ovim-potpisima-sumnjam-da-su-se-oni-dogodili.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
