Miksic, a United States businessman of Croatian origin, has served as Croatian Honorary Consul to Minnesota since 1996.
Miksic ran in the first round of the Croatian presidential election on January 2, winning 17.79 per cent of the vote.
On January 30, Miksic announced that he would fully devote himself to politics and that he would run in the forthcoming local elections in all constituencies as well as in Zagreb mayoral elections.