After Croatia declared independence on June 25th 1991, Hadzic was appointed president of the government of the self-declared Serbian Autonomous District of Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Srem.
Nakon što je Hrvatska proglasila neovisnost 25. lipnja 1991. godine, Hadžić je imenovan za predsjednika vlade samoproglašene Srpske autonomne oblasti Slavonija, Baranja i zapadni Srijem.