Nakon što je Hrvatska 25. juna 1991. proglasila nezavisnost, Hadžić je imenovan za predsjednika vlade samoproglašene Srpske autonomne oblasti Slavonije, Baranje i zapadnog Srijema.
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.