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2000 in Croatia

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Other events of 2000Timeline of Croatian history

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Croatia.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President:
  • until 2 February: Vlatko Pavletić (acting)
  • 2 February-18 February: Zlatko Tomčić (acting)
  • starting 19 February: Stjepan Mesić
  • Prime Minister: Zlatko Mateša (until 27 January), Ivica Račan (starting 27 January)

    • January

  • January 3 – The 2000 general election held, won by a centre-left coalition of Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) and Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
  • January 24 – First round of the 2000 presidential election held. Stjepan Mesić and Dražen Budiša win 41% and 28% of votes respectively, and enter the run-off.

    • February

  • February 7 – Presidential election run-off, won by Stjepan Mesić with 56% of the vote.
  • February 18 – Stjepan Mesić formally inaugurated as President of Croatia.

    • May

  • May 28 – Nova TV, the first national commercial television network, begins broadcast.

    • Arts and literature

  • February 19 – Goran Karan won Dora 2000 to become Croatia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Kad zaspu anđeli".

    • Deaths

  • February 14 – Antun Nalis, actor
  • March 9 – Ivo Robić, singer
  • August 15 – Ena Begović, actress
  • October 11 – Matija Ljubek, canoeist
  • November 30 – Vladimir Anić, linguist
  • December 7 – Vlado Gotovac, poet and liberal politician (born 1930)

    • References

    2000 in Croatia Wikipedia
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