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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Croatia.
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)
Events
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)
See also
References
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