2000 in Croatia

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See also:	Other events of 2000 Timeline of Croatian history

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)

References

Years in Croatia (1991–present)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999