Year |
Date |
Event
|
1903 |
27 June |
Ban
Khuen-Héderváry resigned to become the
Hungarian Prime Minister.
|
|
Teodor Pejačević was appointed
Ban.
|
1907 |
26 June |
Aleksandar Rakodczay became
Ban.
|
1908 |
8 January |
Pavao Rauch was appointed
Ban.
|
27 February |
Croatian parliamentary election, 1908: The first day of balloting was held.
|
28 February |
Croatian parliamentary election, 1908: The second day of balloting was held. The
Croat-Serb Coalition won a majority of seats in the Sabor.
|
12 March |
Rauch dissolved the Sabor.
|
1910 |
5 February |
Rauch was dismissed and replaced as
Ban by
Nikola Tomašić.
|
28 October |
Croatian parliamentary election, 1910: The
Croat-Serb Coalition won a plurality of seats in the Sabor.
|
1912 |
19 January |
Slavko Cuvaj was appointed
Ban.
|
1913 |
21 July |
Ivan Škrlec was appointed
Ban.
|
16 December |
Croatian parliamentary election, 1913: The first day of balloting was held.
|
17 December |
Croatian parliamentary election, 1913: The second day of balloting was held. The
Croat-Serb Coalition won a majority of seats in the Sabor.
|
1914 |
28 June |
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria:
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by
Gavrilo Princip of the
Bosnian separatist group
Young Bosnia.[
citation needed]
|
23 July |
July Crisis:
Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to
Serbia, demanding, among other things, the right to participate in the investigation into the assassination of
Franz Ferdinand, which Serbia refused.[
citation needed]
|
28 July |
World War I:
Austria-Hungary declared war on
Serbia.
|
30 July |
World War I:
Russia mobilized its army to defend
Serbia.
|
1915 |
|
Škrlec reconvened the Sabor.
|
26 April |
World War I: The secret
Treaty of London (1915) was signed, under which
Russia,
France and the
United Kingdom recognized
Italian territorial claims (including some in Croatia) in return for Italy's joining the war on the side of the
Triple Entente.[
citation needed]
|
1916 |
21 November |
Franz Joseph I of Austria died. He was succeeded as king by his grandnephew
Charles I of Austria.
|
1917 |
29 June |
Skerlecz resigned.
Antun Mihalović became
Ban.
|
1918 |
29 October |
The Sabor dissolved Croatia's union with
Austria-Hungary and incorporated the
Kingdom of Dalmatia into the new State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.
|
1 December |
The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs joined with
Serbia to form the new
Kingdom of Yugoslavia under King
Peter I of Serbia.
|
1919 |
20 January |
Mihalović left office.
|
1920 |
12 November |
Yugoslavia signed the
Treaty of Rapallo (1920), acceding to
Italian claims on some of its territory.
|
28 November |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election, 1920: The
Democratic Party,
People's Radical Party and
Communist Party were the three most successful parties by number of seats received in the Assembly.
|
29 December |
The government issued a decree banning
Communist propaganda and ordering the dissolution of all Communist organizations until approval of the Constitution.
|
1921 |
28 June |
The
Vidovdan Constitution, which abolished the traditional divisions of the region in favor of thirty-three
oblasts ruled by royal appointees, was approved.
|
16 August |
Peter died. He was succeeded as king by his son
Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
|
1923 |
18 March |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election, 1923: The
People's Radical Party won a plurality of seats in Parliament.
|
1925 |
8 February |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election, 1925: The
People's Radical Party won a plurality of seats in Parliament.
|
1927 |
11 September |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election, 1927: The
People's Radical Party won a plurality of seats in Parliament.
|
1928 |
20 June |
Puniša Račić of the
People's Radical Party shot five members of the
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) during a session of Parliament. Two were killed instantly, and Party leader
Stjepan Radić was fatally wounded.
|
8 August |
Radić died.
|
1929 |
6 January |
6 January Dictatorship:
Alexander issued a decree dissolving Parliament and abolishing the
Constitution.
|
3 October |
Alexander replaced the thirty-three
oblasts with nine banovinas.
|
1931 |
3 September |
6 January Dictatorship:
Alexander issued the
1931 Yugoslav Constitution, ending the dictatorship.
|
1934 |
9 October |
Alexander was assassinated by a Bulgarian mercenary,
Vlado Chernozemski, with the
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization; Chernozemski had been contracted by the
Ustaše, which was formed in 1929. Alexander was succeeded by his eleven-year-old son,
Peter, with his cousin,
Prince Paul, leading a regency council of three.[
citation needed]
|
1935 |
5 May |
Yugoslavian parliamentary election, 1935: The
Yugoslav National Party won a majority of seats in Parliament.
|
1938 |
11 December |
Yugoslavian parliamentary election, 1938: The
Yugoslav Radical Union won a majority of seats in Parliament.
|
1939 |
23 August |
The
Cvetković–Maček Agreement was approved, establishing the autonomous
Banovina of Croatia with an elected Sabor and a crown-appointed
Ban.
|
26 August |
Ivan Šubašić was appointed
Ban of Croatia.
|
1941 |
25 March |
World War II:
Prince Paul signed the
Tripartite Pact, pledging support to the
Axis Powers.
|
27 March |
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941: A military coup overthrew the Regency and declared
Peter II to be of age.[
citation needed]
|
6 April |
World War II in Yugoslavia begins
|
6 April |
Invasion of Yugoslavia:
Germany opened an invasion of
Yugoslavia with an air attack on
Belgrade.
|
10 April |
Independent State of Croatia declared by
Ante Pavelić of the
Ustaše.
|
13 May |
Croatia signed a treaty establishing its borders with
Germany.
|
18 May |
Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta was crowned King Tomislav II of Croatia by the
Italian King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
|
19 May |
Croatia ceded land, including most of
Dalmatia, to
Italy by signing the treaty of Rapallo.
|
7 June |
Croatia's borders with
Serbia were established.
|
22 June |
Operation Barbarossa:
Germany launched an invasion of the
Soviet Union.
|
4 July |
A call by the
Communist Party of Yugoslavia to resist the
Ustaše government marked the birth of the
Yugoslav Partisans.
|
August |
Glina massacre: The
Ustaše killed several hundred
Serb civilians in a church in
Glina.
|
27 October |
Croatia's borders with
Montenegro were established.
|
1942 |
5 October |
Operation Alfa:
Italian and
Chetnik forces attacked the
Partisan-held town of
Prozor.
|
10 October |
Operation Alfa: The battle ended in a
Partisan defeat.
|
26 November |
The
Anti-Fascist Council of the People's Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) was established as the political organization of the
Yugoslav Partisans.
|
1943 |
15 May |
Battle of the Sutjeska:
Axis troops surrounded the main
Partisan force on the east bank of the
Sutjeska river in
Bosnia.
|
14 June |
The
National Anti-Fascist Council of the People's Liberation of Croatia (ZAVNOH), composed of Croatian members of the
AVNOJ, held its first session and declared
Vladimir Nazor President.
|
16 June |
Battle of the Sutjeska: The
Partisans escaped across the
Sutjeska.
|
25 July |
Italian King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy dismissed his Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini.
|
31 July |
Tomislav abdicated on the orders of the
Italian King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
|
8 September |
World War II: An
armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces was published, voiding Croatia's territorial concessions of 1941 and the
Treaty of Rapallo (1920).
|
15 November |
Operation Delphin: Croatian forces undertook a campaign to capture several islands in the
Adriatic Sea off the cost of central
Dalmatia.
|
21 November |
The second session of the
AVNOJ established the
National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia, the government-in-waiting of a federal, democratic
Yugoslavia under Prime Minister
Josip Broz Tito.
|
1 December |
Operation Delphin: The operation concluded successfully.
|
1944 |
9 May |
The Federal State of Croatia was established at the third session of the
ZAVNOH.
|
13 May |
The
Department for the Protection of the People (OZNA) was established under
Aleksandar Ranković.
|
25 May |
Raid on Drvar:
German paratroopers attacked
Partisan headquarters near
Drvar.
Tito escaped.
|
16 June |
Tito and
Šubašić signed the
Treaty of Vis, which provided for a coalition of royalists and
Communists in the government of the future
Yugoslavia.
|
1945 |
30 March |
Battle on Lijevče field: Croatian and
Chetnik forces met at
Lijevče.
|
8 April |
Battle on Lijevče field: The
Chetniks surrendered.
|
6 May |
Pavelić fled the country.
|
8 May |
World War II in Yugoslavia formally ends with the
German Instrument of Surrender, but fighting continues.
|
14 May |
Battle of Poljana: Retreating
Axis troops were forced to surrender to the
Partisans.
|
15 May |
Bleiburg repatriations: After the retreating Axis column is stopped at
Bleiburg,
Austria, and forced by the
British Army to surrender instead to the Yugoslav Partisans,
[35] the
Yugoslav Partisans commit thousands of
reprisals against the remnants of the Ustaše and the civilians who fled Croatia alongside them, as well as some Slovene, Serb, and Montenegrin collaborators.
|
10 June |
Tito agreed to the separation of
Allied and
Partisan forces at the
Morgan Line.
|
21 August |
ZAVNOH declared itself the People's Parliament of Croatia.
|
25 August |
The People's Parliament elected
Nazor President of Croatia.
|
October |
The royalists in the
Yugoslavian government resigned.
|
11 November |
The
Communist Party won an overwhelming majority of votes to the Constituent Assembly of
Yugoslavia.
|
29 November |
The
Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia was declared and King
Peter deposed.
|
1946 |
31 January |
The
1946 Yugoslav Constitution came into force.
|
1947 |
10 February |
The
Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 were signed, solidifying
Yugoslavia's border with
Italy and establishing the
Free Territory of Trieste, half of which was to be under Yugoslavian military occupation.[
citation needed]
|
September |
The
Cominform was established.
|
1948 |
May |
Tito–Stalin split: Croatian
Communist Party member
Andrija Hebrang was arrested after supporting the
Soviet Union in a dispute with
Yugoslavia.[
citation needed]
|
28 June |
Tito–Stalin split:
Yugoslavia was expelled from the
Cominform.
|
1949 |
19 June |
Nazor died.
|
1950 |
26 June |
Tito announced the introduction of
workers' self-management in
Yugoslavia.
|
1953 |
13 January |
The
1953 Yugoslav Constitution came into force.
|
December |
Vladimir Bakarić became President of Croatia.
|
1963 |
7 April |
The
1963 Yugoslav Constitution came into force.
|
1967 |
13 March |
Croatian Spring: The
Declaration on the Status and Name of the Croatian Literary Language was published, demanding equal status for the
Croatian language.
|
1971 |
23 November |
Croatian Spring: A student protest began in
Zagreb.
|
December |
Croatian Spring:
Tito forced Chair of the
Croatian Communist Party
Savka Dabčević-Kučar to resign.
|
1974 |
21 February |
The
1974 Yugoslav Constitution came into force, establishing a nine-member Presidency of
Yugoslavia of which
Tito was president for Life.
|
April |
Ivo Perišin became President of Croatia.
|
8 May |
Perišin was succeeded by a rotating Croatian Presidency under the
1974 Yugoslav Constitution.
|
1975 |
10 November |
The
Treaty of Osimo was signed, under which
Italy and
Yugoslavia were allowed to annex their respective occupation zones in
Trieste.
|
1980 |
4 May |
Tito died. He was succeeded as President of the Presidency of
Yugoslavia by the
Macedonian
Lazar Koliševski.
|
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the
Bosnian
Cvijetin Mijatović.
|
1981 |
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the
Slovenian
Sergej Kraigher.
|
1982 |
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the
Serbian
Petar Stambolić.
|
1983 |
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the Croatian
Mika Špiljak.
|
1984 |
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the
Montenegrin
Veselin Đuranović.
|
1985 |
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the
Vojvodin
Radovan Vlajković.
|
1986 |
10 May |
Ante Marković assumed the Presidency of Croatia.
|
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the
Kosovar
Sinan Hasani.
|
1987 |
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the
Macedonian
Lazar Mojsov.
|
1988 |
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the
Bosnian
Raif Dizdarević.
|
1989 |
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the
Slovenian
Janez Drnovšek.
|
1990 |
23 January |
A
Communist Party Congress ended the party's legal monopoly in Croatia.
|
22 April |
Croatian parliamentary election, 1990: The first round of elections was held.
|
6 May |
Croatian parliamentary election, 1990: The second round of elections was held. The
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won a majority of seats in all houses of Parliament.
|
15 May |
The
Yugoslavian Presidency rotated to the
Serbian
Borisav Jović.
|
30 May |
The
Serb Democratic Party (SDS) quit the Croatian Parliament.
|
25 July |
A Serbian Assembly led by the
SDS declared the establishment of the
Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Kninska Krajina.
|
17 August |
Log Revolution: Secessionist
Serbs barricaded roads connecting
Kninska Krajina to the rest of Croatia.
|
October |
Kninska Krajina was superseded by the larger
Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Krajina.
|
22 December |
The current
Constitution of Croatia was ratified.
Franjo Tuđman of the
HDZ was made President of Croatia.
|
1991 |
2 March |
Pakrac clash: Croatian police arrested 180
Serb rebels who had occupied the town of
Pakrac.
|
25 March |
Presidents of Croatia and
Serbia partake in the
Milošević–Tuđman Karađorđevo meeting
|
31 March |
Plitvice Lakes incident: Croatian police entered the
Plitvice Lakes National Park to expel the secessionist forces of
Krajina. Two combatants were killed.
|
1 April |
Plitvice Lakes incident: The
Yugoslavian army intervened to end the crisis.
|
1 May |
Two Croatian police officers were taken prisoner by
Serb secessionists in
Borovo Selo.
|
2 May |
The Croatian Parliament voted to hold a referendum on independence from
Yugoslavia.
|
Borovo Selo killings: An attempt to free the captives resulted in a firefight between
Serb rebels and police. Twelve Croatian policemen killed, with an unknown number of rebel casualties.
|
15 May |
Serbia blocked the accession of Croatian
Stjepan Mesić to the
Yugoslavian Presidency.
|
19 May |
Croatian independence referendum, 1991: Croatian independence from
Yugoslavia was approved in referendum, with 93% support.
|
25 June |
The Croatian Parliament declared Croatia independent from
Yugoslavia.
|
Serb secessionists declared the
Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia.
|
July |
Battle of Osijek: JNA forces began shelling the town of
Osijek.
|
15 July |
Operation Coast-91: JNA and
SAO Krajina forces attacked the town of
Biograd but were rebuffed.
|
August |
Operation Opera Orientalis:
Yugoslavian intelligence bombed
Jewish cemeteries in an attempt to turn international opinion against Croatian independence.
|
1 August |
Dalj massacre:
Serb rebels killed twenty-eight police officers and eleven
Croat civilians in
Dalj.
|
12 August |
Serb secessionists declared the
Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Western Slavonia.
|
25 August |
Battle of Vukovar: The
Yugoslavian army and
Serb militias laid siege to the town of
Vukovar.
|
9 September |
Battle of the Barracks: The
Yugoslavian barracks in
Sisak surrendered to Croatian forces.
|
16 September |
Battle of Šibenik (1991): The
Yugoslavian army attacked Croatian forces in
Šibenik.
|
22 September |
Battle of Šibenik (1991):
Yugoslavian forces were made to retreat.
|
1 October |
Siege of Dubrovnik:
Yugoslavian forces surrounded
Dubrovnik.
|
6 October |
Operation Coast-91: A truce was agreed.
|
7 October |
Bombing of Banski dvori: The
Yugoslavian army bombed the government residence, the
Banski dvori in
Zagreb.
|
13 October |
Široka Kula massacre:
Serb forces killed thirty-four civilians.
|
16 October |
Gospić massacre: A three-day massacre began during which
Serb forces killed between twenty-three and one hundred civilians.
|
18 October |
Lovas massacre:
Serbs forced a group of
Croat civilians to walk across a minefield, killing twenty-one.
|
21 October |
Baćin massacre:
Serb rebel forces killed some fifty-six civilians.
|
31 October |
Operation Otkos 10: Croatian forces moved to block a
Yugoslavian advance on
Zagreb.
|
4 November |
Operation Otkos 10: The operation concluded successfully.
|
10 November |
Erdut massacre:
Serb rebels executed the first ten of the thirty-seven
Hungarian and
Croat civilians they would eventually massacre in
Erdut.
|
12 November |
Saborsko massacre:
Serb rebel forces killed twenty-nine civilians in
Saborsko.
|
14 November |
Battle of the Dalmatian channels: A
Yugoslavian ship was sunk by the Croatian navy near
Split.
|
16 November |
Battle of the Dalmatian channels: The
Yugoslavian blockade of
Split was broken.
|
18 November |
Battle of Vukovar: The last Croatian forces surrendered.
|
Škabrnja massacre:
Serb forces took the town of
Škabrnja and began a massacre which would eventually claim eighty-six lives.
|
Bosnian War: The
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZBiH) established Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia at municipalities with majority of Croatian people on the territory of
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
|
20 November |
Vukovar massacre: Some 264 civilians, mostly
Croats, were murdered by
Serb militias near
Vukovar.
|
|
|
12 December |
Operation Orkan 91 The Croatian Army began an advance into
Krajina.
|
Operation Whirlwind: The Croatian army attempted to cross the
Kupa river against
Krajina forces.
|
13 December |
Voćin massacre: A
Serb paramilitary group, the
White Eagles, killed several dozen people before retreating from
Voćin.
|
Operation Whirlwind: The Croatian advance was stopped.
|
16 December |
Joševica massacre:
Serb forces killed twenty-one civilians in
Joševica.
|
19 December |
Krajina declared independence from Croatia, proclaiming itself the Republic of Serbian Krajina.
|
21 December |
Bruška massacre:
Serb forces killed ten civilians in
Bruška.
|
1992 |
2 January |
Operation Orkan 91: A ceasefire was negotiated.
|
Battle of Osijek: A ceasefire was negotiated.
|
26 February |
Krajina invested
SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia and
Western Slavonia.
|
6 May |
Bosnian War: The
Graz agreement was drafted, delineating the demarcation between
Herzeg-Bosnia and the
Republika Srpska in
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
|
26 May |
Siege of Dubrovnik: Croatian forces broke the siege.
|
June |
Operation Vrbas '92: Military offensive of the
Army of Republika Srpska against the HVO and ARBiH in
Jajce.
|
14 June |
Operation Corridor: The Army of
Republika Srpska launched an offensive against the joint forces of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and
Herzeg-Bosnia.
|
21 June |
Miljevci plateau incident: Croatian forces captured some thirty square miles in a surprise attack on
Krajina forces.
|
26 June |
Operation Corridor: The operation ended with the successful linking of the two parts of
Republika Srpska.
|
2 August |
Croatian parliamentary election, 1992: The
HDZ won a majority of seats in the Sabor.
|
Croatian presidential election, 1992:
Tuđman was reelected with 57% of the vote.
|
12 August |
Hrvoje Šarinić of the
HDZ was elected Prime Minister.
|
18 October |
Croat–Bosniak War: First armed clashes between the
Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH).
|
27 October |
Operation Vrbas '92: The operation concluded with the conquest of
Jajce.
|
1993 |
22 January |
Operation Maslenica: The Croatian army launched an offensive to reconquer
Krajina territory in northern
Dalmatia.
|
1 February |
Operation Maslenica: The Croatian government halted the offensive.
|
September |
Operation Neretva '93: ARBiH forces attack the HVO in
Herzegovina and central
Bosnia.
|
9 September |
Operation Medak Pocket: Croatian forces launched a southeastward offensive against
Krajina towards the village of
Medak.
|
17 September |
Operation Medak Pocket: Croatia negotiated a ceasefire under international pressure.
|
1994 |
23 February |
Croat–Bosniak War: The war was effectively ended with a ceasefire.
|
18 March |
Croat–Bosniak War: The
Washington Agreement was signed, establishing the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina within
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
|
29 November |
Operation Winter '94: Croatian forces launched an offensive into western
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
|
24 December |
Operation Winter '94: The offensive ended to Croatian territorial advantage.
|
1995 |
1 May |
Operation Flash: The Croatian Army launched an offensive which would reconquer the territory of the former Western Slavonia in
Krajina.
|
2 May |
Zagreb rocket attacks: A two-day series of rocket attacks by
Serb forces on
Zagreb began which would kill seven civilians.
|
3 May |
Operation Flash: The offensive came to a successful conclusion.
|
25 July |
Operation Summer '95: Croatian forces launched a northward offensive from
Bosnia and Herzegovina against
Krajina forces.
|
30 July |
Operation Summer '95: The operation ended to Croatian territorial advantage.
|
4 August |
Operation Storm: One hundred and fifty thousand Croatian soldiers launched an offensive across a three hundred-mile front into
Krajina.
|
9 August |
Operation Storm: The operation concluded with the surrender of
Krajina forces at
Vojnić.
|
8 September |
Operation Mistral 2: Croatian and
Bosnia and Herzegovina forces attacked
Republika Srpska forces in western Bosnia and Herzegovina.
|
15 September |
Operation Mistral: The battle ended in a
Republika Srpska defeat.
|
29 October |
Croatian parliamentary election, 1995: The
HDZ won a majority of seats in the Sabor.
|
7 November |
Zlatko Mateša of the
HDZ was elected Prime Minister.
|
12 November |
The
Erdut Agreement was signed by representatives of Croatia and
Krajina, establishing a
Joint Council of Municipalities in
Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1995-1998), which would guarantee
Serb rights under the protection of the
United Nations Transitional Authority for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) and later under Croatian sovereignty.[
citation needed]
|
14 December |
Bosnian War: The
Dayton Agreement was signed, establishing
Bosnia and Herzegovina as an indivisible federation, with an alternating presidency, of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the
Republika Srpska.
|
1996 |
15 January |
The
UNTAES mission began.
|
5 September |
1996 Ston–Slano earthquake: A strong Mw 6.0 earthquake struck north of Dubrovnik. The worst of the damage occurred in the old town of
Ston. There were no fatalities, but there was extensive damage to houses and cultural heritage.
|
1997 |
15 June |
Croatian presidential election, 1997:
Tuđman was reelected with 61% of the vote.
|
1998 |
15 January |
The
UNTAES mission ended.
|
1999 |
26 November |
Tuđman was declared incapacitated due to illness. Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
Vlatko Pavletić became acting president.
|
10 December |
Tuđman died of cancer.
|
2000 |
3 January |
Croatian parliamentary election, 2000: The
Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) won a plurality of seats in the Sabor.
|
24 January |
Croatian presidential election, 2000:
Mesić, running with the
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS), and
Dražen Budiša of the
Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) qualified for the second round.
|
27 January |
Ivica Račan of the
SDP was elected Prime Minister, with the
HSLS joining the SDP in coalition.
|
2 February |
Zlatko Tomčić of the
HSS was elected Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, replacing
Pavletić in that role and as acting president.
|
7 February |
Croatian presidential election, 2000:
Mesić won with 56% of the vote.
|