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See also:	Other events of 2000 Timeline of Croatian history

The following lists events that happened during2000 inCroatia.

• 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 3 – The2000 general election held, won by a centre-left coalition ofSocial Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) andCroatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
• January 24 – First round of the2000 presidential election held.Stjepan Mesić andDražen Budiša win 41% and 28% of votes respectively, and enter the run-off.

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

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

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

• 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 (born1930)

• 2000 in Croatian television

• 2000 in Croatia
• Years of the 20th century in Croatia
• 2000 by country
• 2000 in Europe
• 2000s in Croatia

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