2017 in Croatia

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Events in the year 2017 in Croatia.

Incumbents

• President – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
• Prime Minister – Andrej Plenković

Events

• 10 April – Ivica Todorić steps down as Agrokor's Chairman of the Board amid the company's financial problems[1]
• 21 May – Croatian local elections, 2017
• 29 November – Upon hearing the guilty verdict upheld in November 2017, Slobodan Praljak stated that he rejected the verdict of the court, and committed suicide by poisoning in the ICTY courtroom in the Hague.[2][3][4][5]

Deaths

Ivo Brešan

Predrag Matvejević

Hrvoje Šarinić

• 3 January – Ivo Brešan, writer (b. 1936).[6]
• 2 February – Predrag Matvejević, writer and political activist (b. 1932).[7]
• 17 February – Marko Veselica, politician and economist (b. 1936)
• 1 March – Vladimir Tadej, film director (b. 1925)
• 7 April – Relja Bašić, actor (b. 1930)
• 21 July – Hrvoje Šarinić, politician (b. 1935)
• 3 August – Bonaventura Duda, Franciscan friar (b. 1924)
• 19 November – Milan Moguš, linguist (b. 1927)

References

1. https://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ekskluzivno-ivica-todoric-s-mislavom-bagom-za-dnevnik-nove-tv-ja-ne-mislim-da-sam-bjegunac---528832.html
2. "Statement on passing of Slobodan Praljak". ICTY. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
3. "Preliminary results autopsy Slobodan Praljak". Openbaar Ministerie. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
4. Owen Bowcott (29 November 2017). "Bosnian Croat war criminal dies after taking poison in UN courtroom". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
5. Stephanie van den Berg; Bart H. Meijer (29 November 2017). "Bosnian Croat war crimes convict dies after taking 'poison' in U.N. court". Reuters. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
6. "UMRO IVO BREŠAN: Legendarni hrvatski književnik, scenarist i pedagog preminuo u 81. godini". net.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 February 2017.
7. "Umro Predrag Matvejević. Tražio je da Tito odstupi s funkcije, '91. je otišao u emigraciju". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 February 2017.