Events in the year 2017 in

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Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

– Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

– Andrej Plenković *

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In ...

– Božo Petrov (until 5 May), Gordan Jandroković (from 5 May)

Events

*10 April –

Ivica Todorić Ivica Todorić (; born 2 January 1951) is a Croatian businessman. Until June 2017, he was the owner and chairman of the board of Agrokor, the largest privately owned company in Croatia. The operations of Agrokor are focused on two core businesses ...

steps down as Agrokor's Chairman of the Board amid the company's financial problems *21 May – Croatian local elections, 2017 *17 to 19 July – A severe wildfire occurred in Split, Croatia. * 29 November – Upon hearing the guilty verdict upheld in November 2017,

Slobodan Praljak Slobodan Praljak (; 2 January 1945 – 29 November 2017) was a Bosnian Croat who served in the Croatian Army and the Croatian Defence Council, an army of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, between 1992 and 1995. Praljak was found guilty of ...

stated that he rejected the verdict of the court, and committed

suicide by poisoning A suicide method is any means by which a person chooses to end their life. Suicide attempts do not always result in death, and a nonfatal suicide attempt can leave the person with serious physical injuries, long-term health problems, and brai ...

in the

ICTY The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal ...

courtroom in the Hague.

Deaths

*3 January –

Ivo Brešan Ivan "Ivo" Brešan (27 May 1936 – 3 January 2017) was a Croatian and Yugoslav playwright, novelist and screenwriter, known for political satire. His work included screenplays written with his son Vinko. Personal life Born in Vodice 1936, Breša ...

, writer (b. 1936). *2 February – Predrag Matvejević, writer and political activist (b. 1932). *17 February –

Marko Veselica Marko Veselica (January 9, 1936 – February 17, 2017 in Zagreb) was a Croatian politician, economist and university professor. During the Croatian Spring, Marko Veselica developed a reputation of being a Croatian nationalist. He was close to Iva ...

, politician and economist (b. 1936) *1 March –

Vladimir Tadej Vladimir Tadej (9 May 1925 – 1 March 2017) was a Croatian production designer, screenwriter and film director. He contributed to more than forty films from 1949 to 1998. Selected filmography References External links * 1925 births ...

, film director (b. 1925) *7 April – Relja Bašić, actor (b. 1930) *21 July –

Hrvoje Šarinić Hrvoje Šarinić (; 17 February 1935 – 21 July 2017) was a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 1992 to 1993. Šarinić was born in Sušak and graduated from the University of Zagreb then-Faculty of Architecture, C ...

, politician (b. 1935) *3 August –

Bonaventura Duda Bonaventura Duda (14 January 1924 – 3 August 2017) was a Croatian Franciscan, theologian, biblical scholar, and a corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Early life and education Roko Duda was born in the Free State ...

, Franciscan friar (b. 1924) *19 November –

Milan Moguš Milan Moguš (; 27 April 1927 – 19 November 2017) was a Croatian linguist and academician. Biography He was born in Senj, where he finished primary school and high school. In the academic year 1948/49 he attended in Faculty of Philosophy in Z ...

, linguist (b. 1927)

References

{{Year in Europe, 2017 2010s in Croatia Years of the 21st century in Croatia

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