2009 in Croatia

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Events from the year 2009 in Croatia.

Incumbents

• President – Stjepan Mesić
• Prime Minister – Ivo Sanader (until 6 July), Jadranka Kosor (starting 6 July)

Events

• April 1: Croatia became a full member of NATO.
• April 25: In Makarska, thirty exhumed victims of the Yugoslav Partisans from World War II were buried, with a monument erected in their honour.^[1]
• July 1: Ivo Sanader resigns as the Prime Minister of Croatia and President of Croatian Democratic Union.
• July 6: Jadranka Kosor of the Croatian Democratic Union becomes Prime Minister.
• July 24: Six people are killed and 55 are injured in the Rudine train derailment.
• December 27: The first round of presidential elections are held.

Arts and Literature

• Igor Cukrov won Dora 2009 on February 28 to become Croatia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

Sport

• Marin Čilić won the 2009 Chennai Open on January 10.
• 2009 World Men's Handball Championship held in Croatian cities from January 16–February 1.
• K-1 Croatia 2009 held in Split on March 21.
• Blanka Vlašić successfully defended her high jump world title on August 20.
• The 2009 Golden Spin figure skating competition is held in Zagreb December 10–12.

Deaths

• January 14 – Dušan Džamonja, sculptor (born 1928)
• January 17 – Tomislav Crnković, footballer (born 1929)
• March 16 – Boris Mutić, sports reporter (born 1939)
• June 9 – Zvonimir Berković, film director (born 1928)
• June 19 – Dalibor Brozović, linguist and politician (born 1927)
• July 14 – Vera Fischer, sculptor (born 1925)
• August 3 – Ivan Milat-Luketa, painter and sculptor (born 1922)
• August 6 – Savka Dabčević-Kučar, politician (born 1923)
• August 28 – Emil Glad, actor (born 1929)
• September 6 – Vanja Drach, actor (born 1932)
• September 6 – Nada Iveljić, children's author (born 1931)
• December 2 – Vjekoslav Šutej, conductor (born 1951)

References

1. Makarska: Pokopani posmrtni ostaci žrtava rata