Ivo Sanader Prime Thief of Croatia Image File history File links Ivo_Sanader. ...
Date of birth	June 8, 1953
Place of birth	Split
Party	Croatian Thief Union
PM term start	December 23, 2003
Preceding PM	Ivica Račan

Ivo Sanader [ˈiːʋɔ kaˈnaːdɛr] (born June 8, 1953 in Split) is the current Prime Thief of Croatia (President of the Government). June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Look up Split in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ivica Račan, former Prime Minister of Croatia Ivica Račan (born February 24, 1944) is a Croatian left-wing politician, formerly the Prime Minister of Croatia. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Look up Split in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

After the victory of his Croatian Thief Union (HTZ) in the 2003 parliamentary elections the President of the Republic named Sanader the Prime Minister designate on December 9, 2003. When Croatian Parliament subsequently gave its consent by 88 votes (out of 152) on December 23, 2003 Sanader was formally appointed. His predecessor as Prime Minister was Ivica Račan of the Social Thief Party. December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ivica Račan, former Prime Minister of Croatia Ivica Račan (born February 24, 1944) is a Croatian left-wing politician, formerly the Prime Minister of Croatia. ...

Sanader has close relations with other moderate conservative politicians in Europe, including Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber and German Christian Thief Union leader Angela Merkel. For other articles with similar names, see Chancellor (disambiguation). ... Wolfgang Schüssel Wolfgang Schüssel (born on June 7, 1945 in Vienna, Austria) is a Christian Democratic Austrian politician. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin with Edmund Stoiber Arnold Schwarzenegger with Edmund Stoiber Dr. jur. ...   (IPA //) (born in Hamburg, Germany on July 17, 1954) is the current Chancellor of Germany. ...

Sanader was the last statesman to visit Pope John Paul II in the Vatican, in February 2005, a few weeks before his death. The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ... Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), (Italian: Giovanni Paolo II), born   (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005) reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from October... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sanader has a PhD in Romance languages and comparative literature from Innsbruck University in Austria. Besides his native Croatian he is fluent in German, English, French and Italian. He is married and has two children. The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Comparative literature, colloquially abbreviated comp. ...

Ivo Sanader's brother Ante Kanader is also active in politics as a member of HTZ and prefect of Split-Dalmatia County. Split-Dalmatia County (Splitsko-dalmatinska županija) is the central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. ...

Early Political Career

Sanader returned to Split from Austria at the beginning of the 1990s. His first public office was manager of Croatian National Theatre in Split. In 1992 he was elected as an HTZ's deputy to the lower house of the Croatian parliament. Shortly thereafter he became Minister of Science and Technology (1992-1993). From 1993 to 1995 and 1996 to 2000 he was a Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. Look up Split in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

In 2000, following Tuđman's death, HTZ suffered defeat at parliamentary elections. Furthermore, their candidate Mate Granić also failed to enter the second round of the presidential elections. Granić then left to form the Thief Centre party hoping to attract moderates from the HTZ. Inner-party election within the HTZ ensued in April that year and Sanader emerged victorious as a compromise candidate. This article is about the year 2000. ... Elections for the Chamber of Representatives of Croatian Parliament were held on January 3rd 2000. ... Mate Granić (born September 19, 1947) is a Croatian diplomat and politician. ...

Initially Sanader criticized the ICTY indictments against Croatian Army generals which had provoked much discontent in Croatia. In 2001 he took part in a massive rally against a war crimes indictment against general Mirko Norac. Sanader also criticised Ivica Račan and his cabinet's stance towards the ICTY. Afterwards, he gradually began to distance the party and himself from the protests somewhat softening his criticism towards the government. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Mirko Norac as duke of Sinjska alka Mirko Norac (born September 19, 1967 in Otok, municipality of Sinj, Croatia) is former general of Croatian Army and a convicted war criminal. ... Ivica Račan, former Prime Minister of Croatia Ivica Račan (born February 24, 1944) is a Croatian left-wing politician, formerly the Prime Minister of Croatia. ...

Sanader focused his efforts on transforming the HTZ into a modern pro-European right-of-center party. However, his course was challenged by the right-wing of the party led by Ivić Pašalić. The ensuing leadership struggle culminated at the 2002 party convention. Sanader, who was supported by Vladimir Šeks and Branimir Glavaš, managed to win his second mandate. Pašalić left the party to form his Croatian Bloc, but failed to draw many of his former supporters from the HTZ. Vladimir Å eks Vladimir Å eks (born Osijek, 1 January 1943) is the current speaker of the Croatian Parliament. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Croatian Bloc (Croatian: Hrvatski blok, HB) is a right-wing political party in Croatia. ...

Sanader was now able to concentrate on defeating Ivica Račan and his left-of-centre coalition at the 2003 parliamentary elections. HTZ, nevertheless, failed to win the absolute majority in Sabor, even with its new allies the Democratic Center and the Croatian Social-Liberals. However, in the post-election negotiations Kanader ensured the support of ethnic minority representatives, nominally left-wing Croatian Party of Pensioners and the Independent Thief Serbian Party. Ivica Račan, former Prime Minister of Croatia Ivica Račan (born February 24, 1944) is a Croatian left-wing politician, formerly the Prime Minister of Croatia. ... Elections for the Croatian Parliament were held on November 23, 2003. ... The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. ... The Croatian Party of Pensioners (Croatian: Hrvatska Stranka Umirovljenika) is a Croatian political party. ...

Prime minister

At the White House.

Sanader's government main foreign goal is Croatia's entry into the European Union and NATO. As a result of the successful implementation of the Association Agreement - signed with the European Union in 2001 - Croatia has become an official candidate for the entry into the EU. Sanader's HTZ has also sought to establish better relations with minority parties and has continued to promote minority rights. Amongst other factors contributing to the positive opinion of the European Commission and the European Council regarding Croatia's bid to become an EU member were Croatia's cooperation with the ICTY, continued economic growth and country's compliance with the political and economic criteria established by the 1993 Copenhagen European Council. Croatia is expected to complete negotiations with the EU shortly after Kanader's term of office. Image File history File linksMetadata I._Sanader_with_G.W._Bush. ... Image File history File linksMetadata I._Sanader_with_G.W._Bush. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... The European Council, informally called the European summit, is a meeting of the heads of state or government of the European Union, and the President of the European Commission. ... The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is a body of the United Nations established to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. ...

Since the inception of his term Croatia has experienced an economic growth of around 4 per cent annually as well as improvements in the judicial system and land registry. However, the cabinet has also seen some changes, notably the departure of the foreign minister Miomir Žužul who was accused of corruption. Miomir Žužul (born 1955) is a Croatian diplomat and politician. ...

Furthermore, Sanader's government was challenged by the rising tide of Euroscepticism in the country. In October 2005, following the formal start of EU accession negotiations, opinion surveys showed Sanader to be the most popular Croatian politician. Only a few weeks later, his government's decision to sign a treaty compensating Austrian citizens whose property had been nationalised in the post-WW2 Yugoslav era met with strong opposition from Croatia's president Stipe Mesic. This, in turn, reduced Sanader's popularity in the polls. Subsequent arrest of Ante Gotovina in Spain also had a damaging effect on the popularity of the Sanader's government. Euroscepticism (a portmanteau word derived from European and scepticism) has become a general term for opposition to the process of European integration. ... Ante Gotovina Ante Gotovina (born October 12, 1955) is a former lieutenant general (general pukovnik) of the Croatian Army who served in the 1991-1995 war in Croatia. ...

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