Ivo Sanader

Ivo Sanader (June 8th 1953 with Split) is a Croatian Politician , current President of the government of Croatia (equivalent of the Prime Minister) since the December 23rd 2003. He is married and has 2 children. He speaks the German , the English, the French and the Italian .

Academic formation

He is titular of an arts doctorate, in comparative literature and Romance languages, which he obtained with Faculty philosophy of the University of Innsbruck (Austria) in 1982. Its report of diploma related to the work of Jean Anouilh.

Professional path

It enters the professional life as editor and directing leading in the company Logos to Split (1983-1987). It then leaves to found its own company with Innsbruck (Austria) where it resides of 1987 to 1991. He is writer of the review " Mogućnosti" from 1987 to 1990. In 1990, it founds the local section of the Croatian democratic Union in the the Tyrol. Its political commitment and the independence of Croatia will accelerate its professional path. He exerts, of 1991 to 1992, the function of director of the National theater of Split.

Political career

One year after its return in Croatia, Ivo Sanader is elected appointed, in 1992, with the Croatian Parlement. It enters immediately to the government, initially as Ministre for research and technology (1992-1993), then as Vice-minister of the foreign affairs (1993-1995). From 1995 to 1996, he is Principal private secretary of the President of the Republic and General secretary of the Council of defense and national security. This very fast political career attests its privileged relations with the president of République of the time Franjo Tuđman. Sanader is again Vice-minister of the foreign affairs of 1996 to 2000.

Elected official appointed with the Sabor in 2000, it remains at the Parliament because of political defeat of his party, HDZ; he is the function of Vice-president of the Commission of the foreign affairs of the Parliament. The same year, he is elected president of the Croatian democratic Union (HDZ) with the 5th national congress of the party; he will be re-elected with this function thereafter. February 11th, 2001, it took part in Split with a large gathering 100.000 people to support Mirko Norac, Croatian General marked of war crimes by the International penal court for ex-Yugoslavia. It there made a speech defending Norac and claimed on the government its return. The protestors launched a call having for goal to reverse the government of Ivica Račan (known as the “government of puppets”) which they showed to betray and of outrager the Croatian war of independence. Slogans as “Cigane Mesiću” (Mesić gypsy) were also sung.

Following the victory of the alliance formed around the HDZ, with the parliamentary elections of November 23rd, 2003, Ivo Sanader is named President of the government of Croatia on December 23rd, 2003. It succeeds in obtaining for Croatia the statute of applicant country to the European Union (June 17th, 2004) but the beginning of the negotiations of adhesion is delayed of more than one year because of insufficient co-operation of Croatia with the International penal court for ex-Yugoslavia concerning the arestation of the general Ante Gotovina. The pressures of the European Union oblige it to re-examine its policy favorable to the ultra-nationalists.

Dependant article

Ninth government of Croatia
List of the current leaders

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