Ivo Sanader
| Ivo Sanader | |
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| 8th Prime Minister of Croatia | |
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In office 23 December 2003 – 6 July 2009 |
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| President | Stjepan Mesić |
| Deputy |
Đurđa Adlešič Jadranka Kosor Slobodan Uzelac Damir Polančec |
| Preceded by | Ivica Račan |
| Succeeded by | Jadranka Kosor |
| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 13 October 2010 – 22 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Jadranka Kosor |
| Constituency | X electoral district |
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In office 2 February 2000 – 22 December 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Ivica Račan |
| Constituency | X electoral district |
| 2nd Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 30 April 2000 – 23 December 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Vladimir Šeks (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ivica Račan |
| President of the Croatian Democratic Union |
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In office 30 April 2000 – 4 July 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Vladimir Šeks (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Jadranka Kosor |
| Minister of Science and Technology | |
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In office 12 August 1992 – 7 January 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Jure Radić |
| Succeeded by | Branko Jeren |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ivica Sanader 8 June 1953 Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Independent (2010–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Croatian Democratic Union (1989–2010) |
| Spouse(s) | Mirjana Šarić |
| Children | Bruna Sanader Petra Sanader |
| Alma mater | University of Innsbruck |
| Occupation | Writer, historian, politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Ivo Sanader (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐːʋo sanǎːder]; born on 8 June 1953) is a Croatian politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009. He is to date the longest-serving prime Minister since independence, holding the office for over 5 and a half years before resigning in July 2009. He is the only Croatian Prime Minister to serve more than one term, winning general elections in 2003 and 2007. Along with Ivica Račan he is one of only two Prime Ministers to have been at the head of more than one government cabinet, chairing his first cabinet from December 2003 until January 2008 and his second from January 2008 until his resignation in July 2009.
Sanader obtained his education in comparative literature in Austria, where he also worked as a journalist, in marketing, publishing and as an entrepreneur. In the 1990s, he was briefly the intendant of the Croatian National Theatre in Split before becoming Minister for Science and Technology as a member of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in the Cabinet of Hrvoje Šarinić in 1992. In 1993 he moved into diplomacy and served two terms as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Following the death of Franjo Tuđman, Sanader was elected leader of the HDZ party in 2000 and again in 2002, and led the party to victory in the 2003 and 2007 election, becoming Croatia's Prime Minister. In June 2009, Sanader abruptly resigned his post, leaving scarce explanation for his actions and disappearing from public life for a while. In January 2010 Sanader tried to stage a political comeback within the HDZ, but was ejected from party membership.
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