2000 in Croatia
# 2000 in Croatia

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Croatia.

## Incumbents

* President:
   * until 2 February: Vlatko Pavletić (acting)
   * 2 February-18 February: Zlatko Tomčić (acting)
   * starting 19 February: Stjepan Mesić
* Prime Minister: Zlatko Mateša (until 27 January), Ivica Račan (starting 27 January)

## Events

### January

* January 3 – The 2000 general election held, won by a centre-left coalition of Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) and Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
* January 24 – First round of the 2000 presidential election held. Stjepan Mesić and Dražen Budiša win 41% and 28% of votes respectively, and enter the run-off.

### February

* February 7 – Presidential election run-off, won by Stjepan Mesić with 56% of the vote.
* February 18 – Stjepan Mesić formally inaugurated as President of Croatia.

### May

* May 28 – Nova TV, the first national commercial television network, begins broadcast.

## Arts and literature

* February 19 – Goran Karan won Dora 2000 to become Croatia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Kad zaspu anđeli".

## Deaths

* February 14 – Antun Nalis, actor
* March 9 – Ivo Robić, singer
* August 15 – Ena Begović, actress
* October 11 – Matija Ljubek, canoeist
* November 30 – Vladimir Anić, linguist
* December 7 – Vlado Gotovac, poet and liberal politician (born 1930)
