Ivo Sanader [SEP] position held
Ivo Sanader
Ivo Sanader (born 8 June 1953) is a Croatian politician who served as the 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
Elections in the Croatian Democratic Union
Since its founding in 1989, elections within the Croatian Democratic Union were held numerous times.
2002 leadership election.
The Croatian Democratic Union controversial 2002 leadership election was held on 21 April 2002. Besides the incumbent party leader and former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, two other candidates were running: Ivić Pašalić, former advisor of Croatian President Tuđman and Maja Freundlich, journalist and vice-president of CDU.
Ivo Sanader won the elections with 51 percent of the votes, Ivić Pašalić finished