Croatia: Three Front Runners In Croatian Presidential Elections Hold Rallies In Zagreb
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Croatia: Three Front Runners In Croatian Presidential Elections Hold Rallies In Zagreb
- Title: Croatia: Three Front Runners In Croatian Presidential Elections Hold Rallies In Zagreb
- Date: 22nd January 2000
- Summary: The three front runners in the Croatian presidential election held final mass rallies in the capital Zagreb. Thousands of people attended the rallies on January 21 and 22, 2000, where candidates -- Stipe Mesic, Drazen Budisa and Mate Granic -- stood firm on their promises to improve democracy and Croatia's position in the West and work closely with the new centre-left government. The vote to replace the late autocrat Franjo Tudjman, founder of the HDZ who died in December 1999, is set for January 24. It symbolically marks the end of a decade-long Tudjman rule that alienated Croatia from the West and failed to implement thorough democratic reforms after overthrowing communism in 1990. Stipe Mesic won the election and was sworn in on February 18, 2000.
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- Location: CROATIA ZAGREB BRITISH SQUARE
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