2021 in Croatia

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Events in the year 2021 in Croatia.

Incumbents

• President: Zoran Milanović
• Prime Minister: Andrej Plenković
• Speaker – Gordan Jandroković

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia

January

• January 2 – National day of mourning due to the 2020 Petrinja earthquake.^[1]
• January 5 – National day of mourning due to the 2021 Tribistovo poisoning.^[1]

Scheduled events

• 25 to 31 January – Scheduled date for the 2021 European Figure Skating Championships, which were to be held in Zagreb.^[2] In December 2020 it was announced that the ISU Council had decided to cancel the championships due to increasing risks in view of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]
• 16 May – the 2021 Croatian local elections.^[4]

Deaths

January

Mira Furlan

• January 4 – Nojko Marinović [hr], general and war commander of the defence of Dubrovnik (b. 1948).^[5]
• January 20 – Mira Furlan, actress and singer (b. 1955).^[6]
• January 31 – Miroslav Tuđman, scientist and politician (b. 1946).^[7]

February

Milan Bandić

• February 1 – Đuro Savinović, water polo player (b. 1950).^[8]
• February 12 – Mladen Vranković, football player and manager (b. 1937).^[9]
• February 21 – Zlatko Saračević, handball player and coach (b. 1961).^[10]
• February 28 – Milan Bandić, politician and mayor of Zagreb (b. 1955).^[11]

March

Zlatko Kranjčar

• March 1 – Zlatko Kranjčar, football player and manager (b. 1956).^[12]
• March 8 – Josip Alebić, sprinter (b. 1947).^[13]
• March 10 – Mirko Bazić, football player and manager (b. 1938).^[14]

April

• April 29 – Bogdan Žižić, film director and screenwriter (b. 1934).^[15]

May

• May 4 – Saša Anočić [hr], actor and producer (b. 1968).^[16]

August

• August 8 – Aleksej Demjanov, gymnast (b. 1973).^[17]

September

• September 15 – Žana Lelas, basketball player (b. 1970).^[18]

October

• October 21 – Žarko Potočnjak, actor (b. 1946).^[19]

December

• December 3 – Kasandra [hr], singer (b. 1967).^[20]

References

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2. "Zagreb 2021 European Figure Skating Championships Announcement". isu.org. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
3. "Update on ISU Event Calendar season 2020/21". isu.org. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
4. "Lokalni izbori 2021". izbori.hr. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
5. Hina (4 January 2021). "Umro ratni zapovjednik obrane Dubrovnika general Nojko Marinović". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
6. "Umrla je velika glumica Mira Furlan". N1 HR (in Croatian). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
7. Bajruši, Robert (31 January 2021). "Preminuo je saborski zastupnik i sin prvog hrvatskog predsjednika Miroslav Tuđman". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
8. Hina (1 February 2021). "Tužna vijest iz Dubrovnika: Umro hrvatski olimpijac i jedan od najboljih vaterpolista Juga svih vremena". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
9. Duvnjak, Igor (12 February 2021). "Otišao je legendarni igrač i trener Rijeke, sjedio je na klupi protiv Real Madrida i u beogradskom finalu Kupa". Novi list (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
10. "Umro je Zlatko Saračević". Index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 February 2021.
11. Jureško, Goranka (28 February 2021). "Umro je Milan Bandić". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
12. "Preminuo Zlatko Kranjčar, jedna od najvećih Dinamovih legendi". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
13. Hina (8 March 2021). "Preminuo olimpijac Josip Alebić". 24sata (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
14. Ničota, Tomo (10 March 2021). "Odlazak još jedne modre legende: S Dinamom je rušio Real u Madridu, odgojio Cicu, Mlinku, Bobana..." Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
15. Polimac, Nenad (1 May 2021). "Majstor kratke forme: Odlazak jednog od najvažnijih hrvatskih i jugoslavenskih redatelja". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
16. Hina (5 May 2021). "Preminuo hrvatski glumac i redatelj Saša Anočić". N1 HR (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
17. "U 48. godini preminuo hrvatski olimpijac Aleksej Demjanov". Index.hr (in Croatian). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
18. "Iz Splita stiže tužna vijest: Preminula Žana Lelas, jedna od najboljih hrvatskih košarkašica u povijesti". Gol.hr (in Croatian). 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
19. "Preminuo je glumac Žarko Potočnjak" (in Croatian). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
20. Rožman, Klara (20 December 2021). "'Otišla je u noći, tiho, u snu... Bile smo mama i kći, ali i velike prijateljice, dijelile dobro i zlo'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 21 December 2021.