Who was the President of Croatia in 2009?

Answer 1

Stjepan Mesić was the second President of Croatia from 2000 February 18 to 2010 February 18 including all of the year 2009.

He previously held the posts of the Prime Minister of Croatia, the President of Yugoslavia, and the President of the Croatian Parliament. Mesić was a deputy in the Croatian Parliament in the 1960s, and was then absent from politics until 1990 when he joined the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), and was named the Prime Minister after HDZ won in the elections. He was elected as the Croatian member of the Yugoslav Federal Presidency where he served first as Vice President and then in 1991 as the last President of the full Yugoslav Federal Presidency. After Yugoslavia disintegrated, Mesić served as the President of the Croatian Parliament from 1992 to 1994, when he left HDZ over disagreemeents about Croatian policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With several other members of parliament, he formed a new party - Croatian Independent Democrats (HND). In 1997 the majority of HND members, including Mesić, merged into the Croatian People's Party (HNS). After Franjo Tuđman died in December 1999, he was elected in two rounds the President of the Republic of Croatia in February 2000. He was re-elected in January 2005 for a second term. As an opposition of Tuđman's personality, relaxed and charming Mesić has many times been voted as the most beloved politician in Croatia.