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'{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Ivo Sanader |image = Ivo Sanader Svecanost podizanja NATOve zastave Zagreb 67 crop.jpg |order = 8th |office = Prime Minister of Croatia |president = [[Stjepan Mesić]] |deputy = [[Đurđa Adlešič]]<br>[[Jadranka Kosor]]<br>[[Slobodan Uzelac]]<br>[[Damir Polančec]] |term_start = 23 December 2003 |term_end = 6 July 2009 |predecessor = [[Ivica Račan]] |successor = [[Jadranka Kosor]] |office2 = [[Member of Parliament of Croatia|Member of Parliament]] |term_start2 = 13 October 2010 |term_end2 = 22 December 2011 |primeminister2 = [[Jadranka Kosor]] |constituency2 = X electoral district |term_start3 = 2 February 2000 |term_end3 = 22 December 2003 |primeminister3 = [[Ivica Račan]] |constituency3 = X electoral district |office4 = 2nd [[Opposition (Croatia)#Leader of the Opposition|Leader of the Opposition]] |term_start4 = 30 April 2000 |term_end4 = 23 December 2003 |predecessor4 = [[Vladimir Šeks]] <small>(Acting)</small> |successor4 = [[Ivica Račan]] |office5 = President of the <br />[[Croatian Democratic Union]] |term_start5 = 30 April 2000 |term_end5 = 4 July 2009 |predecessor5 = [[Vladimir Šeks]] <small>(Acting)</small> |successor5 = [[Jadranka Kosor]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|6|8|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Split (city)|Split]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = Mirjana Sanader [[née]] Šarić<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/63529/kako-se-kucio-odbjegli-premijer|title=Kako se kućio odbjegli premijer|trans_title=How the runaway prime minister built his estate|author1=Plamenko Cvitić|author2=Orhidea Gaura|date=10 December 2010|publisher=[[Nacional (weekly)]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=23 November 2011|location=Zagreb|archivedate=8 July 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/690ZrP2JV}}</ref> |party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] <small>(2010–present)</small> |otherparty = [[Croatian Democratic Union]] <small>(1989–2010)</small> |children = Bruna Sanader<br>Petra Sanader |alma_mater = [[University of Innsbruck]] |religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] }} '''Ivo Sanader''' ({{IPA-sh|ǐːʋɔ sanǎːdɛr|hr}}; born '''Ivica Sanader''';<ref>[http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=22031 Prime Minister Earned His Doctoral Degree as Ivica]</ref> 8 June 1953) is a [[Croats|Croatian]] politician who served as the [[Prime Minister of Croatia|Prime Minister]] of [[Croatia]] from 2003 to 2009. Sanader obtained his education in comparative literature in Austria, where he also worked as a journalist, in marketing, publishing and also as a private entrepreneur. In the 1990s, he was briefly in charge of the theatre in Split before becoming the Minister of Science and Technology as a member of the [[Croatian Democratic Union]] (HDZ). Soon thereafter, he moved to diplomacy, and served two terms as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was elected leader of the HDZ party in 2000 and 2002, and with them won the 2003 election, becoming the Prime Minister. He was also reelected in the 2007 parliamentary elections. In June 2009, Sanader abruptly resigned his post, leaving scarce explanation for his actions, and rumours of involvement in various criminal cases circulated. In January 2010, he tried to stage a political comeback inside HDZ, but was ejected from party membership. In December 2010, the Croatian authorities charged him in two high-profile corruption indictments, but he fled the country and was arrested in Austria, being extradited to Croatia in July 2011. In November 2012 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a first-degree verdict. ==Early life== Ivo Sanader was born in [[Split (city)|Split]], into a religious, poor working family with four siblings. Since his family was financially unable to educate all five children, his mother asked the rector of Archbishopric Classical [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] to accept Ivo as their student.<ref>[http://www.biografije.org/sanader.htm Ivo Sanader]. Biografije. Retrieved 2010-09-04 {{hr icon}}</ref> After completing his high school education, Sanader moved to [[Rome]] to pursue higher education in [[philosophy]]. He soon realized that he did not like the academic environment there very much.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} Following his return from Rome he met his future spouse, Mirjana Šarić, whom he married in 1978. After their wedding, Ivo and Mirjana left Split for [[Innsbruck]]. His wife studied [[archaeology]], while Ivo studied [[comparative literature]] and Romance languages at the [[University of Innsbruck]]. The young couple was accompanied, while studying in Innsbruck, by Ivo’s younger brother Miro who also lived and studied in Innsbruck. During that time, Sanader also reported for the [[Zagreb]] sport newspaper ''[[Sportske novosti]]''. In 1982, Sanader graduated, and returned to Croatia (then Yugoslavia) with his wife. He found a job in the marketing department of [[Dalmacijaturist]], however he did not stay long. He found his next job at the publishing house Logos in 1983 where he was employed as a program editor. In 1988, he became a chief editor and at one time he was working on the organization of the magazine ''[[Mogućnost]]''. His career at the publishing house was later terminated suddenly.{{Clarify|date=November 2010}} At that time, his wife also received a notice of termination from her workplace. Sanader then decided to return to [[Austria]] with his family. There he co-founded two private businesses, one in 1989 which was liquidated by a court in 1992, while the other existed between 1986 and 2001.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nacional.hr/en/clanak/30688/sanaders-austrian-affairs | title = Sanader's Austrian Affairs | newspaper = [[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]] #583 | date = 2007-01-16 | author = Robert Bajruši | accessdate = 2011-04-28|archivedate=25 July 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/69QfIAZn1}}</ref> Sanader obtained a B.A. in [[Romance languages]] and [[comparative literature]] from Innsbruck University in [[Austria]]. Apart from his native [[Croatian language|Croatian]], he is fluent in [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], and [[Italian language|Italian]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.moljac.hr/biografije/sanader.htm | title=Ivo Sanader | work=moljac.hr | language=Croatian | accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak.aspx?id=177669 | title=Životopis predsjednika hrvatske Vlade Ive Sanadera | date=23 December 2003 | work=[[Index.hr]] | language=Croatian | accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref> ==Political career== ===Beginnings (1990s–2000)=== Unlike many Croatian political figures of Sanader's generation, he was not actively involved in politics in his younger years – neither as a member of the [[League of Communists of Croatia]] (Croatia's party which formed the single bloc which governed Yugoslavia), nor as a dissident in exile. At the end of 1980s, as a multi-party system was returning to Yugoslavia, he founded the first branch of the [[Croatian Democratic Union]] (HDZ) in Austria and at this time he first came into contact with [[Franjo Tuđman]]. He returned to Split, persuaded by Franjo Tuđman, although his wife was against their return to Croatia as war was looming. His first public office was [[intendant]] of the [[Croatian National Theatre in Split]]. In 1992 he was elected as an HDZ deputy to the lower house of the Croatian parliament. Shortly thereafter, he became Minister of Science and Technology (1992–1993). From 1993 to 1995 and 1996 to 2000, he was a Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. As Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, he oversaw the termination of required visas for Croatian citizens who traveled to Greece. He also used his negotiation skills to bring people to the Croatian Democratic Union from other Croatian parliamentary parties.{{cn|date=November 2012}} At the end of November 1995, he became Head of the President of Croatia's office and general secretary of the Croatian National Security and Defence Council (VONS) after Hrvoje Šarinić was released from his duty. In January 1996 he became a member of the Council for Cooperation between Croatia and the Republic of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. During his second term as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs he worked hard to bring Croatia and [[Israel]] together. The peak of these efforts was the meeting between himself, [[Hrvoje Šarinić]] and [[Eytan Bentsur]], Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Israeli government, in [[Budapest]] in 1997, after which diplomatic relationships between Croatia and Israel were established.<ref>[http://www.vlada.hr/english/premijer/predsjednik_vlade_ivo_sanader Prime Minister Ivo Sanader / Croatian prime minister – Ivo Sanader – official web<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ===Leader of the Opposition (2000–2003)=== In 2000, following Tuđman's death, HDZ suffered defeat in a [[Croatian parliamentary election, 2000|parliamentary election]]. Furthermore, their candidate [[Mate Granić]] also failed to enter the second round of the presidential election. Granić then left to form the [[Democratic Centre (Croatia)|Democratic Centre]] party hoping to attract moderates from the HDZ. Inner-party election within the HDZ ensued in April that year and Sanader emerged victorious as a compromise candidate. Initially, Sanader criticized the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY) indictments against Croatian Army generals which had provoked much discontent in Croatia. In 2001, he took part in a massive rally against a war crimes indictment against general [[Mirko Norac]]. Sanader also criticised [[Ivica Račan]] and his cabinet's stance towards the ICTY. Afterwards, he gradually began to distance the party and himself from the protests somewhat softening his criticism towards the government. Sanader focused his efforts on transforming the HDZ into a modern pro-European right-of-center party. However, his course was challenged by the more conservative wing of the party led by [[Ivić Pašalić]]. The ensuing leadership struggle culminated at the 2002 party convention. Sanader, who was supported by [[Vladimir Šeks]] and [[Branimir Glavaš]], managed to win his second mandate. Pašalić left the party to form his [[Croatian Bloc (political party)]], but failed to draw many of his former supporters from the HDZ. Sanader was later accused by Ivan Drmić, a former member of Croatian Democratic Union, for framing the presidential election at the 5th convention of the Croatian Democratic Union.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/29325/drmic-krao-sam-glasove-za-sanadera | title=Drmić: Krao sam glasove za Sanadera | date=23 November 2006 | work=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]] | first=Stjepan | last=Marković | language=Croatian | accessdate=2009-10-09|trans_title=Drmić: I stole votes on behalf of Sanader|archivedate=8 July 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/690ZaSqfK}}</ref> Spokesman for the Croatian Democratic Union Ratko Maček said such accusations "belong in the anthology of political stupidity."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vjesnik.hr/Pdf/2006%5C11%5C24%5C04A4.PDF | title=Maček: Drmićev istup ulazi u antologiju političke gluposti | date=24 November 2006 | work=[[Vjesnik]] | language=Croatian | format=PDF | accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref> Sanader was now able to concentrate on defeating Ivica Račan and his left-of-centre coalition at the [[Croatian parliamentary election, 2003|2003 parliamentary elections]]. HDZ won the election, but did not win the absolute majority in [[Sabor]]. ===First term as Prime Minister (2003–2007)=== [[File:Flickr - europeanpeoplesparty - EPP Summit 24 March 2007 (20)-2.jpg|thumb|Ivo Sanader with German chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] and Finnish prime minister [[Jyrki Katainen]] at EPP Summit on 24 March 2007]] After the victory of his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) the President of the Republic named Sanader the Prime Minister-designate on 9 December 2003. In the post-election negotiations Sanader ensured the support of ethnic minority representatives, nominally left-wing [[Croatian Party of Pensioners]] and the [[Independent Democratic Serb Party]]. When the Croatian Parliament subsequently gave its consent by 88 votes (out of 152) on 23 December 2003, Sanader was formally appointed.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hidran.hidra.hr/hidrarad/rh/rh69.htm | language = Croatian | title = Deveta vlada | publisher = Croatian Information-Documentation Referral Agency | accessdate = 2010-12-10}}</ref> The Sanader government's main foreign goal was Croatia's entry into the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. As a result of the successful implementation of the Association Agreement – signed with the European Union in 2001 – Croatia did become an official candidate for entry into the EU. Sanader's HDZ also sought to establish better relations with minority parties and to promote minority rights. Amongst other factors contributing to the positive opinion of the [[European Commission]] and the [[European Council]] regarding Croatia's bid to become an EU member were Croatia's cooperation with the ICTY, continued economic growth and the country's compliance with political and economic criteria established by the 1993 Copenhagen European Council. Sanader was the last [[politician|statesman]] to visit [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[Vatican City]], in February 2005, a few weeks before his death on 2 April 2005.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18869296_ITM | work=The America's Intelligence Wire | title=Croatian prime minister asks Vatican for help in pushing for EU membership talks | date=22 February 2005}}</ref> In October 2005, following the formal start of EU accession negotiations, opinion polls showed Sanader to be the most popular Croatian politician.{{cn|date=November 2012}} The biggest affair that has hindered Sanader as Prime Minister was an affair regarding his collection of [[watch|wrist watches]]. He reportedly possesses a collection of wrist watches worth in excess of €150,000.<ref name="Nacional20070109">{{cite web | url=http://www.nacional.hr/en/clanak/30495/all-the-premiers-watches | title=All the Premier’s watches | first=Marko | last=Ćustić | date=9 January 2007 | work=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]] | accessdate=2009-10-09|archivedate=25 July 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/69QfBstre}}</ref> Former Minister of Justice [[Vesna Škare-Ožbolt]] in the Sanader government was the one who reported Sanader to a resolution council for conflict of interests.<ref name="Nacional20070109"/> Škare Ožbolt stated that Prime Minister Sanader hadn’t reported a collection of expensive wristwatches in his assets.{{cn|date=November 2012}} As Prime Minister, Sanader had close relations with other moderate conservative politicians in Europe: including former [[Austria]]n [[Chancellor]] [[Wolfgang Schüssel]], former [[Bavaria]]n [[Prime Minister]] [[Edmund Stoiber]], [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor of Germany]] [[Angela Merkel]], and [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[Taoiseach|prime minister]] [[Bertie Ahern]]. The cabinet saw some curious changes during Sanader's term, notably the departure of the foreign minister [[Miomir Žužul]] who was accused of conflict of interest. Furthermore, Sanader's government was challenged by the rising tide of [[Euroscepticism]] in the country. In July 2006, Sanader was named in the "Verona Affair", accused by the opposition in the Croatian parliament for fixing the sale of pharmaceutical company [[Pliva]] to [[Barr Pharmaceuticals]] from the US.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/zasto-je-sanaderu-put-u-veronu-bio-vazniji-od-proslave-dana-drzavnosti-u-vukovaru/326362.aspx | title=Zašto je Sanaderu put u Veronu bio važniji od proslave Dana državnosti u Vukovaru? | work=[[Index.hr]] | date=5 September 2006 | first=Neven | last=Barković | language=Croatian | accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref> Such accusations against Sanader have been denied,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vlada.hr/hrvatski/naslovnica/novosti_i_najave/2006/rujan/premijer_sanader_u_veronu_sam_isao_na_poziv_organizatora | title=Premijer Sanader: U Veronu sam išao na poziv organizatora | date=27 September 2006 | publisher=[[Government of Croatia]] | language=Croatian | accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref> and they were never proven.{{cn|date=November 2012}} ''[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]]'', an independent political weekly, carried out an investigative report on Sanader which showed that he was a part of two bankrupt businesses in Austria, received bribe in 1995 and 1996 from a tycoon amounting to 800,000 [[Deutsche Mark|DEM]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/30645/sanaderovi-austrijski-poslovi | title=Sanaderovi austrijski poslovi | work=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]] | date=16 January 2007 | first=Robert | last=Bajruši | language=Croatian | accessdate=2009-10-09|trans_title=Sanader's Austrian businesses|archivedate=8 July 2012|deadurl=no|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/690Zj7ZpE}}</ref> ===Second term as Prime Minister (2007–2009)=== [[File:Svecanost podizanja NATOve zastave Zagreb 60.jpg|thumb|President of Croatian Parliament [[Luka Bebić]] and President of Croatia [[Stjepan Mesić]] with Ivo Sanader at NATO flag-raising ceremony in front of building of [[Ministry of Defence (Croatia)|Ministry of Defence of Croatia]] on 7 April 2009]] After the closely contested [[Croatian parliamentary election, 2007]], and the first ever situation of ambiguity on who gets the mandate to form a government, Sanader emerged as the winner when President [[Stipe Mesić]] gave him his second mandate, though this time in a coalition with [[Croatian Peasant Party|HSS]] and [[Croatian Social Liberal Party|HSLS]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2007/12/17/Clanak.asp?r=unu&c=1 | language = Croatian | title = A sada koalicijski sporazum i sastavljanje vlade | newspaper = [[Vjesnik]] | date = 2007-12-17 | accessdate = 2010-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://hidran.hidra.hr/hidrarad/rh/rh610.htm | language = Croatian | title = Deseta vlada | publisher = Croatian Information-Documentation Referral Agency | accessdate = 2010-12-10}}</ref> Owing in part to the global recession that set in during Sanader's term, Croatia's economic growth stalled and foreign direct investments slowed down. While displaying symptoms of economic decline shared by larger nations, Croatia's decline during Sanader's term was amplified in comparison with the fortunes of Serbia and next door Montenegro – who gained greater investments due to major reforms. Under Sanader, judicial reforms in Croatia stopped and the land registry issue was not resolved. Over 1.3 million court cases (in a country of 4.1 million people) were yet to be resolved in 2009.{{cn|date=November 2012}} Croatia was expected to complete negotiations with the EU in 2009. However, the negotiations were stalled for 10 months due to [[Slovenia's blockade of Croatia's EU accession]] in December 2008. On 1 July 2009, Sanader announced his resignation as the Prime Minister of Croatia and President of [[Croatian Democratic Union]], as well as his complete withdrawal from all active politics, adding that he does not intend to return.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/clanak/art-2009,7,1,,168101.jl | title=Sanader dao ostavku na mjesto premijera i predsjednika stranke | date=1 July 2009 | work=[[Jutarnji list]] | language=Croatian | accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref> At his press conference in Zagreb, Sanader remarked, "There is always a time in life for a new beginning. Such a moment has come and now it's time for others to take over."<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news|last=Ilic|first=Igor|title=Croatia's PM Sanader resigns, quits politics|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40733720090701|work=[[Reuters]]|date=2009-07-01|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> According to [[BBC News]], the announcement "came as a surprise", as Croatian media had quite recently named Sanader as a potential candidate for the [[Croatian presidential election, 2010|2010 presidential election]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|last=|first=|title=Croatia's PM Sanader steps down|publication=[[BBC News]]|date=2009-07-01|accessdate=2009-07-01|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8128746.stm}}</ref> Sanader announced that his prime minister-designate would be deputy Prime Minister [[Jadranka Kosor]].<ref name="Reuters"/><ref name="BBC"/> The [[Parliament of Croatia]] accepted his resignation on 2 July 2009 and informed the President of the Republic. Sanader was elected Honorary President of HDZ for life. ===Departure and return to politics (2009–2010)=== At the September 2009 Global Creative Economic Summit, Sanader discussed Croatia’s shift from a heavily controlled economy to a bustling “knowledge-based” economy. According to Sanader, fostering the “competitiveness in everyday life” played an important role in this process.<ref>[http://www.creativeleadershipsummit.org/?q=node/776 A Celebration of Innovation] 2009 Global Creative Leadership Summit.</ref> On 3 January 2010, contrary to his earlier statements (July 1, 2009), Sanader announced he would be returning to a more active role in politics, stating that his decision to withdraw was a mistake, and that the HDZ is a "winning party and not a party that wins 12% of the vote", a remark made in connection with the first round of the [[Croatian presidential election, 2009–2010|presidential election]] held one week before.<ref name=Povratak>{{cite web | url=http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/sanader-odluka-da-se-povucem-aktivne-politike-bila-je-pogreska-clanak-74610 | title=Sanader: Odluka da se povučem iz aktivne politike bila je pogreška | date=3 January 2010 | work=[[Vecernji list]] | language=Croatian | accessdate=2010-01-03}}</ref> He was supported by a dozen HDZ MPs, including [[Luka Bebić]], but none of the members of the Government. Several of those MPs later disclaimed any association with Sanader and claimed they were misled.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.jutarnji.hr/hdz-sastanci-bez-bebica---sanadera-se-izbacuje-iz-stranke/453159/ | title = Predsjedništvo HDZ-a izbacilo Sanadera iz stranke! | language = Croatian | date = January 4, 2010 | work = [[Jutarnji list]] | accessdate=2010-01-04}}</ref> On 4 January 2010, following an entire day of meetings of HDZ leadership, Ivo Sanader was expulsed from the Croatian Democratic Union. Of 22 members of the party presidency, 16 voted for ejection, three were against ([[Luka Bebić]], Mario Zubović and [[Damir Polančec]]) and two abstained (Bianca Matković and Petar Selem). Sanader himself was not present at the meeting.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/kosor-potvrdila-sanader-izbrisan-iz-hdza/468350.aspx | title = Kosor potvrdila: Sanader izbrisan iz HDZ-a! | language = Croatian | date = January 3, 2010 | work = [[Index.hr]]}}</ref> In October 2010, Sanader reactivated his parliamentary seat and regained parliamentary immunity.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/sanader-situacija-me-natjerala-da-aktiviram-saborski-mandat-clanak-206123 | newspaper = [[Večernji list]] | language = Croatian | title = Sanader: Situacija me natjerala da aktiviram saborski mandat | date = 2010-10-21}}</ref> ===Arrest in Austria=== On 9 December 2010, he was spotted crossing the border into [[Slovenia]], driven by his younger daughter Bruna<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/sanader-odazvat-cu-se-pozivu-uskoka-bruna-sanader-se-vratila-u-zagreb/527735.aspx. |title=Odazvat ću se pozivu Uskoka, Bruna Sanader se vratila u Zagreb |work=index.hr |date=12 December 2010}}</ref> shortly before the [[Parliament of Croatia|Croatian parliament]] voted to remove his immunity from prosecution by the Croatian Bureau for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime ([[USKOK]]). The next day the Croatian police issued an arrest warrant<ref>[http://mup.hr/79554/3.aspx Arrest warrant for Ivo Sanader], [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Croatia)]]</ref> and applied to [[Interpol]] requesting his arrest to face charges of corruption.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11967575 |title=Croatia issues warrant for arrest of ex-PM Sanader |work=BBC News |date=10 December 2010 }}</ref> He was arrested near [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]] on 10 December 2010.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11969520 Croatian ex-PM Ivo Sanader arrested in Austria], [[BBC News]]</ref> Croatian authorities froze his assets and bank accounts, and formally applied for extradition on 13 December.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2010/12/14/feature-02|accessdate=2010-12-14|title=Croatia's Sanader awaiting extradition in Salzburg prison (SETimes.com)|date=2010-12-14}}</ref> Austrian authorities, including a Carinthian parliamentary committee inquiring into the more recent [[Hypo Group Alpe Adria]] scandal, have questioned Sanader while in custody, <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/General_News/2011-02-03/16921/Hypo_may_have_paid_Sanader_for_loan_deals |title=Hypo may have paid Sanader for loan deals - General News - Croatian Times Online News - English Newspaper |publisher=Croatiantimes.com |date= |accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref> while [[USKOK]] expanded its investigation of Sanader to include alleged bribes by the [[Hypo-Alpe-Adria Bank|Hypo Bank]] in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/croatia-s-sanader-faces-new-corruption-probe |title=Croatia's Sanader Faces New Corruption Probe |publisher=Balkan Insight |date= |accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref> Sanader is alleged to have received nearly $695,000 (£432,000) for arranging a loan from the Austrian Hypo Bank in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15574134 | title=Croatia ex-PM Ivo Sanader denies corruption at trial | publisher=BBC News |Europe| date=3 November 2011}}</ref> He has been accused of war profiteering.<ref name="SanaderTrial">{{cite web|url=http://daily.tportal.hr/164081/Prosecution-witness-testifies-in-Sanader-trial.html | title=Prosecution witness testifies in Sanader trial | publisher=Daily TPortal| date=8 December 2011}}</ref> Sanader is also accused of receiving 10 million euros in bribes from the CEO of the Hungarian oil company MOL, Zsolt Hernádi, to secure MOL a dominant position in the Croatian oil company INA.<ref name="SanaderTrial" /> ===Extradition and trial=== Sanader was extradited by Austria on 18 July 2011.<ref name="extradited">{{cite news |title=Ex-PM Sanader back in Croatia |url=http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/General_News/2011-07-19/20638/Ex-PM_Sanader_back_in_Croatia |work=[[Croatian Times]] |date=19 July 2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref> He was transferred to [[Remetinec prison]] in [[Zagreb]].<ref name="extradited"/> His trial is expected to take place by 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=Austria extradites Sanader |url=http://austrianindependent.com/news/Politics/2011-07-19/8464/Austria_extradites_Sanader |work=Austrian Independent |date=19 July 2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref> On the first court hearing on October 28, he complained about having heart problems, and he also stated that he did not even know he was being taken to court. After hearing this, the judge decided to reschedule, and Sanader was taken to the hospital. Sanader’s rescheduled court hearing took place in December 2011 and he was released on bail of $2.2 million on 16 December 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/16/croatia-sanader-idUSL6E7NG2PE20111216 | title=Croatia's former PM Sanader released on bail | author=ZAGREB | publisher=Reuters| date=16 December 2011}}</ref> In January 2012, it was announced that Sanader is facing a new set of corruption charges. [[USKOK]] included Sanader in its investigation into Croatia’s state-owned electric company HEP’s financial irregularities, including losses of $100 million, based on a witness statement that puts him at the heart of the scandal. According to the indictment, Sanader accepted a bribe to ensure lower electricity prices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reportingproject.net/occrp/index.php/ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/1309-new-corruption-charges-against-former-croatian-pm | title=New Corruption Charges Against Former Croatian PM | publisher=OCCRP| date=24 January 2012}}</ref> In May 2012, it was announced that Sanader could be indicted again on corruption offences. It is alleged that he could be charged for his involvement in arranging the sale of electricity to Croatian petrochemical company Dioki Group at prices below the market standard, which damaged the state electricity company HEP by several million Kunas. The former CEO and owner of Dioki, Ivan Mravak and Robert Jezic may also face the charges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/General_News/2012-05-06/26881/Ex_PM_Sanader_faces_another_indictment | title=Ex PM Sanader faces another indictment | author=Croatian Times | publisher=Croatian Times | date=6 May 2012}}</ref> In September 2012, A fifth indictment had been filed against Ivo Sanader for damaging the state budget to the tune of 26 million kuna (3.6 million euro). Prosecutors claim that the damage was done by selling a building built by Fiolic's firm to the Ministry of Regional Development for more than twice the price that the building was actually worth.<ref>{{cite web|author=Boris Pavelic |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/fifth-indictment-against-sanader-filed |title=Fifth Indictment Filed Against Former Croatian PM |publisher=Balkan Insight |date= |accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref> On 20 November 2012 Sanader was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a first-degree verdict. He is the highest official in Croatia to be convicted of corruption.<ref>{{cite news|title=Croatia jails ex-PM Ivo Sanader for taking bribes |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20407006 |publisher=BBC |date=20 November 2012 |accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> He was convicted by all two counts of indictment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sanaderu deset godina, stigao u remetinečki zatvor! |url=http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/sanaderu-deset-godina-stigao-remetinecki-zatvor-clanak-477315 |last=Škiljić-Ravenšćak |first=Ana |newspaper=[[Večernji list]] |date=20 November 2012 |language=Croatian |accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> Sanader denied wrongdoing and stated that his trial was policially motivated.<ref>{{cite news|title=Croatia jails ex-PM Ivo Sanader for taking bribes |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/20/croatia-jails-ivo-sanader-bribes |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 November 2012 |accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> The judge, Ivan Turudić, said that Sanader had disgraced Croatia adding that he had used his function for his personal enrichment and not for common good. Sanader was transferred from the court to the Remetinec prison.<ref name=Osuda/> == Honors == * 1993 – Honorary rank of [[Colonel]] of [[Military of Croatia|Armed Forces of Croatia]] * 1995 – [[Order of Duke Trpimir]]<ref name=NN1>[[Franjo Tuđman|Tuđman, Franjo]]. [http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/2008/2363.htm Odluka kojom se odlikuju Redom kneza Trpimira s ogrlicom i danicom]. Narodne novine. 1995-05-28. Retrieved 2011-11-03 {{hr icon}}</ref> * 2007 – [[Bayerischer Verdienstorden]] * 2008 – [[Grand Order of Queen Jelena]]<ref name=NN2>[[Stjepan Mesić|Mesić, Stjepan]]. [http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/1995/0912.htm Odluka kojom se odlikuju Veleredom kraljice Jelene s lentom]. Narodne novine. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2011-11-03 {{hr icon}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I]] * [[Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II]] {{clear}} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.cidob.org/es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/europa/croacia/ivo_sanader Ivo Sanader biography] at [[CIDOB Foundation|CIDOB]] {{es icon}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Jure Radić]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia)|Minister of Science and Technology]]|years=1992–1993}} {{s-aft|after=[[Branko Jeren]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Ivica Račan]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Prime Minister of Croatia]]|years=2003–2009}} {{s-aft|after=[[Jadranka Kosor]]}} |- {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[[Vladimir Šeks]]<br><small>Acting</small>}} {{s-ttl|title={{0}}President of the [[Croatian Democratic Union]]{{0}}|years=2000–2009}} {{s-aft|after=[[Jadranka Kosor]]}} {{s-end}} {{Croatian Prime Minister}} {{HDZ President}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Sanader, Ivo | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION =Croatian politician | DATE OF BIRTH =8 June 1953 | PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Split (city)|Split]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|Croatia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanader, Ivo}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:Croatian Democratic Union politicians]] [[Category:Croatian Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Government ministers of Croatia]] [[Category:Grand Order of Queen Jelena recipients]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Order of Duke Trpimir recipients]] [[Category:People from Split, Croatia]] [[Category:Presidents of the United Nations Security Council]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Croatia]] [[Category:University of Innsbruck alumni]] [[Category:Croatian criminals]] [[bg:Иво Санадер]] [[bs:Ivo Sanader]] [[da:Ivo Sanader]] [[de:Ivo Sanader]] [[dsb:Ivo Sanader]] [[et:Ivo Sanader]] [[el:Ίβο Σάναντερ]] [[es:Ivo Sanader]] [[fr:Ivo Sanader]] [[gl:Ivo Sanader]] [[hr:Ivo Sanader]] [[io:Ivo Sanader]] [[id:Ivo Sanader]] [[ie:Ivo Sanader]] [[it:Ivo Sanader]] [[he:איבו סאנאדר]] [[kk:Иво Санадер]] [[la:Ioannes Sanader]] [[nl:Ivo Sanader]] [[ja:イーヴォ・サナデル]] [[no:Ivo Sanader]] [[nn:Ivo Sanader]] [[oc:Ivo Sanader]] [[pl:Ivo Sanader]] [[pt:Ivo Sanader]] [[ro:Ivo Sanader]] [[ru:Санадер, Иво]] [[sq:Ivo Sanader]] [[sl:Ivo Sanader]] [[sr:Иво Санадер]] [[sh:Ivo Sanader]] [[fi:Ivo Sanader]] [[sv:Ivo Sanader]] [[tr:Ivo Sanader]] [[uk:Іво Санадер]] [[zh:伊沃·萨纳德]]'