title: 2021 in Croatia
text: # 2021 in Croatia
  
  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.
  * January 5 – National day of mourning due to the 2021 Tribistovo poisoning.
  
  ### Scheduled events
  
  * 25 to 31 January – Scheduled date for the 2021 European Figure Skating Championships, which were to be held in Zagreb. 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.
  * 16 May – the 2021 Croatian local elections.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  ### January
  
  * January 4 – Nojko Marinović [hr], general and war commander of the defence of Dubrovnik (b. 1948).
  * January 20 – Mira Furlan, actress and singer (b. 1955).
  * January 31 – Miroslav Tuđman, scientist and politician (b. 1946).
  
  ### February
  
  * February 1 – Đuro Savinović, water polo player (b. 1950).
  * February 12 – Mladen Vranković, football player and manager (b. 1937).
  * February 21 – Zlatko Saračević, handball player and coach (b. 1961).
  * February 28 – Milan Bandić, politician and mayor of Zagreb (b. 1955).
  
  ### March
  
  * March 1 – Zlatko Kranjčar, football player and manager (b. 1956).
  * March 8 – Josip Alebić, sprinter (b. 1947).
  * March 10 – Mirko Bazić, football player and manager (b. 1938).
  
  ### April
  
  * April 29 – Bogdan Žižić, film director and screenwriter (b. 1934).
  
  ### May
  
  * May 4 – Saša Anočić [hr], actor and producer (b. 1968).
  
  ### August
  
  * August 8 – Aleksej Demjanov, gymnast (b. 1973).
  
  ### September
  
  * September 15 – Žana Lelas, basketball player (b. 1970).
  
  ### October
  
  * October 21 – Žarko Potočnjak, actor (b. 1946).
  
  ### December
  
  * December 3 – Kasandra [hr], singer (b. 1967).
  