title: 2014 in Croatia
text: # 2014 in Croatia
  
  The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Republic of Croatia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President – Ivo Josipović
  * Prime Minister – Zoran Milanović
  * Speaker – Josip Leko
  
  ## Events
  
  ### May
  
  * 13 May: Floods spread across the Southeast of Europe.
  * 19 May: 2014 Southeast Europe floods
     * Around 15,000 people in easternmost parts of Croatia were evacuated from their homes.
  
  ### August
  
  * 5 August: Croatian MiG-21 jet crashes 20 km south of Zagreb, with no injuries or fatalities.
  
  ### September
  
  * 5 September: First life partnership in Croatia was registered.
  
  ### October
  
  * 19 October: Milan Bandić, the mayor of Zagreb, is arrested over charges of corruption.
  
  ### December
  
  * December 28 - The Croatian presidential election goes to a run-off between incumbent Ivo Josipović and challenger Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović.
  
  ## Sport
  
  * 8 September: Marin Čilić wins the 2014 US Open.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 1 – Milan Horvat, conductor
  * January 7 – Ivan Ladislav Galeta, multimedia artist
  * January 12 – Zdenko Škrabalo, physician and diplomat
  * March 4 – Maja Petrin, actress
  * April 3 – Jovan Pavlović, Metropolitan of the Serbian Orthodox Church
  * May 11 – Martin Špegelj, general
  * May 29 – Miljenko Prohaska, composer and conductor
  * August 11 – Vladimir Beara, footballer and football manager
  * August 28 – Ivan Ivančić, athletics coach
  * October 9 – Boris Buzančić, actor and politician
  * October 9 – Ana Karić, actress
  