2012 in Croatia

Events in the year 2012 in Croatia.

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing – Accession of Croatia to the European Union

January 22 - 2012 Croatian European Union membership referendum
November 14 - Economy minister Radimir Čačić sentenced to 22 months in prison by a Hungarian court for causing a traffic accident involving two fatalities.
November 16 - Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač are acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
November 20 - Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is sentenced to 10 years in prison on bribe-taking.

Deaths

February 13 – Zlatko Crnković, actor
February 27 – Helga Vlahović, television personality
July 23 – Mirjana Gross, historian
August 7 – Veljko Rogošić, swimmer
August 14 – Maja Bošković-Stulli, historian
August 25 – Vesna Girardi-Jurkić, archeologist and politician
September 30 – Boris Šprem, politician
October 26 – Joža Horvat, writer
November 20 – Ivan Kušan, children's writer