Croatia votes in presidential runoff election
The Presidential elections were held in Croatia on December 28,2014.Since no candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off will take place on January 11,2015 between incumbent President Ivo Josipovic and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
Incumbent President Ivo Josipovic won 38.5% of the vote, compared to 37% for Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, in a tight first round.
Ivo Josipovic, a 57-year-old law expert and classical composer, was nominated by the governing coalition. He has been president since 2010.
His rival Ms Grabar-Kitarovic, 46, is a former foreign minister and assistant to the Nato secretary general.
She was nominated by the centre-right opposition party HDZ and would become the country's first female president if she beats Mr Josipovic
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