Events in the year 2017 in Croatia.
Incumbents President – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Prime Minister – Andrej Plenković Speaker – Božo Petrov (until 5 May), Gordan Jandroković (from 5 May) Events 10 April – Ivica Todorić steps down as Agrokor's Chairman of the Board amid the company's financial problems 21 May – Croatian local elections, 2017 17 to 19 July – A severe wildfire occurred in Split, Croatia. 29 November – Upon hearing the guilty verdict upheld in November 2017, Slobodan Praljak stated that he rejected the verdict of the court, and committed suicide by poisoning in the ICTY courtroom in the Hague.
Deaths
3 January – Ivo Brešan, writer (b. 1936). 2 February – Predrag Matvejević, writer and political activist (b. 1932). 17 February – Marko Veselica, politician and economist (b. 1936) 1 March – Vladimir Tadej, film director (b. 1925) 7 April – Relja Bašić, actor (b. 1930) 21 July – Hrvoje Šarinić, politician (b. 1935) 3 August – Bonaventura Duda, Franciscan friar (b. 1924) 19 November – Milan Moguš, linguist (b. 1927)
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