Ivo Sanader is a Croatian politician and convicted felon who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009. Sanader obtained his education in comparative literature in Austria, where he also worked as a journalist, in marketing, publishing and as an entrepreneur. In the 1990s, he was briefly the intendant of the Croatian National Theatre in Split before becoming Minister for Science and Technology as a member of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union in the Cabinet of Hrvoje ?arini? in 1992. In 1993 he moved into diplomacy and served two terms as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. Following the death of Franjo Tudjman Sanader was elected leader of the HDZ party in 2000 and again in 2002, and led the party to victory in the 2003 and 2007 election, becoming Croatia's Prime Minister. In June 2009, Sanader abruptly resigned his post, leaving scarce explanation for his actions and disappearing from public life for a while. In January 2010 Sanader tried to stage a political comeback within the HDZ, but was ejected from party membership. In December 2010 Croatian authorities indicted him in two high-profile corruption cases. [More at Wikipedia]

June 8th, 1953 in Split (Age 70)