Incumbents President – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Prime Minister – Andrej Plenković Speaker – Gordan Jandroković Events 21 May – Mate Pavić reaches the number 1 spot in the ATP doubles ranking list for the first time. 15 July – Croatia national football team wins second place in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after losing 4–2 to France in the final. 25 November - Croatia won last old-format Davis Cup. 4 December– Luka Modrić wins the Ballon d'Or Deaths 2 January – Željko Senečić, production designer, film director and screenwriter 8 March – Milko Kelemen, composer 14 March – Petar Stipetić, general 15 July – Dragutin Šurbek, table tennis player 16 July – Marija Kohn, actress 29 July – Oliver Dragojević, singer 8 December – Milan Sijerković, meteorologist 24 December – Stanko Poklepović, football manager 27 December – Jakša Fiamengo, poet References 2010s in Croatia Years of the 21st century in Croatia Croatia Croatia