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 ivo sanader croatian democratic union -lrb- 1989 -- 2010 -rrb- university of innsbruck
ivo sanader

ivo sanader -lrb- ; born ivica sanader on 8 june 1953 -rrb- 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 -lrb- hdz -rrb- in the cabinet of hrvoje Šarinić in 1992 .
in 1993 he moved into diplomacy and served two terms as deputy minister for foreign affairs .
following the death of franjo tuđman 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 .
sanader fled the country but was apprehended in austria and then extradited to croatia in july 2011 .
in november 2012 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a first instance verdict , later reduced to years .
