#CROATIA: Pharma Exec. Named Prime Minister As Compromise Cand. After Month-Long Crisis

[world politics news]

Pres. Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic named pharmaceutical company director Tihomir Oreskovic as prime minister designate, signalling an end to a political deadlock following November's parliamentary elections. Oreskovic was nominated by the center-right Patriotic Coalition, led by the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, and the kingmaker party, the Bridge of the Independent Lists, MOST.