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Croatia will have its first president who has not been in prison. Bizarre as it sounds, "Ivo Josipovic will be the first president who has not served time in prison", Croatian President Stjepan Mesic told the Croatian public on Sunday just gone.

Before the Croatian government starts to sound too criminal (!) we shouls point out that both Mesic and first-ever Croatian president, Franjo Tudjman, spent time in prison in the former Yugoslavia for supporting Croatian nationalism.

The new president, Josipovic, is a composer and legal expert and is also known for having thousands of friends on Facebook and for composing a musical about John Lennon! He will be officially inaugurated as Croatian president on the 18th February in Zagreb.

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