ZAGREB: Opposition challenger Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic was elected Croatia's first female president on Sunday (Monday in Manila), narrowly winning a tight run-off vote with a pledge to kickstart the European Union (EU) country's ailing economy.
The politically conservative Grabar-Kitarovic, an ex-foreign minister and former North Atlantic Treaty Organization official, won 50.4 percent of the vote, according to results based on more than 99 percent of the ballots cast.
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