06 July 2009 - 23H01

Kosor becomes Croatia's first female prime minister

Croatia's parliament approved late Monday a cabinet headed by Jadranka Kosor, making the journalist-turned-politician the country's first female prime minister.

Kosor and her centre-right cabinet were backed by 83 deputies in the 153-seat assembly. Forty-five voted against, no one abstained while the remaining were not present during the vote.

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