The presidential candidate of the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (C), toasts next to her husband Jakov Kitarovi? (R) as she celebrates on January 11, 2015 after hearing the first results of the Croatian presidential elections in Zagreb. Grabar-Kitarovic was elected Croatia's first female president on January 11, winning a tight run-off vote with a pledge to kickstart the ailing economy, almost complete results showed. Grabar-Kitarovic, an ex-foreign minister and former NATO official, won 50.4 percent of the vote, according to results based on more than 99 percent of the ballots cast. Her rival, centre-left incumbent Ivo Josipovic, garnered 49.6 percent of the vote, according to the results released by the electoral commission. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER / AFP PHOTO / -