Sutlic was elected in the second round of voting among ten candidates to a term of four years. He received votes from eight out of the ten council members, the minimum number of votes required for the election to be valid.
Apart from Sutlic, other candidates in the second voting round were Andreja Feldman with one vote and Nikola Kristic with two votes.
Sutlic has been HRT acting director general for the past month and a half. The Programmes Council appointed him acting director on 1 April, after none of the candidates that submitted their applications received enough votes. Sutlic was then short of one vote.