Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine | |
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President | Dragan Čović |
Deputy President | Borjana Krišto |
Founder | Stjepan Kljuić |
Founded | 18 August 1990 |
Headquarters | Mostar |
Membership (2014) | 35,000 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right[2] to right-wing[3] |
National affiliation | Croatian National Assembly |
European affiliation | European People's Party (observer) |
International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
House of Representatives of BiH | 5 / 42 |
House of Peoples of BiH | 4 / 15 |
House of Representatives of the FBiH | 16 / 98 |
House of Peoples of the FBiH | 14 / 58 |
National Assembly of RS | 0 / 83 |
Website | |
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The Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine or HDZ BiH) is a Christian democratic, nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina representing the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP). Its headquarters is in Mostar.
History[]
The party was formed on 18 August 1990, with the first party convention held in Sarajevo. It has participated in all multiparty elections held in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1991. It regularly won the support of the Croat electorate up to 2000 and took part in forming the government. It returned to power in 2002, where it remained until 2010. Since 2014, the party has once again been in power.
In the October 2002 general elections the party was part of the "Croatian Coalition" (Hrvatska koalicija) which won 9.5% of the popular vote and five out of 42 seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 16 out of 98 seats in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In 2006, the party joined the Croatian National Assembly, an alliance of Bosnian Croat political parties, along with the Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croat People's Union.
Throughout its history, HDZ BiH has had nine presidents, the current one being Dragan Čović since 5 June 2005.[4] Four of the six Croat members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina have come from the party, the most recent one also being Čović, serving in office from 2014 until 2018.[4]
In the 2018 general elections, the party was in a coalition with three other Bosnian Croat parties (Croatian Peasant Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina), winning 149,872 or 9.05% of the votes, five out of 42 seats in the national House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 16 out of 98 in the Federal one.[5]
List of presidents[]
# | Name (Born-Died) |
Portrait | Term of Office | |
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1 | Davorin Perinović (b. 1949) |
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18 August 1990 | 7 September 1990 |
2 | Stjepan Kljuić (b. 1939) |
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7 September 1990 | 2 February 1992 |
3 | Milenko Brkić (1944–2017) |
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2 February 1992 | 14 November 1992 |
4 | Mate Boban (1940–1997) |
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14 November 1992 | 10 July 1994 |
5 | Dario Kordić (b. 1960) |
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10 July 1994 | 2 December 1995 |
6 | Božo Rajić (b. 1943) |
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2 December 1995 | 17 May 1998 |
7 | Ante Jelavić (b. 1963) |
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17 May 1998 | 4 May 2002 |
8 | Bariša Čolak (b. 1956) |
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4 May 2002 | 5 June 2005 |
9 | Dragan Čović (b. 1956) |
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5 June 2005 | present |
Elections[]
Parliamentary elections[]
Year | # | Popular vote | Seats won | Government |
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1990 | 3rd | 362,855 | 44 / 240
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Year | # | Popular vote | HoR | Seat change | HoP | Seat change | Government |
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1996 | 3rd | 338,440 | 8 / 42
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5 / 15
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government |
1998 | 2nd | 200,092 | 6 / 42
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4 / 15
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government |
2000 | 4th | 169,821 | 5 / 42
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0 / 15
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opposition |
2002 | 3rd | 114,207 | 5 / 42
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4 / 15
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government |
2006 | 5th | 69,333 | 3 / 42
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3 / 15
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government |
2010 | 6th | 114,476 | 3 / 42
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2 / 15
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opposition |
2014 | 6th | 123,023 | 4 / 42
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3 / 15
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government |
2018 | 5th | 149,872 | 5 / 42
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4 / 15
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government |
Presidency elections[]
Election year | # | Candidate | Votes | % | Representing | Elected? |
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1996 | 1st | Krešimir Zubak | 330,477 | 88.7% | Croats | Yes |
1998 | 1st | Ante Jelavić | 189,438 | 52,9% | Croats | Yes |
2002 | 1st | Dragan Čović | 114,606 | 61.5% | Croats | Yes |
2006 | 2nd | Ivo Miro Jović | 76,681 | 26.1% | Croats | No |
2010 | 2nd | Borjana Krišto | 109,758 | 19.74% | Croats | No |
2014 | 1st | Dragan Čović | 128,053 | 52.20% | Croats | Yes |
2018 | 2nd | Dragan Čović | 154,819 | 36.14% | Croats | No |
Cantonal election results[]
showCantonal election | Cantonal Assembly |
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ Nardelli, Alberto; Dzidic, Denis; Jukic, Elvira (8 October 2014). "Bosnia and Herzegovina: the world's most complicated system of government?". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ Arnautović, Suad (2018). "The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Mitigated Presidentialism". In Passarelli, Gianluca (ed.). The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 87. ISBN 978-3-319-97352-4.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Official biography Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine;accessed 8 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 general elections—Confirmed results". Central Election Commission Bosnia and Herzegovina.
External links[]
- Official website
(in Croatian)
- 1990 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Conservative parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croat political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatian Democratic Union
- Croatian nationalism
- History of the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Political parties established in 1990
- Political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Political parties in Yugoslavia
- Pro-European political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina