El marc polític de Croàcia

Political Outline

Current Political Leaders

President: Zoran MILANOVIC (since 18 February 2020)
Prime Minister: Andrej PLENKOVIC (since 19 October 2016)

Next Election Dates

Presidential: 2030
Parliament: April 2028

Main Political Parties

Croatia has a multi-party system. The major political parties include:

- Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ): centre-right, socialist, conservative, advocates political and economic liberalisation, typically dominated the political scene since 1991 and is the current leader of the ruling coalition
- Social Democratic Party (SDP): centre-left, ex-communist party, it is the main opposition party
- Homeland Movement (DP): Croatian nationalism, social conservativism, Euroscepticism
- We Can!: left-wing, green
- The Bridge (MOST): centre, centre right, fiscal conservatism, liberalism
- Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS): centre to centre-right, conservative
- Croatian People's Party (HNS): centre, liberal, advocates economic reforms. Supports the current government
- Centre: liberal
- Home and National Rally (DOMiNO): right-wing
- Croatian Sovereignists: conservative, Christian right-wing
- Independent Platform of the North (NPS): regionalist, centrist
- Civic Liberal Alliance (GLAS): liberalism, social liberalism
- Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS-DDI): Istrian regionalism, liberalism
- Croatian Peasant Party (HSS): agrarian, green liberalism
- Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS): Serb minority politics, advocates for social democracy.

Executive Power

The President is the head of state, elected by popular vote for a five-year term (renewable once). He can call for parliamentary elections under specific conditions but cannot dissolve Parliament unilaterally. He is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The President appoints the Prime Minister (generally the leader of the majority party) with the consent of Parliament. The executive power is primarily held by the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, while the President has limited executive functions, mainly in foreign policy and defence.

Legislative Power

Legislative power is unicameral. The Parliament, called the Sabor, has 151 members elected by universal suffrage for a four-year term. Eight seats are reserved for ethnic minorities, including Serbs, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, and others. The Constitution has been amended to transfer part of the President’s powers to Parliament.

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