Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine
Abbreviation HDZ BiH
President Dragan Čović
General Secretary Miljana Glamuzina
Deputy President Borjana Krišto
Vice President

Marinko Čavara

Zdenko Ćosić

Vjekoslav Bevanda

Anto Domić

Davor Čordaš

Founder Davor Perinović
Founded 18 August 1990 (1990-08-18)
Headquarters Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Youth wing Youth of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Women's wing Women's Union of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Membership (2014) 35,000
Ideology

Croatian nationalism

Conservatism

Christian democracy

Federalism

Pro-Europeanism

Political position Centre-right to Right-wing
House of Representatives of BiH
4 / 42
House of Peoples of BiH
3 / 15
House of Representatives of the FBiH
14 / 98
House of Peoples of the FBiH
13 / 58
National Assembly of Republika Srpska
0 / 83
Website
http://www.hdzbih.org/

The Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine or HDZ BiH) is the largest political party of Bosnian Croats. It is an observer of the European People's Party (EPP). Its headquarters are in Mostar.

The party was formed on 18 August 1990, at the first party convention held in Sarajevo, and it participated in all multiparty elections held in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1991. It regularly won 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.

In the October 2002 Bosnian general election 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 140 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.

The party has had two splinter factions so far:

Party presidents

Cantonal election results

Cantonal election Cantonal Assembly
Una-Sana Posavina Tuzla Zenica-Doboj Bosnian Podrinje Goražde Central Bosnia Herzegovina-Neretva West Herzegovina Sarajevo Canton 10 Total won / Total contested
1996
1 / 50
17 / 20
3 / 50
9 / 59
0 / 31
23 / 55
28 / 50
29 / 31
3 / 45
13 / 15
125 / 406
1998
1 / 50
17 / 30
2 / 50
4 / 50
0 / 31
18 / 50
25 / 50
26 / 31
1 / 45
18 / 30
112 / 417
2000
0 / 30
7 / 19
1 / 35
2 / 35
0 / 25
8 / 28
13 / 28
15 / 21
1 / 35
12 / 23
59 / 279
2002
0 / 30
10 / 21
0 / 35
2 / 35
0 / 25
10 / 30
15 / 30
18 / 23
0 / 35
13 / 25
68 / 289
2006
0 / 30
7 / 21
0 / 35
2 / 35
0 / 25
6 / 30
7 / 30
9 / 23
0 / 35
5 / 25
36 / 289
2010
0 / 30
8 / 21
1 / 35
2 / 35
0 / 25
7 / 30
10 / 30
13 / 23
0 / 35
7 / 25
48 / 289
2014
0 / 30
7 / 21
0 / 35
2 / 35
0 / 25
8 / 30
11 / 30
14 / 23
0 / 35
9 / 25
51 / 289

See also

References

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