"HDZ" redirects here. For the party in Bosnia and Herzegovina, see Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Croatian Democratic Union
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica
Abbreviation
HDZ
President
Andrej Plenković
Secretary
Krunoslav Katičić
Spokesman
Zoltan Kabok [hr]
Founder
Franjo Tuđman
Founded
17 June 1989; 34 years ago (1989-06-17)
Headquarters
Trg žrtava fašizma 4, Zagreb
Youth wing
Youth of the Croatian Democratic Union
Membership (2020)
c. 210,384[1]
Ideology
Conservatism Christian democracy
Political position
Centre-right
European affiliation
European People's Party
International affiliation
Centrist Democrat International
International Democracy Union
European Parliament group
European People's Party
Colours
Blue
Sabor
55 / 151
European Parliament
4 / 12
County Prefects
13 / 21
Mayors
56 / 128
Municipalities
196 / 428
Party flag
Website
www.hdz.hr
Politics of Croatia
Constitution
Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia
Executive
President (list)
Zoran Milanović
Cabinet (list)
Prime Minister: Andrej Plenković
Legislative
Sabor(parliament)
Speaker: Gordan Jandroković
Current members
Opposition
Leader: Peđa Grbin
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Constitutional Court
State's Attorney Office
National Judicial Council
Political parties in Sabor
Bloc for Croatia (BLOK)
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
Croatian Demochristian Party (HDS)
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD)
Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU)
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)
Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
Croatian Sovereignists (HS)
Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (DZMH)
Homeland Movement (DP)
Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS)
Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS)
New Left (NL)
People's Party - Reformists (NS-R)
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
The Bridge (MOST)
We can! (Možemo)
Workers' Front (RF)
Elections and referendums
Recent elections
Presidential: 2014–15
2019–20
2024
Parliamentary:
2020
2024
Local: 2017
2021
European: 2014
2019
2024
Recent referendums
1991 (independence)
2012 (EU membership)
2013 (constitution)
Administrative divisions
Counties (Županije)
Towns (Gradovi)
Municipalities (Općine)
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Minister: Gordan Grlić-Radman
Diplomatic missions of / in Croatia
Passport
Visa requirements
Politics of the European Union
Croatia portal
Other countries
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The Croatian Democratic Union (Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit.'Croatian Democratic Community', HDZ) is a major conservative,[2][3] centre-right[3][4] political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croatia, along with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP). It is currently the largest party in the Sabor with 62 seats. The HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 before the country gained independence from Yugoslavia until 2000 and, in coalition with junior partners, from 2003 to 2011, and since 2016. The HDZ's leader, Andrej Plenković, is the current Prime Minister of Croatia, having taken office following the 2016 parliamentary election.
HDZ is a member of the Centrist Democrat International, International Democracy Union, and the European People's Party,[5] and sits in the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament.
^"Službeni rezultati unutarstranačkih izbora: Andrej Plenković osvojio je 78.6%, a Miro Kovač 21.4%". hdz.hr (in Croatian). 17 July 2016.
^Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.
^ abStojić, Marko (2017). Party Responses to the EU in the Western Balkans: Transformation, Opposition or Defiance?. Springer. pp. 82–85. ISBN 978-3-319-59563-4.
^Jansen, Thomas; Van Hecke, Steven (2011), At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party, Springer, p. 79, ISBN 9783642194146, retrieved 26 July 2012
^"Parties and Partners". European People's Party. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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