Croatian Democratic Alliance (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Croatian Democratic Alliance Hrvatski demokratski savez
Abbreviation	HDS
President	Ivo Tadić
Founder	Ivo Tadić
Founded	11 February 2024;19 months ago (2024-02-11)
Split from	Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Headquarters	Stjepana Tomaševića bb Žepče
Ideology	Regionalism Croatian nationalism
Political position	Centre-right [1]
Colours	Red   Blue
Slogan	Snažno i odlučno! (Strong and determined!)
HoR BiH	0 / 42
HoP BiH	0 / 15
HoR FBiH	0 / 98
HoP FBiH	1 / 80
Canton Premiers	0 / 10
Mayors	1 / 145
Website
hdsbih.org
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The Croatian Democratic Alliance (Croatian : Hrvatski demokratski savez, HDS) is a minor Croat political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ^[2]

History

HDS was founded on 11 February 2024 by Ivo Tadić, member of the Assembly of the Zenica-Doboj Canton and the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and former member of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH). HDS was founded and is the only political party headquartered in Žepče. ^[3]

HDS was formed as opposition to HDZ BiH cooperating with other Bosnian Croat opposition parties like HDZ 1990, HNP, HRS and HSS BiH. ^[4]

HDS is mostly focused on Žepče and the Zenica-Doboj Canton. ^[5] The party participated in the 2024 municipal elections in Žepče, Vareš and Maglaj. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "U Žepču osnovan Hrvatski demokratski savez, predsjednik Ivo Tadić" (in Bosnian). Retrieved 16 April 2025.
2. "U Žepču osnovana nova stranka HDS, za predsjednika izabran Ivo Tadić". Klix.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-04-16.
3. "U Žepču osnovan Hrvatski demokratski savez, predsjednik Ivo Tadić". Federalna. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
4. "Predsjednik HDS-a Ivo Tadić na sastanku sa SAD veleposlanikom Michaelom Murphyem". hdsbih.org. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
5. "U Žepču se osniva nova politička stranka, HDS kao odgovor na politike HDZ-a". Klix.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-04-16.
6. "HDS Vareš - Predstavljanje kandidata za načelnika - Zdravko Marošević i liste za OV Vareš". hdsbih.org. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
7. "OO HDS Maglaj -program i kandidati". hdsbih.org. Retrieved 2025-04-16.