Independents for Croatia

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Independents for Croatia
Neovisni za Hrvatsku
President Bruna Esih [1]
Secretary-GeneralIvo Mikić
SpokespersonKrešimir Kartelo
Members of the PresidencyIvo Mikić, Davorin Karačić, Daniel Car, Vladimir Kovačević, Martin Mladen Pauk, Krešimir Štetić, Florijan Žižić [1]
FounderBruna Esih
Founded1 June 2017 (2017-06-01)
Split from Croatian Democratic Union
Headquarters Zagreb, Croatia
Ideology Social conservatism
Anti-communism
Croatian nationalism
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Political position Right-wing [2] to far-right [3] [4] [5]
Colours  Dark blue
Sabor
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European Parliament
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County Prefects
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Mayors
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The Independents for Croatia (Croatian : Neovisni za Hrvatsku or NHR) is an inactive conservative and right-wing populist political party in Croatia. The Party was founded on 1 June 2017, and officially registered with the Ministry of Public Administration on 2 June 2017. [6]

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History

Bruna Esih was elected as first party president at the party's founding congress. The party secretary-general is Ivo Mikić, while Krešimir Kartelo serves as a political secretary and spokesperson. Party has no vice-president, but only the presidency. Following 2016 parliamentary election, Bruna Esih and Zlatko Hasanbegović entered Croatian Parliament on the Croatian Democratic Union electoral list; Esih as independent, and Hasanbegović as a party member. After HDZ decided to enter into coalition with liberal Croatian People's Party, they decided to leave HDZ parliamentary club and form their own with another independent conservative MP representing Croatian diaspora, Željko Glasnović, and move to the opposition. Following 2017 Zagreb local elections, Party entered Zagreb Assembly and eventually supported mayor Milan Bandić thus helping him to ensure majority. [7]

The party hasn't been active on social media since 2020 and doesn't anymore have a functional website. As of September 2023, it was facing bankruptcy. [8] Party founder Bruna Esih joined Croatian Party of Rights in February 2024 and is running for Sabor on the "For Homeland" coalition list in the 2024 parliamentary election. [9] [10]

Election results

Legislative

ElectionCoalitionVotes %Seats+/–Government
Coalition totalsNHR only
2020 HSP-GO 7,2660.44%
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NewExtra-parliamentary

European Parliament

Election yearIn coalition with# of total votes% of overall vote# of seats won
2019 [11] HSP 46,9704,37%
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  2. ↑ "OSNIVAČI NOVE DESNE STRANKE IZNOSE SVOJ PLAN Hasanbegović i Esih: 'Mi smo autohtona nacionalna platforma, bit ćemo ono što je HDZ trebao biti'". Jutarnji list. 15 June 2017.
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