| Members of the Croatian Parliament |
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The 10th Sabor was inaugurated on 22 July 2020. The assembly came into existence following the early parliamentary election on 5 July 2020 and consists of 151 representatives elected from 10 geographical and two special electoral districts.
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The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (or President) from 22 July 2020 is Gordan Jandroković. [1]
Vice presidents of Sabor are from government side former Speaker Željko Reiner, Ante Sanader (all HDZ) and Furio Radin (Italian minority representative) and from opposition side Sabina Glasovac (SDP) and Davorko Vidović (SD). [2]
On the basis of the early parliamentary election of 2020, the composition of the Sabor as of December 2020 [update] is as follows. There has to be noted that national minority MPs can join one other club as well beside the national minority group.
| Parliamentary clubs | January 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) | 64 [3] | |
| Social Democrats (SD) | 17 [4] | |
| Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) | 13 [5] | |
| The Bridge (Most) | 8 [6] | |
| National minorities club | 8 [7] | |
| Homeland Movement (DP) | 7 [8] | |
| We Can! (Možemo!) | 5 [9] | |
| Croatian Sovereignists | 4 [10] | |
| Focus (Fokus), Reformists(NS R) and Independents MPs | 4 [11] | |
| Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) | 3 [12] | |
| Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS), Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) and Independent MPs | 3 [13] | |
| Centre (Centar), Civic Liberal Alliance (GLAS) and Party with a First and Last Name (IP) | 3 [14] | |
| Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and Workers' Front (RF) | 3 [15] | |
| Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) and Independent MP | 3 [16] | |
| Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) | 3 [17] | |
| For Rightful Croatia (PH) | 3 [18] | |
| Party | Name | Constituency/Deputizing | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatian Democratic Union (62) | Krešimir Ačkar | District VI, deputizing Davor Božinović | |
| Ante Bačić | District X, deputizing Ante Mihanović | ||
| Marijana Balić | District V | ||
| Nikolina Baradić | District IX, deputizing Božidar Kalmeta | ||
| Nevenko Barbarić | District XI | ||
| Danica Baričević | District X, deputizing Branko Bačić | ||
| Dražen Barišić | District VI | ||
| Vesna Bedeković | District IV | ||
| Josip Begonja | District IX, deputizing Nediljko Dujić | ||
| Anamarija Blažević | District V, deputizing Josip Aladrović | ||
| Josip Borić | District VIII, deputizing Oleg Butković | ||
| Dražen Bošnjaković | District VI | ||
| Luka Brčić | District IX | ||
| Jure Brkan | District X, deputizing Vili Beroš | ||
| Ivan Budalić | District X, deputizing Blaženko Boban | ||
| Majda Burić | District VII, deputizing Tomislav Ćorić | ||
| Zdravka Bušić | District XI | ||
| Gari Cappelli | District VIII | ||
| Ivan Ćelić | District I, deputizing Nina Obuljen Koržinek | ||
| Pero Ćosić | District V | ||
| Ante Deur | District II | ||
| Nadica Dreven Budinski | District III, deputizing Anđelko Stričak | ||
| Josip Đakić | District IV | ||
| Mato Franković | District X | ||
| Maja Grba-Bujević | District VII, deputizing Josip Salapić from HDSSB | ||
| Damir Habijan | District III | ||
| Goran Ivanović | District IV, deputizing Ivan Radić | ||
| Gordan Jandroković | District II | ||
| Marija Jelkovac | District VII, deputizing Tomo Medved | ||
| Siniša Jenkač | District III | ||
| Branka Juričev-Martinčev | District IX, deputizing Ivan Malenica | ||
| Mario Kapulica | District I, deputizing Zvonko Milas | ||
| Mladen Karlić | District V | ||
| Krunoslav Katičić | District VI | ||
| Ivan Kirin | District VIII | ||
| Tomislav Klarić | District VII | ||
| Anton Kliman | District VIII | ||
| Magdalena Komes | District VI, deputizing Ivan Celjak | ||
| Andro Krstulović Opara | District X | ||
| Ljubica Lukačić | District I, deputizing Andrej Plenković | ||
| Ljubica Maksimčuk | District V, deputizing Zdravko Marić | ||
| Marin Mandarić | District IV, deputizing Josip Škorić | ||
| Nikola Mažar | District V, deputizing Darko Puljašić | ||
| Nada Murganić | District VII | ||
| Tomislav Okroša | District II, deputizing Miroslav Tuđman | ||
| Marko Pavić | District IV | ||
| Grozdana Perić | District IX | ||
| Anita Pocrnić-Radošević | District IX, deputizing Marijan Kustić | ||
| Željko Reiner | District I | ||
| Ante Sanader | District IX | ||
| Darko Sobota | District II, deputizing Gordan Grlić-Radman | ||
| Dražen Srpak | District III, deputizing Darko Horvat | ||
| Davor Ivo Stier | District VII | ||
| Josip Šarić | District V, deputizing Mario Banožić | ||
| Stipan Šašlin | District IV, deputizing Ivan Anušić | ||
| Rade Šimičević | District IX | ||
| Hrvoje Šimić | District IV | ||
| Miro Totgergeli | District II | ||
| Nataša Tramišak | District IV | ||
| Žarko Tušek | District III | ||
| Radoje Vidović | District XI | ||
| Ankica Zmaić | District V, deputizing Danijel Marušić | ||
| Social Democratic Party of Croatia (13) | Mirela Ahmetović | District VIII | |
| Barbara Antolić Vupora | District III | ||
| Boška Ban Vlahek | District III, deputizing independent Matija Posavec | ||
| Arsen Bauk | District X | ||
| Sabina Glasovac | District IX | ||
| Peđa Grbin | District VIII | ||
| Branko Grčić | District X | ||
| Siniša Hajdaš Dončić | District III | ||
| Mišel Jakšić | District II | ||
| Boris Lalovac | District VI | ||
| Andreja Marić | District III | ||
| Sanja Radolović | District VIII | ||
| Martina Vlašić Iljkić | District V, deputizing Predrag Fred Matić | ||
| Social Democrats (11) | Davor Bernardić | District I, elected on SDP list | |
| Katica Glamuzina | District X, elected on SDP list | ||
| Domagoj Hajduković | District IV, elected on SDP list | ||
| Vesna Nađ | District II, elected on SDP list | ||
| Romana Nikolić | District IV, elected on SDP list | ||
| Željko Pavić | District III, elected on SDP list, deputizing Željko Kolar | ||
| Ivana Posavec Krivec | District VI, elected on SDP list | ||
| Renata Sabljar-Dračevac | District IX, elected on SDP list | ||
| Davorko Vidović | District VI, elected on SDP list | ||
| Franko Vidović | District IX, elected on SDP list | ||
| Nikša Vukas | District I, elected on SDP list | ||
| The Bridge (7) | Miro Bulj | District IX | |
| Nikola Grmoja | District VI | ||
| Ante Kujundžić | District X | ||
| Marin Miletić | District VIII | ||
| Božo Petrov | District X | ||
| Nino Raspudić | District II | ||
| Zvonimir Troskot | District VII | ||
| Homeland Movement (5) | Stephen Nikola Bartulica | District VI | |
| Davor Dretar | District III | ||
| Stipo Mlinarić | District IV, deputizing Krešimir Bubalo | ||
| Ivan Penava | District V | ||
| Daniel Spajić | District IV, deputizing Mario Radić | ||
| We can! (4) | Damir Bakić | District I, member of the Green–Left Bloc club | |
| Sandra Benčić | District I, member of the Green–Left Bloc club | ||
| Jelena Miloš | District II, member of the Green–Left Bloc club, deputizing Vili Matula | ||
| Urša Raukar-Gamulin | District I, member of the Green–Left Bloc club, deputizing Tomislav Tomašević | ||
| Croatian Sovereignists (4) | Marko Milanović Litre | District X, deputizing Ruža Tomašić | |
| Marijan Pavliček | District V | ||
| Željko Sačić | District VI | ||
| Vesna Vučemilović | District IV | ||
| Independent Democratic Serb Party (3) | Dragana Jeckov | Special representative of the Serb minority | |
| Boris Milošević | Special representative of the Serb minority | ||
| Milorad Pupovac | Special representative of the Serb minority | ||
| Istrian Democratic Assembly (2) | Emil Daus | District VIII, deputizing Tulio Demetlika | |
| Katarina Nemet | District VIII | ||
| Croatian Peasant Party (2) | Krešo Beljak | District VII | |
| Stjepan Kovač | District III, elected on SDP list | ||
| Croatian Social Liberal Party (2) | Dario Hrebak | District II | |
| Darko Klasić | District I | ||
| Croatian Demochristian Party (2) | Goran Dodig | District X, member of the HDZ club | |
| Hrvoje Zekanović | District IX, elected on the DP list | ||
| Focus (2) | Damir Bajs | District II | |
| Dario Zurovec | District VII | ||
| Bloc for Croatia (1) | Zlatko Hasanbegović | District I, member of the DP club | |
| Civic Liberal Alliance (1) | Anka Mrak-Taritaš | District I, member of the Centre and GLAS club | |
| Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (1) | Predrag Štromar | District III | |
| Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (1) | Róbert Jankovics | Special representative of the Hungarian minority | |
| Kali Sara (1) | Veljko Kajtazi | Special representative of the Roma and eleven other minorities, member of the Focus club | |
| New Left (1) | Ivana Kekin | District VII, member of the Green–Left Bloc club, deputizing Rada Borić | |
| Centre (1) | Marijana Puljak | District X, member of the Centre and GLAS club | |
| Party with a First Name and Last Name (1) | Dalija Orešković | District I, member of the Centre and GLAS club | |
| People's Party - Reformists (1) | Natalija Martinčević | District III, deputizing Radimir Čačić | |
| Union of Albanians (1) | Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj | Special representative of the Albanian and four other minorities, member of the HNS and HSU club | |
| Workers' Front (1) | Katarina Peović | District VIII | |
| Rightful Croatia (1) | Milan Vrkljan | District II, elected on the DP list | |
| Determination and Justice (1) | Karolina Vidović Krišto | District IX, elected on the DP list | |
| Croatian Pulse (1) | Ante Prkačin | District VII, elected on the DP list | |
| Independents (18) | Vladimir Bilek | Special representative of Czech and Slovak minorities, member of the HSLS club | |
| Zvane Brumnić | District VII, elected on SDP list, member of Social Democrats club | ||
| Erik Fabijanić | District VIII, elected on SDP list, member of Social Democrats club | ||
| Bojan Glavašević | District VI, elected from the Green–Left Coalition list | ||
| Vinko Grgić | District V, elected on SDP list | ||
| Silvano Hrelja | District VIII | ||
| Matko Kuzmanić | District IX, elected on SDP list, member of Social Democrats club | ||
| Željko Lenart | District VI, elected on SDP list as HSS member | ||
| Marin Lerotić | District VIII | ||
| Marina Opačak Bilić | District V, elected on SDP list | ||
| Rajko Ostojić | District II, elected on SDP list, member of Social Democrats club | ||
| Marijana Petir | District VI, elected on the HDZ list, member of the club | ||
| Furio Radin | Special representative of the Italian minority, member of the IDS club | ||
| Marija Selak Raspudić | District I, member of The Bridge club | ||
| Irena Šimunić | District VII, elected on SDP list, member of Social Democrats club, deputizing Zlatko Komadina | ||
| Miroslav Škoro | District II, member of the club For Rightful Croatia | ||
| Sanja Udović | District VII, elected on SDP list, member of Social Democrats club | ||
| Ružica Vukovac | District V, member of the club For Rightful Croatia | ||
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