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The fifth assembly of the Croatian Parliament (Croatian : Peti saziv Hrvatskog sabora) was constituted on December 22, 2003 with mandates divided to 152 representatives after the November 23, 2003 elections.
The president of the parliament (often also called the speaker in English) was Vladimir Šeks (HDZ).
Vice presidents of the parliament were:
The secretary was Josip Sesar.
The following is the list parties represented in the 5th Sabor. Note that the Croatian law does not require candidates featured in party election lists to be members of the party, i.e. individuals can still run as independents on election lists submitted by political parties. Once elected, they are automatically considered members of that party's parliamentary caucus and normally vote together with the party even though they often continue to be formally independent.
Thus the table below includes data sorted by party caucuses. Apart from the three independents elected as representatives of various ethnic minorities (Jene Adam, Nikola Mak and Furio Radin), the December 2003 party figures also include seven other independents who were elected via party lists:
| Party | December 2003 | October 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) | 66 | 63 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) | 34 | ||
| Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) | 10 | 9 | |
| Croatian People's Party (HNS) | 10 | 11 | |
| Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) | 8 | 5 | |
| Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) | 4 | 4 | |
| Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) | 3 | 3 | |
| Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) | 3 | 3 | |
| Party of Liberal Democrats (LIBRA) | 3 | 0 | |
| Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) | 2 | 3 | |
| Liberal Party (LS) | 2 | 0 | |
| Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (PGS) | 1 | 1 | |
| Croatian Democratic Peasant Party (HDSS) | 1 | 0 | |
| Democratic Centre (DC) | 1 | 1 | |
| Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (SDA) | 1 | 1 | |
| Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) | 0 | 3 | |
| Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party (SBHS) | 0 | 1 | |
| Democratic Union of Međimurje (MDS) | 0 | 1 | |
| Independents | 3 | ||
| Total | 152 | 152 | |
This is a list of MPs elected to Sabor in the 2003 parliamentary election, sorted by party. Note this table is a record of the 2003 election results, it is not a record of the current status of the Sabor. The Changes table below records all changes in party affiliation.
| Party | Name | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatian Democratic Union (66) | Franjo Arapović | District 1 | |
| Zdenka Babić-Petričević | District 11 (diaspora) | ||
| Branko Bačić | District 10 | ||
| Stjepan Bačić | District 2 | ||
| Anto Bagarić | District 5 | ||
| Ivan Bagarić | District 11 (diaspora) | ||
| Marija Bajt | District 5 | ||
| Luka Bebić | District 10 | ||
| Božo Biškupić | District 1 | ||
| Jure Bitunjac | District 9 | ||
| Florijan Boras | District 11 (diaspora) | ||
| Dražen Bošnjaković | District 6 | ||
| Đuro Brodarac | District 6 | ||
| Ivica Buconjić | District 4 | ||
| Perica Bukić | District 9 | ||
| Karmela Caparin | District 2 | ||
| Lino Červar | District 8 | ||
| Petar Čobanković | District 5 | ||
| Krešimir Ćosić | District 11 (diaspora) | ||
| Tomislav Čuljak | District 5 | ||
| Josip Đakić | District 4 | ||
| Ivan Drmić | District 4 | ||
| Stjepan Fiolić | District 6 | ||
| Branimir Glavaš | District 4 | ||
| Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović | District 7 | ||
| Andrija Hebrang | District 2 | ||
| Gordan Jandroković | District 2 | ||
| Ivan Jarnjak | District 3 | ||
| Neven Jurica | District 7 | ||
| Božidar Kalmeta | District 9 | ||
| Ivica Klem | District 5 | ||
| Jadranka Kosor | District 1 | ||
| Vladimir Kurečić | District 3 | ||
| Ana Lovrin | District 9 | ||
| Dujomir Marasović | District 10 | ||
| Krunoslav Markovinović | District 7 | ||
| Darko Milinović | District 9 | ||
| Marijan Mlinarić | District 3 | ||
| Petar Mlinarić | District 5 | ||
| Željko Nenadić | District 6 | ||
| Živko Nenadić | District 10 | ||
| Branimir Pasecky | District 7 | ||
| Velimir Pleša | District 3 | ||
| Drago Prgomet | District 5 | ||
| Šime Prtenjača | District 9 | ||
| Zvonimir Puljić | District 10 | ||
| Niko Rebić | District 9 | ||
| Ivo Sanader | District 10 | ||
| Vladimir Šeks | District 4 | ||
| Petar Selem | District 1 | ||
| Damir Sesvečan | District 2 | ||
| Nevio Šetić | District 8 | ||
| Vladimir Šišljagić | District 4 | ||
| Zdravko Sočković | District 5 | ||
| Mato Štimac | District 4 | ||
| Ivana Sučec-Trakoštanec | District 2 | ||
| Dubravka Šuica | District 10 | ||
| Ivan Šuker | District 6 | ||
| Emil Tomljanović | District 9 | ||
| Jozo Topić | District 9 | ||
| Marko Turić | District 1 | ||
| Vladimir Vranković | District 8 | ||
| Ivan Vučić | District 7 | ||
| Branko Vukelić | District 7 | ||
| Mario Zubović | District 6 | ||
| Miomir Žužul | District 7 | ||
| Social Democratic Party (34) | Zdenko Antešić | District 8 | |
| Ingrid Antičević-Marinović | District 9 | ||
| Željka Antunović | District 4 | ||
| Mato Arlović | District 5 | ||
| Milan Bandić | District 2 | ||
| Ljubica Brdarić | District 5 | ||
| Mato Crkvenac | District 7 | ||
| Mirko Filipović | District 1 | ||
| Snježana Biga Friganović | District 6 | ||
| Mato Gavran | District 5 | ||
| Ivo Josipović | District 1 | ||
| Ljubo Jurčić | District 6 | ||
| Marin Jurjević | District 10 | ||
| Miroslav Korenika | District 3 | ||
| Josip Leko | District 6 | ||
| Slavko Linić | District 10 | ||
| Šime Lučin | District 9 | ||
| Jagoda Martić | District 10 | ||
| Neven Mimica | District 10 | ||
| Zvonimir Mršić | District 2 | ||
| Milanka Opačić | District 7 | ||
| Ivica Pančić | District 2 | ||
| Jelena Pavičić Vukičević | District 1 | ||
| Biserka Perman | District 8 | ||
| Anton Peruško | District 8 | ||
| Tonino Picula | District 3 | ||
| Ivica Račan | District 1 | ||
| Vesna Škulić | District 7 | ||
| Gordana Sobol | District 8 | ||
| Nenad Stazić | District 7 | ||
| Davorko Vidović | District 6 | ||
| Antun Vujić | District 1 | ||
| Vice Vukov | District 1 | ||
| Dragica Zgrebec | District 3 | ||
| Croatian Peasant Party (10) | Zdenka Čuhnil | District 12 (minorities') | |
| Josip Friščić | District 2 | ||
| Ljubica Lalić | District 5 | ||
| Željko Ledinski | District 6 | ||
| Ante Markov | District 9 | ||
| Božidar Pankretić | District 7 | ||
| Željko Pecek | District 4 | ||
| Luka Roić | District 10 | ||
| Zvonimir Sabati | District 3 | ||
| Zlatko Tomčić | District 2 | ||
| Croatian People's Party (10) | Radimir Čačić | District 3 | |
| Miljenko Dorić | District 8 | ||
| Srećko Ferenčak | District 1 | ||
| Dragutin Lesar | District 3 | ||
| Antun Kapraljević | District 4 | ||
| Alenka Košiša Čičin-Šain | District 6 | ||
| Jakša Marasović | District 10 | ||
| Ivica Maštruko | District 9 | ||
| Vesna Pusić | District 1 | ||
| Darko Šantić | District 7 | ||
| Croatian Party of Rights (8) | Anto Đapić | District 4 | |
| Vlado Jukić | District 5 | ||
| Pero Kovačević | District 2 | ||
| Velimir Kvesić | District 6 | ||
| Slaven Letica | District 1 | ||
| Miroslav Rožić | District 7 | ||
| Tonči Tadić | District 9 | ||
| Ruža Tomašić | District 10 | ||
| Istrian Democratic Assembly (4) | Valter Drandić | District 8 | |
| Ivan Jakovčić | District 8 | ||
| Damir Kajin | District 8 | ||
| Dorotea Pešić-Bukovac | District 8 | ||
| Croatian Party of Pensioners (3) | Silvano Hrelja | District 8 | |
| Dragutin Pukleš | District 4 | ||
| Josip Sudec | District 3 | ||
| Independent Democratic Serb Party (3) | Ratko Gajica | District 12 (minorities') | |
| Milorad Pupovac | District 12 (minorities') | ||
| Vojislav Stanimirović | District 12 (minorities') | ||
| Party of Liberal Democrats (3) | Vilim Herman | District 4 | |
| Željko Pavlic | District 3 | ||
| Jozo Radoš | District 2 | ||
| Croatian Social Liberal Party (2) | Đurđa Adlešič | District 2 | |
| Ivan Čehok | District 3 | ||
| Liberal Party (2) | Ivo Banac | District 6 | |
| Zlatko Kramarić | District 4 | ||
| Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (1) | Nikola Ivaniš | District 8 | |
| Croatian Democratic Peasant Party (1) | Ivo Lončar | District 3 | |
| Democratic Centre (1) | Vesna Škare-Ožbolt | District 5 | |
| Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (1) | Šemso Tanković | District 12 (minorities') | |
| Independents (3) | Jene Adam | District 12 (minorities') | |
| Nikola Mak | District 12 (minorities') | ||
| Furio Radin | District 12 (minorities') | ||
Note that a number of MPs who are high-ranking members of parties in the ruling coalition were subsequently appointed to various ministerial and governmental positions, while others continued to serve as city mayors. In such cases they are required by Croatian law to put their parliamentary mandate on hiatus for the duration of their other term of office and in the meantime their seats are then taken by a party-appointed replacement MP. Those replacements are not documented here unless they resulted in a change in party balance.
| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2004 | District 12 | HSS | Independent | Zdenka Čuhnil (HSS), representative of the Czech and Slovak ethnic minorities, resigns from the Croatian Peasant Party, reducing them to 9 seats. | ||
| 29 September 2004 | District 3 | Independent | Ivo Lončar, a formally independent MP who had been elected on Croatian Democratic Peasant Party (HDSS) list severs ties to HDSS and becomes fully independent, leaving the party with no representation in parliament. | |||
| 9 February 2005 | District 6 | Independent | Ivo Banac (LS) resigns from the Liberal Party. | |||
| 9 February 2005 | Districts 3, 4 | HNS | Jozo Radoš (LIBRA) and Vilim Herman (LIBRA) join the Croatian People's Party (HNS) following the party's merger with HNS. | |||
| 9 February 2005 | District 3 | Independent | Željko Pavlic (LIBRA) resigns from the party following its merger into HNS. | |||
| 23 February 2005 | District 1 | HSP | Independent | Slaven Letica, a formally independent MP who had been elected on Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) list severs ties to HSP and becomes fully independent, reducing them to 7 seats. | ||
| 30 March 2005 | District 3 | Independent | Željko Pavlic (Ind.) joins the non-parliamentary regionalist party Democratic Union of Međimurje (MDS) and becomes their only member of parliament. | |||
| 21 April 2005 | District 4 | HDZ | Independent | Three HDZ members (Ivan Drmić, Branimir Glavaš and Vladimir Šišljagić) resign from the Croatian Democratic Union, reducing it to 63 seats. | ||
| 4 November 2005 | District 4 | HNS | Vilim Herman (HNS) joins the non-parliamentary regionalist Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party (SBHS) and becomes their only member of parliament. | |||
| 11 February 2006 | District 4 | HSLS | Zlatko Kramarić (LS) joins the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) during the former's merger into the latter. This increases the number of HSLS to three seats. | |||
| 25 September 2006 | District 4 | Independent | HDSSB | Three independents who had earlier resigned from HDZ in April 2005 (Ivan Drmić, Branimir Glavaš and Vladimir Šišljagić) become members of the newly established Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB). | ||
| 24 September 2007 | Districts 7,9 | HSP | Independent | Two HSP members (Miroslav Rožić and Tonči Tadić) resign from the Croatian Party of Rights, reducing them to 5 seats. | ||
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