Members of the Croatian Parliament |
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The 11th Sabor was inaugurated on 16 May 2024. The assembly came into existence following the early parliamentary election on 17 April 2024 and consists of 151 representatives elected from 10 geographical and two special electoral districts.
The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Gordan Jandroković was elected on 16 May 2024 by 144 votes for and 6 against. [1]
There are currently five deputy speakers of Sabor, three from the government majority: former Speaker Željko Reiner (HDZ), Ivan Penava (DP) and Furio Radin (Italian minority representative), while the opposition deputy speakers are Sabina Glasovac (SDP) and Peđa Grbin (SDP). [1] [2] [3]
On the basis of the parliamentary election of 2024, the composition of the Sabor as of May 2024 [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 | Dec 2024 | |
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Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) | 57 [4] | |
Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) | 37 [5] | |
We Can! (Možemo!) | 10 [6] | |
Homeland Movement (DP) | 8 [7] | |
National minorities club | 8 [8] | |
The Bridge (Most) and Independent MP | 8 [9] | |
Centre (Centar) and Independent Platform of the North (NPS) | 4 [10] | |
Home and National Rally (DOMiNO) and Croatian Sovereignists (HS) | 4 [11] | |
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) and Independent MPs | 3 [12] | |
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS), Civic Liberal Alliance (GLAS) and Dalija Orešković and People with a First and Last Name (DO i SIP) | 3 [13] | |
Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) and Independent MP | 3 [14] | |
Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS), Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (PGS), Union of Kvarner (UK) and Istrian Party of Pensioners (ISU) | 3 [15] | |
Independents MPs | 3 [16] | |
Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) | 3 [17] | |
Independents (Nezavisni) and Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) | 3 [18] | |
Party | Name | Constituency/Deputizing | |
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Croatian Democratic Union (55) | Krešimir Ačkar | District I | |
Ante Babić | District IX, deputizing Šime Erlić | ||
Nikolina Baradić | District IX, deputizing Josip Bilaver | ||
Vesna Bedeković | District IV, deputizing Igor Andrović | ||
Anamarija Blažević | District V, deputizing Antonija Jozić | ||
Josip Borić | District VIII, deputizing Oleg Butković | ||
Ivan Budalić | District X, deputizing Blaženko Boban | ||
Majda Burić | District VII, deputizing Tomo Medved | ||
Zdravka Bušić | District II, deputizing Gordan Grlić Radman | ||
Pero Ćosić | District V | ||
Ante Deur | District II | ||
Josip Đakić | District IV | ||
Ljubica Jembrih | District III, Damir Habijan | ||
Goran Ivanović | District IV | ||
Gordan Jandroković | District II | ||
Branka Juričev-Martinčev | District IX | ||
Krunoslav Katičić | District II | ||
Tomislav Klarić | District VIII | ||
Anton Kliman | District VIII | ||
Magdalena Komes | District VII, deputizing Ivan Celjak | ||
Andro Krstulović Opara | District X | ||
Marin Mandarić | District IV, deputizing Ivan Anušić | ||
Nikola Mažar | District V | ||
Marko Pavić | District VI, deputizing Davor Božinović | ||
Željko Reiner | District I | ||
Ante Sanader | District IX | ||
Darko Sobota | District IV | ||
Željko Turk | District VI, deputizing Davor Ivo Stier | ||
Josip Šarić | District V, deputizing Marin Piletić | ||
Miro Totgergeli | District II | ||
Nataša Tramišak | District IV | ||
Radoje Vidović | District XI | ||
Ljubica Lukačić | District I, deputizing Andrej Plenković | ||
Maksimilijan Šimrak | District I, deputizing Nina Obuljen Koržinek | ||
Ivan Radić | District IV | ||
Ivan Bosančić | District V | ||
Sanda Lidija Maduna | District V, deputing Danijel Marušić | ||
Željko Glavić | District V | ||
Danijela Blažanović | District VI, deputing Vili Beroš | ||
Mislav Herman | District VI | ||
Damir Mandić | District VII, deputing Martina Furdek-Hajdin | ||
Ivan Dabo | District VII, deputing Ernest Petry | ||
Anđelka Salopek | District VII, deputing Nikolina Brnjac | ||
Josip Ostrogović | District VIII | ||
Ivan Malenica | District IX | ||
Ivan Bugarin | District IX | ||
Dalibor Milan | District X, deputizing Branko Bačić | ||
Danica Baričević | District X, deputizing Damir Krstičević | ||
Tomislav Šuta | District X | ||
Mato Franković | District X | ||
Jasna Vojnić | District XI, deputizing Zvonko Milas | ||
Dario Pušić | District XI | ||
Goran Kaniški | District III, deputizing Anđelko Stričak | ||
Zoran Gregurović | District III | ||
Ljubomir Kolarek | District III | ||
Social Democratic Party of Croatia (37) | Mirela Ahmetović | District VIII | |
Barbara Antolić Vupora | District III | ||
Boška Ban Vlahek | District III | ||
Arsen Bauk | District I | ||
Sabina Glasovac | District IX | ||
Peđa Grbin | District VIII | ||
Siniša Hajdaš Dončić | District III | ||
Mišel Jakšić | District IV | ||
Boris Lalovac | District II | ||
Sanja Radolović | District VIII | ||
Martina Vlašić Iljkić | District V | ||
Branko Kolarić | District I | ||
Tanja Sokolić | District II | ||
Tomislav Golubić | District II | ||
Anita Curiš Krok | District III, deputizing Željko Kolar | ||
Miroslav Marković | District III | ||
Jasenka Auguštan-Pentek | District III | ||
Mate Vukušić | District IV, deputizing Biljana Borzan | ||
Sanja Bježančević | District IV | ||
Boris Piližota | District IV | ||
Marko Krička | District V, deputizing Predrag Fred Matić | ||
Mario Milinković | District V | ||
Mihael Zmajlović | District VI | ||
Marija Lugarić | District VI | ||
Ivan Račan | District VI | ||
Kristina Ikić Baniček | District VII | ||
Ivica Lukanović | District VII | ||
Sandra Krpan | District VII | ||
Dalibor Domitrović | District VII | ||
Željko Jovanović | District VIII, deputizing Zlatko Komadina | ||
Saša Đujić | District VIII | ||
Ana Puž Kukuljan | District VIII | ||
Tonči Restović | District IX | ||
Irena Dragić | District IX | ||
Ranko Ostojić | District X | ||
Mišo Krstičević | District X | ||
Ivana Marković | District X | ||
We can! (10) | Sandra Benčić | District I | |
Urša Raukar-Gamulin | District VI | ||
Ivana Kekin | District I | ||
Damir Bakić | District I | ||
Jelena Miloš | District II, deputizing Danijela Dolenec | ||
Dubravka Novak | District III, deputizing Luka Korlaet | ||
Rada Borić | District VI, deputizing Tomislav Tomašević | ||
Marin Živković | District VI, deputizing Gordan Bosanac | ||
Draženka Polović | District VII | ||
Dušica Radojčić | District VIII | ||
Homeland Movement (8) | Ivica Mesić | District II, deputizing Stephen Nikola Bartulica | |
Stipo Mlinarić | District X | ||
Ivan Penava | District V | ||
Tomislav Josić | District II | ||
Ivana Mujkić | District V, deputizing Josip Dabro | ||
Dubravka Lipovac Pehar | District V | ||
Ive Ćaleta-Car | District IX, deputizing Ivan Šipić | ||
Ivica Kukavica | District X | ||
The Bridge (7) | Miro Bulj | District IX | |
Nikola Grmoja | District VI | ||
Ante Kujundžić | District X | ||
Marin Miletić | District VIII | ||
Božo Petrov | District X | ||
Zvonimir Troskot | District VII | ||
Ivica Ledenko | District IX, deputizing Ivan Matić | ||
Home and National Rally (3) | Krešimir Čabaj | District IV, deputizing Mario Radić | |
Igor Peternel | District VI | ||
Damir Biloglav | District IX | ||
Independent Democratic Serb Party (3) | Dragana Jeckov | District XII | |
Anja Šimpraga | District XII | ||
Milorad Pupovac | District XII | ||
Istrian Democratic Assembly (2) | Dalibor Paus | District VIII | |
Loris Peršurić | District VIII | ||
Croatian Social Liberal Party (2) | Dario Hrebak | District II | |
Darko Klasić | District I | ||
Independent Platform of the North (2) | Ivica Baksa | District III, deputizing Matija Posavec | |
Dubravko Bilić | District III | ||
Centre (2) | Marijana Puljak | District I | |
Viktorija Knežević | District X, deputizing Ivica Puljak | ||
Croatian Sovereignists (1) | Marijan Pavliček | District V | |
Croatian Peasant Party (1) | Krešo Beljak | District VI | |
Croatian Demochristian Party (1) | Hrvoje Zekanović | District IX | |
Civic Liberal Alliance (1) | Anka Mrak-Taritaš | District II | |
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (1) | Predrag Štromar | District III | |
Dalija Orešković and People with a First and Last Name (1) | Dalija Orešković | District I | |
Croatian Party of Pensioners (1) | Veselko Gabričević | District VII | |
Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (1) [a] | Róbert Jankovics | District XII | |
Kali Sara (1) [a] | Veljko Kajtazi | District XII | |
Bosniaks together! (1) [a] | Armin Hodžić | District XII | |
Independents (9) | Dario Zurovec | District VI, elected on Focus list | |
Ivan Šipić | District IX, member of DP club | ||
Josip Jurčević | District VII, elected on DP-PiP list | ||
Vesna Vučemilović | District IV, elected on Most-HS list | ||
Nino Raspudić | District II, elected od Most-HS list | ||
Željko Lacković | District IV | ||
Vladimir Bilek | District XII | ||
Marijana Petir | District VII | ||
Furio Radin | District XII | ||
Marija Selak Raspudić | District I, elected on Most-HS list |
Changes of MP occurred after official results of elections: [1]
Party | Name | Constituency/Deputizing | Status | Date | Note |
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Croatian Democratic Union | Damir Habijan | District III | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Justice and Public Administration |
Anđelko Stričak | District VIII | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Varaždin County | |
Andrej Plenković | District I | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Prime Minister | |
Nina Obuljen Koržinek | District I | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Culture and Media | |
Gordan Grlić Radman | District II | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs | |
Ivan Anušić | District IV | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Defence | |
Igor Andrović | District IV | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Virovitica-Podravina County | |
Marin Piletić | District V | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy | |
Antonija Jozić | District V | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Požega-Slavonia County | |
Danijel Marušić | District V | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Brod-Posavina County | |
Davor Božinović | District VI | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of the Interior | |
Vili Beroš | District VI | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Health | |
Tomo Medved | District VII | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Croatian Veterans | |
Ivan Celjak | District VII | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Sisak-Moslavina County | |
Martina Furdek-Hajdin | District VII | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Karlovac County | |
Ernest Petry | District VII | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Lika-Senj County | |
Oleg Butković | District VIII | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure | |
Šime Erlić | District IX | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds | |
Josip Bilaver | District IX | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed to an incompatible duty | |
Branko Bačić | District X | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Construction, Spatial Planning and State Property | |
Blaženko Boban | District X | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Split-Dalmatia County | |
Zvonko Milas | District XI | dormant | 16 May 2024 | appointed to an incompatible duty | |
Damir Krstičević | District X | dormant | 17 May 2024 | ||
Nikolina Brnjac | District VII | concluded | 12 July 2024 | incompatible duty, Member of the European Parliament | |
Davor Ivo Stier | District VI | concluded | 12 July 2024 | incompatible duty, Member of the European Parliament | |
Social Democratic Party of Croatia | Željko Kolar | District III | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Krapina-Zagorje County |
Biljana Borzan | District IV | concluded | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, Member of the European Parliament | |
Predrag Matić | District V | concluded | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, Member of the European Parliament | |
Zlatko Komadina | District VIII | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County | |
Homeland Movement | Mario Radić | District IV | dormant | 16 May 2024 | |
Josip Dabro | District V | dormant | 17 May 2024 | appointed as Minister of Agriculture | |
Ivan Šipić | District IX | dormant | 17 May 2024 | appointed as Ministry of Demographics and Immigration | |
Damir Biloglav | District IX | dormant | 24 May 2024 | ||
Stephen Nikola Bartulica | District II | concluded | 12 July 2024 | incompatible duty, Member of the European Parliament | |
Law and Justice | Mislav Kolakušić | District I | concluded | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, Member of the European Parliament |
Dražen Dizdar | District I | dormant | 20 September 2024 | deputizing Mislav Kolakušić | |
We can! | Danijela Dolenec | District II | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, deputy mayor of Zagreb |
Luka Korlaet | District III | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, deputy mayor of Zagreb | |
Tomislav Tomašević | District VI | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, mayor of Zagreb | |
Gordan Bosanac | District VI | concluded | 12 July 2024 | incompatible duty, Member of the European Parliament | |
Independent Platform of the North | Matija Posavec | District III | dormant | 16 May 2024 | incompatible duty, prefect of Međimurje County |
Centre | Ivica Puljak | District X | dormant | 16 May 2024 |
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