Parliamentary elections to elect all 151 members of the Croatian Parliament were held on 23 November 2003. They were the fifth parliamentary elections to take place since the first multi-party elections in 1990. Voter turnout was 61.7%. The result was a victory for the opposition Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) which won a plurality of 66 seats, but fell short of the 76 needed to form a government. HDZ chairman Ivo Sanader was named the eighth Prime Minister of Croatia on 23 December 2003, after parliament passed a confidence motion in his government cabinet, with 88 MPs voting in favor, 29 against and 14 abstaining. The ruling coalition going into the elections, consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Croatian People's Party (HNS), Croatian Peasant Party (HSS), Party of Liberal Democrats (Libra) and the Liberal Party (LS), did not contest the elections as a single bloc; the SDP ran with the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS), the Party of Liberal Democrats (Libra) and the Liberal Party, HNS ran with the Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (PGS) and the Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party (SBHS), while HSS ran on its own.
The Government of Croatia, formally the Government of the Republic of Croatia, commonly abbreviated to Croatian Government, is the main executive branch of government in Croatia. It is led by the president of the Government, informally abbreviated to premier or prime minister. The prime minister is nominated by the president of the Republic from among those candidates who enjoy majority support in the Croatian Parliament; the candidate is then chosen by the Parliament. There are 20 other government members, serving as deputy prime ministers, government ministers or both; they are chosen by the prime minister and confirmed by the Parliament (Sabor). The Government of the Republic of Croatia exercises its executive powers in conformity with the Croatian Constitution and legislation enacted by the Croatian Parliament. The current government is led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
Lujo Tončić-Sorinj was an Austrian diplomat and politician of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). He served as Foreign Minister from 1966 to 1968 and as Secretary General of the Council of Europe from 1969 to 1974.
The Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia is a Croatian non-governmental organization that represents the Hungarian minority. It was established in 1993, and is headquartered in Osijek.
Dušan Vukotić was a Yugoslav and Croatian-Montenegrin cartoonist, author and director of animated films. He is the best known member of the Zagreb school of animated films.
Vatroslav Lisinski was a Croatian composer.
Dragan Primorac is a Croatian physician, geneticist, and forensic scientist. He is the first recipient of the title "Global Penn State University Ambassador." He was the chair of the International Affairs Committee of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. He is the Founder and President of the International Society for Applied Biological Sciences and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Catherine Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia. In addition, he is a member of the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine Executive Committee established by The European Commission. In November 2015, he was elected to lead the State competitiveness cluster in personalized medicine, while in 2018, he was elected to lead the Croatian Society for Human Genetics and, in 2019, the Croatian Society for Personalised Medicine. In March 2021. he is appointed as Professor Emeritus at National Forensic Sciences University in India. Primorac is a member of the Executive Committee of the Croatian Olympic Committee (2020-2024) and a member of the Medical team of the European Olympic Committees as well as the Vice President of the Croatian Taekwondo Federation.
In Croatia, there are over 2,900 people who consider themselves German, most of these Danube Swabians. Germans are officially recognized as an autochthonous national minority, and as such, they elect a special representative to the Croatian Parliament, shared with members of eleven other national minorities. They are mainly concentrated in the area around Osijek in eastern Slavonia.
Bisera Turković is a Bosnian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2023. She was the first female foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Radovan Karadžić is a Bosnian Serb politician who was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He was the president of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War.
Government of Republika Srpska is the executive authority of Republika Srpska, along with the President of Republika Srpska. The Prime Minister is head of the Government, while the Government is composed of his deputies and ministers. The powers of the Government are determined by the Constitution of Republika Srpska. The Government is appointed by the National Assembly for a four-year term.
Count Aladár Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister besides the King twice: between 1906–1910 and during the end of the First World War. He was also Minister of Croatian Affairs in the third Wekerle cabinet.
The Eleventh Government of the Republic of Croatia was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor. It was announced on 6 July 2009 and its term ended on 23 December 2011. The cabinet came into existence after Prime Minister Ivo Sanader abruptly resigned on 1 July 2009, designating Kosor as his successor and making her the first woman to serve as Prime Minister since Croatia gained independence in 1991. It was succeeded by the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović following the centre-left Kukuriku coalition's success in the 2011 parliamentary elections.
Bálint Magyar is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Education between 1996–1998 and between 2002–2006. He was a founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats.
Fuchs is a surname; it has as variants Fux, Fuhs and Fuchß. Notable persons bearing it include the following:
The Twelfth Government of the Republic of Croatia was the Croatian Government cabinet led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanović. It was in office from 23 December 2011 until 22 January 2016. It was formed following the November 2011 election won by the centre-left Kukuriku coalition.
Nikola Selaković is a Serbian politician serving as minister of labour, employment, veteran and social policy since 2022. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as minister of justice from 2012 to 2016, and as minister of foreign affairs from 2020 to 2022.
Gordan Grlić-Radman is a Croatian diplomat and politician serving as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs since July 2019.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 March 2020, when a patient in Banja Luka, who had travelled to Italy, tested positive. Later on the same day, a second case, who was the son of the first case, was reported. On 21 March, the first death in the country from COVID-19 was announced in a hospital in Bihać. The patient was an elderly woman who had been hospitalized two days before.
The Fifteenth Government of the Republic of Croatia is the current Croatian Government cabinet formed on 23 July 2020, following the 2020 election. It is led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
