Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine
AbbreviationHDZ BiH
President Dragan Čović
General SecretaryMiljana Glamuzina
Deputy President Borjana Krišto
FounderDavor Perinović
Founded18 August 1990 (1990-08-18)
HeadquartersKneza Domagoja bb 88000, Mostar
Youth wing Youth HDZ BiH
Paramilitary wing Croatian Defence Council
Membership (2014)35,000
Ideology
Political position Centre-right [2] to right-wing [3]
National affiliation Croatian National Assembly
European affiliation European People's Party (observer)
International affiliation International Democrat Union
Colors  Blue
HoR BiH
4 / 42
HoP BiH
3 / 15
HoR FBiH
15 / 98
HoP FBiH
16 / 80
NA RS
0 / 83
Website
hdzbih.org

The Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian : Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine, abbr.HDZ BiH) is a Christian democratic Croatian nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina, representing the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an observer member of the European People's Party. Its headquarters is in Mostar.

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History

The party was founded on 18 August 1990, with the first party convention held in Sarajevo. It has participated in all multiparty elections held in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1991. It regularly won the support of the Croat electorate up to 2000 and took part in forming the government. It returned to power in 2002, where it remained until 2010. Since 2014, the party has once again been in power.

In the October 2002 general election, the party was part of the "Croatian Coalition" (Hrvatska koalicija) which won 9.5% of the popular vote and five out of 42 seats in the national House of Representatives and 16 of the 98 seats in the Federal House of Representatives.

In 2006, the party joined the Croatian National Assembly, an alliance of Bosnian Croat political parties, along with the Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croat People's Union.

Throughout its history, the HDZ BiH has had nine presidents, the current one being Dragan Čović since 5 June 2005. [4] Four of the six Croat members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina have come from the party, the most recent one also being Čović, serving in office from 2014 until 2018. [4]

In the 2018 general election, the party was in a coalition with three other Bosnian Croat parties (Croatian Peasant Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina), winning 149,872 or 9.05% of the votes, five out of 42 seats in the national House of Representatives and 16 out of 98 in the Federal one. [5]

List of presidents

#Name
(Born–Died)
PortraitTerm of Office
1Davorin Perinović
(b. 1949)
Unknown person.jpg 18 August 19907 September 1990
2 Stjepan Kljuić
(b. 1939)
Unknown person.jpg 7 September 19902 February 1992
3Milenko Brkić
(1944–2017)
Unknown person.jpg 2 February 199214 November 1992
4 Mate Boban
(1940–1997)
14 November 199210 July 1994
5 Dario Kordić
(b. 1960)
Unknown person.jpg 10 July 19942 December 1995
6Božo Rajić
(b. 1943)
Unknown person.jpg 2 December 199517 May 1998
7 Ante Jelavić
(b. 1963)
Unknown person.jpg 17 May 19984 May 2002
8 Bariša Čolak
(b. 1956)
Barisa Colak (cropped).jpg 4 May 20025 June 2005
9 Dragan Čović
(b. 1956)
Dragan Covic (2023-12-05) (cropped).jpg 5 June 2005present

Elections

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
YearLeader#Popular vote %Seats wonGovernment
1990 Stjepan Kljuić 3rd362,85516.07
44 / 240
Coalition
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
YearLeader#Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat changeGovernment
1996 Božo Rajić3rd338,44014.10
8 / 42
New
5 / 15
NewCoalition
1998 Ante Jelavić 2nd200,09211.59
6 / 42
Decrease2.svg 2
5 / 15
Steady2.svg 0Coalition
2000 4th169,82111.40
5 / 42
Decrease2.svg 1
0 / 15
Decrease2.svg 5Opposition
2002 [lower-alpha 1] Bariša Čolak 6th116,4529.48
5 / 42
Steady2.svg 0
4 / 15
Increase2.svg 4Coalition
2006 [lower-alpha 2] Dragan Čović 6th69,3334.91
3 / 42
Decrease2.svg 2
3 / 15
Decrease2.svg 1Coalition
2010 6th114,4766.97
3 / 42
Steady2.svg 0
2 / 15
Decrease2.svg 1Coalition
2014 [lower-alpha 3] 6th123,0237.54
4 / 42
Increase2.svg 1
3 / 15
Increase2.svg 1Coalition
2018 [lower-alpha 4] 5th149,8729.05
5 / 42
Increase2.svg 1
4 / 15
Increase2.svg 1Coalition
2022 [lower-alpha 5] 3rd139,0188.75
4 / 42
Decrease2.svg 1
3 / 15
Decrease2.svg 1Coalition
  1. Run in coalition with HD.
  2. Run as part of the Croatian Coalition (HDZ, HNZ and HSP).
  3. Run in coalition with HSS, HKDU, HSP AS and HSPHB.
  4. Run in coalition with HSS, HSP, HSP AS and HKDU.
  5. Run in coalition with HSS, HSP, HKDU, HSP AS, HDU, HSPHB and HRAST.
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
YearLeader#Popular vote % HoR Seat change HoP Seat changeGovernment
1996 Božo Rajić2nd337,79425.29
36 / 140
New
30 / 65
NewCoalition
1998 Ante Jelavić 2nd184,56919.89
28 / 140
Decrease2.svg 8
25 / 72
Decrease2.svg 5Coalition
2000 3rd151,81217.49
25 / 140
Decrease2.svg 3
11 / 81
Decrease2.svg 14Opposition
2002 [lower-alpha 1] Bariša Čolak 4th113,09715.76
16 / 98
Decrease2.svg 9
13 / 58
Increase2.svg 2Coalition
2006 [lower-alpha 2] Dragan Čović 4th64,9067.56
8 / 98
Decrease2.svg 8
7 / 58
Decrease2.svg 6Coalition
2010 4th108,94310.64
12 / 98
Increase2.svg 4
10 / 58
Increase2.svg 3Opposition
2014 [lower-alpha 3] 4th118,37511.93
12 / 98
Steady2.svg
13 / 58
Increase2.svg 3Coalition
2018 [lower-alpha 4] 3rd143,70414.35
16 / 98
Increase2.svg 4
13 / 58
Steady2.svgCoalition
2022 [lower-alpha 5] 3rd130,56613.38
15 / 98
Decrease2.svg 1
17 / 80
Increase2.svg 3Coalition
  1. Run in coalition with HD.
  2. Run as part of the Croatian Coalition (HDZ, HNZ and HSP).
  3. Run in coalition with HSS, HKDU, HSP AS and HSPHB.
  4. Run in coalition with HSS, HSP, HSP AS and HKDU.
  5. Run in coalition with HSS, HSP, HKDU, HSP AS, HDU, HSPHB and HRAST.
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Presidency elections

    Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Election year#CandidateVotes %RepresentingElected?
    1996 1st Krešimir Zubak 330,47788.70% Croats Yes
    1998 1st Ante Jelavić 189,43852.91% Croats Yes
    2002 1st Dragan Čović 114,60661.52% Croats Yes
    2006 2nd Ivo Miro Jović 76,68126.14% Croats No
    2010 2nd Borjana Krišto 109,75819.74% Croats No
    2014 1st Dragan Čović 128,05352.20% Croats Yes
    2018 2nd Dragan Čović 154,81936.14% Croats No
    2022 2nd Borjana Krišto 180,25544.20% Croats No

    Cantonal elections

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