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2003 Croatian Parliamentary Election
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Croatian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 3 January 2000 to elect members of the Chamber of Representative. They were the first elections to be held after the expiration of a full four-year term of the previous Chamber of Representatives. The ruling Croatian Democratic Union entered the elections weakened by the Zagreb Crisis, street protests and the series of corruption scandals that came to light in the previous parliamentary term. However, the most important factor was the deteriorating health of the party leader and Croatian president Franjo Tuđman, which sparked a succession struggle between various factions within the party. On the other side, two major Croatian opposition parties – the Social Democratic Party of Croatia and Croatian Social Liberal Party – had their coalition formally agreed in 1998 and spent more than a year preparing for the elections. At first, they were to run together with the Croatian Peasant Party, Croatian People's Party, Istrian Democr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Međimurje Party
The Međimurje Party ( or MS) is a regional political party in Croatia, formed in Međimurje in 2000. It is usually aligned with right-wing parties. At the last legislative elections, 23 November 2003, an alliance of the Croatian Party of Rights (''Hrvatska stranka prava''), the Međimurje Party and the Zagorje Democratic Party Democratic Party of Zagorje ( hr, Zagorska demokratska stranka or ZDS) is a right-wing political party from Krapina-Zagorje and Varaždin counties in Croatia. Members: 1998 (5,250), 1999 (5,250), 2002 (5,500). ZDS was established on 5 February ... - won 6.4% of the popular vote and 8 out of 151 seats, all for the HSP. Electoral history Legislative References Regionalist parties in Croatia Political parties established in 2000 2000 establishments in Croatia Right-wing parties in Europe {{Croatia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furio Radin
Furio Radin (born 1 June 1950) is a Croatian politician who is currently serving as a Member of the Croatian Parliament for the Italian national minority, an office he has held since 7 September 1992. He has also been the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities since 2000, and one of the Deputy Speakers of the Parliament since 9 June 2017. Radin is the longest-serving Member of Parliament in Croatian history, with a service lasting , as of . Radin was first elected to the parliament in the 1992 election and was subsequently reelected to eight more terms, in the 1995, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2020 elections respectively. Although he is formally an independent, he has closely cooperated with the liberal regionalist Istrian Democratic Assembly party, in whose parliamentary club he also sits. Early life and education Furio Radin was born on 1 June 1950 in Pula, where he also attended elementary and high school. He earne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Mak
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), while in West Slavic countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu. The spelling with K, Nikola, reflects romanization of the Cyrillic spelling, while Nicola reflects Italian usage. Statistics *Serbia: male name. 5th most popular in 2011, 1st in 2001, 1st in 1991, 5th in 1981, 9th pre-1940. *Croatia: male name. 32,304 (2011). *Bosnia and Herzegovina: male name. *Bulgaria: male name. * North Macedonia: male name. *Czech Republic: 22,567 females and 740 males (2002). *Poland: female name. *Slovakia: female name. People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German People's Union – National Association Of Danube Swabians In Croatia
The German People’s Union – National Association of Danube Swabians in Croatia () is a Croatian organization representing the German minority, most obviously the Danube Swabians. Established in 1992, and headquartered in Osijek, the organization is active in a number of fields, most prominently culture. In the 2003 Croatian parliamentary election 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 ..., they nominated one Nikola Mak in the election for the special seat for the German minority and won one seat in parliament. References External links German People’s Union – National Association of Danube Swabians in Croatia Political parties of minorities in Croatia Danube-Swabian people Croatian people of German descent Political parties established in 1992 1992 establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdenka Čuhnil
Zdenka or Zdeňka () is a feminine given name in Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, and Slovenian, originally a short form of Zdeslava. Notable people with the name include: * Zdenka Badovinac, Slovenian art critic * Zdenka Braunerová, Czech painter * Zdenka Cecília Schelingová, Slovak nun * Zdenka Fantlová, Czech actor, writer and Holocaust survivor * Zdenka Grossmannová, Czechoslovak canoer * Zdenka Hradilova, Czechoslovak canoer * Zdenka Kovačiček, Croatian singer * Zdenka Kramplová, Slovak politician * Zdenka Podkapová, Czech model * Zdenka Predná, Slovak singer * Zdeňka Šilhavá, Czech athlete * Zdenka Ticharich, Hungarian pianist * Zdeňka Vávrová, Czech astronomer * Zdeňka Veřmiřovská, Czechoslovakian (Moravian) artistic gymnast ** 3364 Zdenka, an asteroid named for her * ''Zdenka'', fictional character in the opera Arabella See also * Zdeslava * Zdenko Zdenko is a male given name of Slovak, Slovene or Croatian origin. It is the Slavic version of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jene Adam
Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate (EE/CPA), also known as co-cyprindiol and sold under the brand names Diane and Diane-35 among others, is a combination of ethinylestradiol (EE), an estrogen, and cyproterone acetate (CPA), a progestin and antiandrogen, which is used as a birth control pill to prevent pregnancy in women.https://www.bayer.ca/omr/online/diane-35-pm-en.pdf It is also used to treat androgen-dependent conditions in women such as acne, seborrhea, excessive facial/body hair growth, scalp hair loss, and high androgen levels associated with ovaries with cysts. The medication is taken by mouth once daily for 21 days, followed by a 7-day free interval. Medical uses EE/CPA is used as a combined birth control pill to prevent ovulation and pregnancy in women. It is also approved and used to treat androgen-dependent conditions in women such as acne, seborrhea, hirsutism, female pattern hair loss, and hyperandrogenism due to polycystic ovary syndrome. Available forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vojislav Stanimirović (politician)
Vojislav Stanimirović ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав Станимировић; born 19 August 1953 in Tovarnik) is a Croatian Serb politician as well as former founder and president of the Independent Democratic Serb Party. During his political career he held various functions both in Croatian and self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina institutions and political organizations. He was elected member of Croatian Parliament (Sabor) in 2011–2015 period, president of the Idependent Democratic Serb Party 1997–2017, 2nd Chairmen of the transitional Serb Executive Council (Government) of the Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (abbreviated as Eastern Slavonia) 1996–1997 and minister without portfolio in the last Cabinet of Milan Babić of the Government of the Republic of Serbian Krajina. Over the years Stanimirović's political positions evolved from that of hawkish Serbian Radical supporter of unification of the Republic of Serbian Krajina and Republika Srpska befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Lončar
Ivo is a masculine given name, in use in various European languages. The name used in western European languages originates as a Normannic name recorded since the High Middle Ages, and the French name Yves is a variant of it. The unrelated South Slavic name is a variant of the name Ivan (John). Origins The name is recorded from the High Middle Ages among the Normans of France and England (Yvo of Chartres, born c. 1040). The name's etymology may be either Germanic or Celtic, in either case deriving from a given name with a first element meaning "yew" (Gaulish ''Ivo-'', Germanic ''Iwa-'').Campbell, MikIvo(Behind the Name: The Etymology and History of First Names) The name may have been spread by the cult of Saint Ivo (d. 1303), patron saint of Brittany. The Slavic name is a hypocorism, like its variant ''Ivica''. Variations Ivo has the genitive form of "Ives" in the place name St Ives. In France, the usual variation of the name is Yves. In the Hispanic countries of Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Democratic Peasant Party
The Croatian Democratic Peasant Party ( or HDSS) is a minor agrarian-conservative political party in Croatia. The party was led by Ivo Lončar, a popular television news reporter who was elected as a member of the 2000-2003 Parliament from the Croatian Peasant Party list; he subsequently left the party and became an independent deputy. In the November 2003 election he led the party list of HDSS and two other smaller parties and managed to retain his seat in the Parliament. The alliance won 1.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 151 seats. Since 2006, the party politics shifted from center-right to center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici .... HDSS supports the development of the agrarian sector, free enterprise, as well as the values of tolerance and dialogue. Elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dražen Budiša
Dražen Budiša (born 25 July 1948) is a Croatian politician who used to be a leading opposition figure in the 1990s and a two-time presidential candidate. As president of the Croatian Social Liberal Party through the 1990s he remains to date the only Leader of the Opposition not to have been from either the Croatian Democratic Union or the Social Democratic Party. Biography During Yugoslavia Budiša was born in Drniš, People's Republic of Croatia, within the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied Philosophy and Sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb and took part in the Croatian Spring in the 1970s. For his activities he was later sent to Lepoglava prison by Communist authorities. Before the arrival of democracy he worked as a librarian. In 1989 he was one of the founders of Croatian Social Liberal Party and later its leader. During the 1990 elections his party joined the Coalition of People's Accord and fared badly, including Budiša who failed to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
