The Croatian National Alliance ( hr, Hrvatski narodni savez, abbreviation: HNS) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

of ethnic

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...

in autonomous province of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

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. Founding session was held on December 6, 1998, in Subotica. The party seat was in

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...

. Chronologically, HNS was second party of Croats from Serbia and first that emerged from dissatisfied fraction from

Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina The Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina ( hr, Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini, DSHV; sr-cyrl, Демократски савез Хрвата у Војводини; ДСХВ) is a political party in Serbia representing the Croat eth ...

, DSHV. Majority of founders were former members of DSHV (

Branko Horvat Branko Horvat (24 July 1928 – 18 December 2003) was a Croatian economist and politician. Horvat was born in Petrinja on 24 July 1928. In 1944 during World War II, Horvat and his father Artur Horvat joined the Partisan movement in Croatia. He w ...

,...). The President of Initiating Committee was Franjo Vujkov became the President. In local elections in Serbia 2000, HNS went into coalition with its "mother" party, DSHV. Coalition achieved results, so HNS got several mandates. As time went, both sides saw that the other parties are getting advantage from DHSV-HNS disagreement. So on February 11, 2004, DSHV began negotiations on reincorporating of HNS to DSHV. The grounds were that conditions have changed compared to previous elections. Ethnic structure in Subotica, the city that is cultural and political centre of Croats in Serbia, has changed at the expense of Croats. The second reason that started things moving is that that new party in Serbia, G17+, got a lot of Croat votes in the electoral units with numerous Croats, that indicated to flow of Croat votes. Finally, on February 29, 2004, after negotiations, Croatian National Alliance reincorporated back into Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina. On the side of DHSV, negotiators were acting President

Petar Kuntić Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. ...

and Vice presidents Josip Gabrić and Martin Bačić and members of Presidency and Council Marko Berberović, Đorđe Čović i Josip Jaramazović. On the side of HNS, negotiators were President Franjo Vujkov and Presidency members

, Bela Ivković and Dujo Runje. After reincorporation, Party President Franjo Vujkov became the Vice president of DSHV.DSHV
Politiziranje sudskih procesa, 17. lipnja 2005.

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Osnovan "Hrvatski narodni savez"
Radio-Subotica
Kronologija formiranja jedne partije
Hrvatska riječ
Suradnja i konsenzus su neophodni, 20. listopada 2003. 1998 establishments in Serbia 2004 disestablishments in Serbia Croat political parties in Serbia Croats of Vojvodina Defunct political parties in Serbia Political parties disestablished in 2004 Political parties established in 1998 Politics of Vojvodina {{Serbia-party-stub