The Democratic Union of Croats ( hr, Demokratska zajednica Hrvata, sr-cyrl, Демократска заједница Хрвата, Demokratska zajednica Hrvata, DZH) is a

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representing the Croat ethnic minority in the province of

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. It was founded on 25 July 2007, and the party seat is in

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, Age Mamužića 5 Street. Chronologically, DZH was fourth party of Croats from Serbia and third that emerged from dissatisfied fractions of the

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 ...

. Party President is Đorđe Čović (since 9 November 2007).

Participation in elections

On 25 April 2008, DZH signed an agreement with

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, in which it supported Hungarian Coalition on Serbian parliamentary elections in 2008. On

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in Serbia in 2008, DZH appealed its members to support

Boris Tadić Boris Tadić ( sr-cyr, Борис Тадић, ; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psychology ...

in 2nd electoral round. On

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in the autonomous province of Vojvodina in 2008, DZH joined the list '' Zajedno za Vojvodinu -

Nenad Čanak Nenad Čanak ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Чанак, ; born 2 November 1959) is a Serbian politician. He is the co-founder and former leader of the centre-left League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. He was the President of the Assembly of Vojvodina f ...

'', led by

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.Radio Subotica
Izbori 2008.

References

Radio-Subotica

Tomislav Žigmanov Tomislav Žigmanov ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Жигманов; born 12 April 1967) is a Serbian politician serving as minister of human and minority rights and social dialogue since 2022. An ethnic Croat, he has been the president of the Democ ...

: Nova stranka u vojvođanskih Hrvata – umnožavanje jala, 25 June 2007
Radio-Subotica
Slaven Bačić: Kronologija formiranja jedne partije, 21 July 2007
Radio-Subotica
Elementarna nepogoda, 18 September 2007
Radio-Subotica
DHZ objavila «Deklaraciju», 19 December 2007

External links

Demokratska zajednica Hrvata - DZH WEB
Official pages
Radio Subotica
DZH: Prve izjave veleposlanika Kuprešaka - ohrabrenje za hrvatsku zajednicu, 17 March 2009 Croat political parties in Serbia Croats of Vojvodina Politics of Vojvodina 2007 establishments in Serbia Vojvodina autonomist political parties {{Serbia-party-stub