The Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine or HDZ BiH) is a
Christian democratic
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It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...
,
nationalist
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political party
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in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, representing the
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. It is an observer member of the
European People's Party
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(EPP). Its headquarters is in
Mostar
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Mostar is sit ...
.
History
The party was formed on 18 August 1990, with the first party convention held in
Sarajevo
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. 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
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and 16 out of 98 seats in the
Federal House of Representatives.
In 2006, the party joined the
Croatian National Assembly
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, an alliance of Bosnian Croat political parties, along with the
Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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and the
Croat People's Union
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.
Throughout its history, the HDZ BiH has had nine presidents, the current one being
Dragan Čović
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since 5 June 2005.
[Official biography]
;accessed 8 September 2018. Four of the six Croat members of the
Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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have came from the party, the most recent one also being Čović, serving in office from 2014 until 2018.
[
In the 2018 general election, the party was in a coalition with three other Bosnian Croat parties (]Croatian Peasant Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Croatian Peasant Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( hr, Hrvatska seljačka stranka Bosne i Hercegovine or HSS BiH) is a Croatian political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Since the legacy and the brand of the historic Croatian Peasant Party ...
, Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( hr, Hrvatska kršćanska demokratska unija Bosne i Hercegovine, HKDU BiH) is a minor Croatian political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
See also
*Croatian Christian Democratic U ...
), 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.
List of presidents
Elections
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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See also
*Croatian Democratic Union
The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croa ...
References
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