Socialist Party of Croatia ( Croatian: ''Socijalistička stranka Hrvatske'' or ''Socijalistički savez Hrvatske - Savez socijalista Hrvatske'', ''SSH'') was a

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

political party in

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

. Before the arrival of multi-party democracy to Croatia, SSH existed as Socialist League of Working People of Croatia ( hr, Socijalistički savez radnog naroda Hrvatske, SSRNH), mass-umbrella organisation for all political organisations other than

Croatian Communist Party League of Communists of Croatia ( sh, Savez komunista Hrvatske or SKH) was the Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ). It came into power in 1945. Until 1952, it was known as Communist Party of Croatia (''Komunistička ...

. Before 1990 parliamentary elections, SSRNH rebranded itself into SSH, just like Communists rebranded themselves into

Social Democratic Party of Croatia The Social Democratic Party of Croatia ( hr, Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske, SDP) is a social-democratic political party in Croatia. The SDP is anti-fascist, progressive, and strongly pro-European. The SDP was formed in 1990 as the succe ...

. At the election, two parties acted as a bloc and ultimately lost. While SDP continued to exist nominally as the strongest opposition in Parliament, SSH, after losing its reason for existence, began to slowly fade away. It was briefly reinvigorated when prominent

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attorney

Silvije Degen Silvije Degen (born 15 June 1942 in Bjelovar) is a Croatian lawyer and politician from Zagreb. Silvije Degen, a native of Zagreb, in 1980s became one of the best known lawyers in Yugoslavia. This was due to his impeccable fashion sense and tendenc ...

took leadership and ran as relatively successful candidate during the 1992 presidential elections. The SSH should not be mistaken for Socialist Party of Croatia - Left Alternative (Croatian: ''Socijalistička partija Hrvatske''), which had been formed by people around

Stipe Šuvar Stipe Šuvar (17 February 1936 – 29 June 2004) was a Croatian politician and sociologist who was regarded to have been one of the most influential communist politicians in the League of Communists of Croatia in Socialist Republic of Croatia d ...

, at the time a dissident of

Socialist Labour Party of Croatia Socialist Labour Party of Croatia ( hr, Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske or SRP) is a communist party in Croatia, also known as Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia. url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717003705/http://www.nacional.hr/cl ...

. Their successors are

Social Democratic Action of Croatia Social Democratic Action of Croatia ( hr, Akcija socijaldemokrata Hrvatske or ASH) was a Croatian left-wing political party. It was founded by 1994 by members of Social Democratic Party of Croatia dissatisfied with the centrist policies of SDP l ...

, formed in 1994.

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