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Elections In The Social Democratic Party Of Croatia
Since its founding in 1990, elections within the Social Democratic Party of Croatia were held numerous times. 2007 leadership election The Social Democratic Party of Croatia 2007 leadership election following the death of longtime leader Ivica Račan was held on 2 June 2007. Deputy leader Željka Antunović served as the acting leader and ran for a full term. Little known party spokesperson Zoran Milanović ran as an outsider and reformist promising much needed modernization of the party. Other candidates included Zagreb mayor Milan Bandić and former Foreign Affairs Minister Tonino Picula. Milanović pulled out an unexpected win in the first ballot, but failed to achieve an outright majority. He defeated Antunović in the second ballot and became the leader of the party. Results 2008 leadership election The Social Democratic Party of Croatia 2008 leadership election to elect the leader of the party was held on 11 May 2008. The incumbent leader Zoran Milanović had first been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Social Democratic Party Of Croatia
The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (, SDP) is a Social democracy, social democratic political party in Croatia. The SDP is Anti-fascism, anti-fascist, Progressivism, progressive, and strongly Pro-Europeanism, pro-European. The SDP was formed in 1990 as the successor of the League of Communists of Croatia, the Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, which had governed Socialist Republic of Croatia, Croatia within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia since World War II. The party first won the elections in 2000 Croatian parliamentary election, 2000 and formed a coalition government headed by Ivica Račan. After losing the 2003 Croatian parliamentary election, 2003 general election, the party remained in opposition for eight years. In the 2011 Croatian parliamentary election, 2011 parliamentary election, SDP won 61 out of 151 seats in the Croatian Parliament, and managed to form the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović, 12th Croatian Government under Zoran Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Davor Bernardić
Davor Bernardić (born 5 January 1980) is a Croatian physicist and politician who served as the president of the Social Democratic Party from 2016 to 2020. He also served as one of four SDP vice-presidents, leader of the SDP's Zagreb branch, and president of the SDP Youth Forum. Bernardić has been elected to the Croatian Parliament five times, representing the 1st electoral district. Early life and education Bernardić was born in Zagreb on 5 January 1980 to civil servant Damir Bernardić and nurse Dragica (née Tešo). His paternal grandfather's brother Ivan Bernardić was a notable member of the Croatian Peasant Party who was sentenced to long-term prison sentences in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Independent State of Croatia and the SFR Yugoslavia because of his political activism. His grandfather Josip was also prosecuted by the communists so he had to emigrate to Austria, where he died. His maternal grandparents were members of the Yugoslav Partisans. Having grown up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Makarska
Makarska () is a town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about southeast of Split (city), Split and northwest of Dubrovnik, in the Split-Dalmatia County. Makarska is a prominent regional tourist center, located on a horseshoe-shaped bay between the Biokovo mountains and the Adriatic Sea. The city is noted for its palm-fringed promenade, where cafes, bars and boutiques overlook the harbor. Adjacent to the beach are several large capacity hotels as well as a camping grounds. Makarska is the centre of the Makarska Riviera, a popular tourist destination under the Biokovo mountain. It stretches for between the municipalities of Brela and Gradac, Split-Dalmatia County, Gradac. History Pre-history Near present-day Makarska, there was a settlement as early as the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. It is thought that it was a point used by the Cretans on their way up to the Adriatic (the so-called Amber Road). However it was only one of the ports with links with the wider Mediterra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ministry Of Labour And Pension System, Family And Social Policy
The ministry of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy of the Republic of Croatia () is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which performs administrative and other tasks related to employment policy, regulation of labor relations, labor market and active employment policy, system and policy of pension insurance and relations with trade unions and employers associations in the area of employment relations. List of ministers Ministers of Labour and Social Welfare (1990–2003) From 23 December 2003 to 23 December 2011 the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare was split and divided between two ministries. The social welfare portfolio was merged with Ministry of Health and labour portfolio was merged with Ministry of Economy. After 23 December 2011 there are two ministries, one for Labour and one for Social Policies. Ministers of Labour and Pension System (2011–2020) Ministers of Labour and Pension System, Family and Social Policy (2020–present) Note ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mirando Mrsić
Mirando Mrsić (born 14 October 1959) is a Croatian physician and politician who served as a Minister of Labour and Pension System in the centre left Government of Zoran Milanović from 23 December 2011 until 22 January 2016. Mrsić was born in Split on 14 October 1959. After finishing elementary and high school in Makarska, he enrolled at the Zagreb School of Medicine from which he graduated in 1983. He received Ph.D. in biomedical sciences in 2000. Mrsić specialized in hematology. He was the campaign manager of the successful 2009-10 presidential campaign of Ivo Josipović. Mrsić was expelled from the Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ... in March 2018. In October 2018, he founded a new political party, the Democrats (). He returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kalnik, Koprivnica-Križevci County
Kalnik is a municipality in the Koprivnica-Križevci County in Croatia, located on the southern slopes of Kalnik mountain. According to the 2011 census, it has 1,351 inhabitants in the following settlements: * Borje, population 137 * Kalnik, population 325 * Kamešnica, population 189 * Obrež Kalnički, population 139 * Popovec Kalnički, population 98 * Potok Kalnički, population 180 * Šopron, population 162 * Vojnovec Kalnički, population 122 History In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Kalnik was part of the Bjelovar-Križevci County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (; or ; ) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was created in 1868 by merging the kingdoms of Kingdom of Croatia (Habs .... References Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Koprivnica-Križevci County {{KoprivnicaKriževci-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ministry Of Maritime Affairs, Transport And Infrastructure
The ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Croatia (, MMPI RH) is a ministry in the Government of Croatia. List of ministers Role The Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure performs administrative and other tasks related to: * domestic international maritime, nautical, road, rail, air and postal traffic; the system of transport by cable cars, funiculars and lifts and transport on inland waters with the infrastructure of these modes of transport; * planning, drafting and implementation of strategic documents and transport infrastructure projects, proposes a strategy for the development of all modes of transport; * protection of the sea from pollution from ships; seaports, maritime domain and delimitation of maritime domain, maritime insurance and maritime agencies; ports on inland waterways; land freight transport centers; airports; * means of transport other than those falling within the scope of work of other minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Siniša Hajdaš Dončić
Siniša Hajdaš Dončić ( né Hajdaš; born 29 June 1974) is a Croatian politician serving as president of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP), and as Leader of the Opposition, since September 2024. He previously served as Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure from 2012 to 2016 in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović. Before that, he served as Prefect of the Krapina-Zagorje County in northern Croatia from 2009 to 2012. Early life and education Hajdaš Dončić was born in the small town of Zabok, Yugoslavia, in modern-day Croatia, on 29 June 1974. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business (EFZG) at the University of Zagreb in 1999. He finished postgraduate studies in 2002, and defended his doctoral dissertation at the University of Split in 2012. Career Hajdaš Dončić has been a lecturer at the Professional Business School of Higher Education LIBERTAS and at the college for business and management Baltazar Adam Krčelić in Zagre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ministry Of The Interior (Croatia)
The Ministry of the Interior of the Croatia, Republic of Croatia ( or MUP RH) is the Interior ministry, ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of state security among other roles. Croatian Police is a public service of the Ministry of the Interior. List of ministers (9) (2) (1) (1) (*) Ministers of Internal Affairs who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia while in office. Notes :a. Karamarko was appointed in the HDZ-dominated Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II, Sanader cabinet as a non-party minister. In 2009 he continued to serve in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor, Kosor cabinet and formally joined HDZ in September 2011. Role The Ministry of the Interior deals with Administration (government), administrative and other tasks related to the following: * policing and criminal police activities that involve protection of life and personal security of people and property and the prevention and detection of crime; * tracing and captu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 European Parliament Election In Croatia
The 2024 European Parliament elections in Croatia were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the fourth parliamentary election since Croatia's EU accession in 2013, and the first to take place after Brexit. It is the second election in 2024, the "superelection year" for Croatia, following the April parliamentary election and preceding the presidential election. Concurrently with this election, four local elections are being held on the same day, including the mayoral election in Gospić. Background Since the previous 2019 election, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković was re-elected in both 2020 and 2024 parliamentary elections. After the latter, the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), who had fallen short of an absolute majority, formed a coalition government with the right-wing Homeland Movement. Electoral system Compared to last election, Croatia is entitled to one more MEP in this election, already assigned since 2020 in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 Croatian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 17 April 2024 to elect the members of the 11th Sabor. Prior to the elections, the government consisted of a coalition of the Croatian Democratic Union and Independent Democratic Serb Party, with parliamentary support of five national minority MPs, two MPs from the Croatian Social Liberal Party and Croatian Demochristian Party, and one independent MP, Silvano Hrelja. The ruling centre-right HDZ won the most seats for the fourth straight election, defeating the centre-left Rivers of Justice alliance. The right-wing populist Homeland Movement (Croatia), Homeland Movement finished third, with the left-wing and green We can! (Croatia), We can! in fourth place. The HDZ subsequently formed a right-wing coalition with the Homeland Movement and returned HDZ leader Andrej Plenković as Prime Minister for a third term. Background The pre-election period was marked by speculation about the possible date of the election, potential coalitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Peđa Grbin
Peđa Grbin (born 24 May 1979) is a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) from 2020 to 2024. He was also Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2022 and again from May to September 2024. He has represented the VIII electoral district in the Croatian Parliament since 2011. Grbin also served as the Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System from 2012 until 2015. He was vice president of the SDP from 2016 to 2018 when he was suspended from that position after a letter's publication in which he and three other SDP members had called on then SDP president Davor Bernardić to resign. Early life, education and professional career Grbin attended elementary and high school in Pula, after which he enrolled in the Zagreb Faculty of Law from which he graduated in 2003. During elementary and high school days he played basketball for the local basketball team ''Gradine Pula''. After gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
