Davorko Vidović (born 26 June 1956.) is a Croatian politician, the current president of

Socijaldemokrati The Social Democrats ( hr, Socijaldemokrati) is a Croatian centre-left political party founded in 2022. The party was preceded by a parliamentary group of the same name that broke away from the Social Democratic Party of Croatia in October 2021. ...

and a member of

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. He also served as a Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from 2000 to 2003 and was elected a mayor of

Sisak Sisak (; hu, Sziszek ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavin ...

in 2005. In 2021, Vidović, along with several high ranking members of

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 ...

including previous party leader

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 ...

were expelled from party on charges of doing damage to party or refusing to respect the decisions of the party. On July 9, 2022, they founded a new party named

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