The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. According to the Constitution, it is a representative body of the people and is vested with the legislative power in the Republic of Croatia. An aerial view of Parliament of India at New Delhi. ... Jump to: navigation, search A congress is a gathering of people, especially a gathering for a political purpose. ... Jump to: navigation, search Representative democracy comprises a form of democracy and theory of civics wherein voters choose (in free, secret, multi-party elections) representatives to act in their interests, but not as their proxies—i. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ...

The Croatian Parliament has between 100 and 160 members, elected on the basis of direct universal and equal suffrage by secret ballot, for a term of 4 years. Members' mandate can be extended only during a war. Most representatives come from the Croatian counties, while there are also some minority and diaspora seats. Jump to: navigation, search The definition of a minority group can vary, depending on specific context, but generally refers to either a sub-group that does not form either a majority or a plurality of the total population, or a group that, while not necessarily a numerical minority, is disadvantaged... Jump to: navigation, search Look up Diaspora on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The term diaspora (Ancient Greek διασπορά, a scattering or sowing of seeds) is used (without capitalization) to refer to any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands, being dispersed throughout other parts of...

Currently there are 152 representatives, a president (sometimes translated as Speaker or Chairman) and a minimum of one deputy president (usually four or five). 140 members are from the counties, 8 from the minorities and 4 from abroad.

Powers of the Parliament

The Croatian Parliament (Sabor):

• decides on the enactment and amendment of the Constitution
• passes laws
• adopts the state budget
• decides on war and peace
• passes documents which express the policy of the parliament
• adopts the Strategy of national security and the Strategy of defense of the Republic of Croatia
• realizes civil control over the armed forces and the security services of the Republic of Croatia
• decides on alternations of the borders of the Republic of Croatia
• calls referenda
• carries out elections, appointments and reliefs of office, in conformity with the Constitution and law
• supervises the work of the Government of the Republic of Croatia and other holders of public authority responsible to the Croatian Parliament, in conformity with the Constitution and law
• grants amnesty for criminal offenses
• conducts other affairs as specified by the Constitution

The Croatian Parliament (Sabor) makes decisions by majority votes provided that a majority of representatives are present at the session. Aphorism Critical legal studies Jurisprudence Law (principle) Legal research Letter versus Spirit List of legal abbreviations Legal code Natural justice Natural law Philosophy of law Religious law External links Find more information on Law by searching one of Wikipedias sibling projects: Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School... Jump to: navigation, search Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues. ... Jump to: navigation, search WAR is a TLA that could refer to: White Aryan Resistance Warrenton Railroad (AAR reporting mark WAR) Web Application Archive WAR, a Japanese professional wrestling promotion See also: War This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which... Jump to: navigation, search The concept of peace ranks among the most controversial in our time. ... A policy is a plan of action for tackling issues. ... Security measures taken to protect the Houses of Parliament in London, England. ... A plants defence The words defense (AmE) or defence (CwE) can refer to any of the following: For defense of a doctoral dissertation see thesis committee For the military term see defense (military) Civil defense measures and emergency preparedness In politics, defense may be a euphemism for war For... Croatias military is officially called Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oružane Snage Republike Hrvatske) and it consists of these branches: ground forces (Hrvatska kopnena vojska) naval forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica) air and air defense forces (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana) Total active duty members of the... Security Service can mean: The British internal security service, MI5 A secret service or secret police agency ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... Jump to: navigation, search An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Government of the Republic of Croatia (Vlada Republike Hrvatske), commonly abbreviated to Croatian Government (hrvatska Vlada), is the main element of the executive branch of government in Croatia. ... Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion) is an act of grace by which the supreme power in a state restores those who may have been guilty of any offence against it to the position of innocent persons. ... A majority is a subset of a group that is more than half of the entire group. ...

Laws which regulate the rights of national minorities, decision of crossing the borders or acting over the borders by the armed forces, altering the borders are passed by the Croatian Parliament by a two-thirds majority vote of all representatives. In sociology and in voting theory, a minority is a sub-group that is outnumbered by persons who do not belong to it. ...

Laws which elaborate the constitutionally defined human rights and fundamental freedoms, the electoral system, the organization, authority and operation of government bodies and the organization and authority of local and regional self-government are passed by the Croatian Parliament by a majority vote of all representatives. Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Jump to: navigation, search Personal liberty is one of the meanings of freedom. Freedom refers, in a very general sense, to the state of being free (i. ... Self-governance is an abstract concept that refers to several scales of organization. ...

Each representative of the Croatian Parliament, the parliamentary clubs of representatives and the working bodies of the Croatian Parliament, and the Government of the Republic of Croatia have the right to propose laws.

Members of the Croatian Parliament have the right to ask the Government of the Republic of Croatia and individual ministers questions. Jump to: navigation, search A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ...

At least one tenth of the representatives of the Croatian Parliament may submit an interpellation on the operation of the Government of the Republic of Croatia or some of its individual members. Jump to: navigation, search Interpellation is a concept first coined by Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser to describe the process by which ideology addresses the individual. ...

The Croatian Parliament may form commissions of inquiry regarding any issue of public interest. Public interest is a term used to denote political movements and organizations that are in the public interest—supporting general public and civic causes, in opposition of private and corporate ones (particularistic goals). ...

Historic background

The Croat nobles agreed to form two Croatian states after settling in the Illyrian territory in the 7th century AD, after the great migration of the Slavs. Their meeting and agreement over the issues important for the people is considered the foundation of Croatian parliament. Jump to: navigation, search Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... Jump to: navigation, search In classical history, Illyria or Illyricum or Illyrikon was a region in the western part of todays Balkan Peninsula inhabited by the tribes and clans of Illyrians, an ancient people who probably spoke an Indo-European language (the Illyrian languages). ... // Events Islam starts in Arabia, the Quran is written, and Syria, Iraq, Persia, North Africa and Central Asia convert to Islam. ... Jump to: navigation, search Human migration denotes any movement of groups of people from one locality to another. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ...

Croatian counts and dukes later established a country and elected a king among themselves in the 9th and 10th century, but the legend says that they always made decisions as a group. Jump to: navigation, search Look up Count on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a countess (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). ... Jump to: navigation, search The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain... Jump to: navigation, search A country, a land, is a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity, with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and population, who are one anothers countrymen. ... A monarch is a type of ruler or head of state, whose titles and ascent are often inherited, not earned, and who represents a larger monarchical system which has established rules and customs regarding succession, duties, and powers. ... This earthenware dish was made in 9th century Iraq. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ...

After Croatia decided to join the Hungarian state in 1102, these nobles formed a real parliament and their decisions had significant influence in the state politics. In fact, when the Kingdom of Hungary lost its leader after the Battle of Mohács in 1526 when king Louis II died, the Croats gathered at Parliament on Cetin and chose to join the Habsburgs instead of a new king with the Hungarians. Jump to: navigation, search Events Valencia is captured by the Almoravids. ... Look up Politics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Political corruption Political economy Political movement Political parties of the world Political party Political psychology Political sociology Political... The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Battle of Mohács (Hungarian: mohácsi csata or mohácsi vész, Turkish: Mohaç Savaşı or Mohaç Meydan Savaşı) was fought on August 29, 1526 between the Hungarian army led by Louis II and the Ottoman army led by Suleiman the Magnificent. ... Events January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ... Louis Jagellion was born in 1506 as the son of (V)Ladislaus Jagiello, who died in 1516. ... Jump to: navigation, search After defeat in Battle of Mohács in 1526 Croatian nobility gathered at Parliament on Cetin (Cetinski Sabor). ... Jump to: navigation, search Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ...

In 1712, the Croatian Parliament decided on the so-called Pragmatic Sanction, thus taking the side of Maria Theresa, supporting her to become a queen of the Habsburg monarchy (previously no woman was allowed to rule the country without a king, that is, a man). Jump to: navigation, search // Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ... Jump to: navigation, search A pragmatic sanction is a sovereigns solemn decree on a matter of primary importance and has the force of fundamental law. ... Jump to: navigation, search H.I.M. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla Maria Theresa, or German Maria Theresia (May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780) was the first and only female head of the Habsburg dynasty. ... A monarch is a type of ruler or head of state, whose titles and ascent are often inherited, not earned, and who represents a larger monarchical system which has established rules and customs regarding succession, duties, and powers. ... Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image of a man on the Pioneer plaque sent to interstellar space A man is a male human adult, in contrast to an adult female, which is a woman. ...

In the light of the Revolutions of 1848, Sabor decided to renew some of the country autonomy by exerting its power to all of the old Croatian regions and having the same ban govern them. In 1868 they negotiated a bargain with the Hungarians that regulated the ties between the countries in the new environment of Austria-Hungary. The European Revolutions of 1848, in some countries known as the Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution, were a series of revolutions triggered by the Revolution of 1848 in France, which erupted in February 1848 in Paris and soon spread to the rest of Europe. ... Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else. ... A region can be either: an administrative subdivision of a country a sometimes vaguely-defined geographical area of a country or continent It is important to realize that regions are found in the minds of humans and so regions can be of any size and that each region is unique... Ban was a title used in some states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 9th century and the 20th century. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...

In 1918 the Parliament decided to split off Croatia from Austria-Hungary (as did all the other parts of the monarchy), and join the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. The country entered the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes soon after, though this was never sanctioned by Sabor, which was decomissioned. Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Croatian and Serbian Država Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba, Slovenian Država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov) was a short-lived state formed from the southernmost parts of the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy after its dissolution at the end of the World War I by... The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state which existed from December 1, 1918 to mid-April 1941. ...

The post-WWII parliament developed from the council of anti-fascists (ZAVNOH) formed in 1943. It functioned as the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (as a part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), until 1990 when Croatia regained full independence. Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Jump to: navigation, search A council is a group of people who usually possess some powers of governance. ... Jump to: navigation, search State Anti-Fascist Council of Peoples Liberation of Croatia (in Croatian: Zemaljsko antifašističko vijeće narodnog oslobođenja Hrvatske, abbr. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... A socialist republic is a republic that according to its constitution or political doctrine operates under some form of a socialist economic system. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the end of World War II to the Yugoslav wars. ... Jump to: navigation, search For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...

List of Presidents (Speakers) of the Parliament

Since Croatian independence which was proclaimed on June 25, 1991 and entered in force fully on December 8, 1991.

1. Žarko Domljan (May 30, 1990 - September 7, 1992)
2. Stjepan Mesić (September 7, 1992 - May 24, 1994)
3. Nedjeljko Mihanović (May 24, 1994 - November 28, 1995)
4. Vlatko Pavletić (November 28, 1995 - February 2, 2000)
5. Zlatko Tomčić (February 2, 2000 - December 22, 2003)
6. Vladimir Šeks (December 22, 2003-)

Stjepan Mesić (born December 24, 1934) has been the President of the Republic of Croatia since 2000. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be wikified. ... Zlatko Tomčić (born 1945) is a Croatian politician, current leader of the Croatian Peasant Party and a representative in the Croatian Parliament. ...

Elections for the Parliament

• Croatian parliamentary election, 1990
• Croatian parliamentary election, 1992
• Croatian parliamentary election, 1995
• Croatian parliamentary election, 2000
• Croatian parliamentary election, 2003

First free multi-party elections for Croatian Parliament were held between April 22nd and May 7th 1990. ... The second free multi-party elections for Croatian Parliament were held on August 2nd 1992 in conjuction with 1992 Presidential elections of Croatia. ... Elections for Chamber of Representatives of Croatian Parliament were held on October 29th 1995. ... Elections for the Chamber of Representatives of Croatian Parliament were held on January 3rd 2000. ... Elections for the Croatian Parliament were held on November 23, 2003. ...

See also

• List of political parties in Croatia
• Politics of Croatia

This article lists political parties in Croatia. ... The Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska) is a parliamentary democracy with an elected president. ...

External links

• The Croatian Parliament