Politics of Croatia
Constitution of Croatia Croatian President Croatian Parliament Croatian Government Political parties Elections: President: 2005 Parliament: 2003 General info: Large flag of Croatia Dimensions: 604x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have been resized to the proper ratios. ... The Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska) is a parliamentary democracy with an elected president. ... Current Constitution of the Republic of Croatia was adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia on December 22, 1990. ... The President of Croatia is the head of state. ... The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. ... 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. ... This article lists political parties in Croatia. ... Politics of Croatia Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Croatia ... The fourth presidential elections in Croatia took place in two rounds in January 2005. ... Elections for the Croatian Parliament were held on November 23, 2003. ...

The Croatian Party of Pensioners (Croatian: Hrvatska Stranka Umirovljenika) is a Croatian political party. The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calendar Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by...

The Party was formed due to number of political, economic and demographic reasons. In early 1990s Croatian state deprived pensioners of their pensions in order to finance the war. At the same time, pension funds were used as a tool for businessman close to Franjo Tuđman to enrich themselves during the privatisation. As a result, Croatian pensioners are the section of society that became most impoverished and most embittered during that period. At the same time, it was noted that the pensioners were the section of electorate most likely to vote, and their number increased due to demographic trends and state-owned companies prefering to send their employees to early retirement rather than sacking and thus affecting unemployment statistics. Franjo TuÄ‘man (May 14, 1922 - December 10, 1999) was the first president of Croatia in the 1990s. ...

When the party was founded, few people took it seriously and many commentators speculated that the ultimate purpose of HSU was take away pensioners' votes from rejuvenated SDP and thus help ruling HDZ remain in power. However, the Party gradually built its organisation throughout the country and slowly rose in popularity due to both HDZ and left-centre cabinets of Ivica Račan refusing to honour Constitutional Court verdict that ordered government to pay back pensions that had been denied in early 1990s. The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Croatian: Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske) is the main social democratic political party in Croatia. ... The Croatian Democratic Union (Croatian: Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica, HDZ), is a major Croatian political party. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

The party is led by Vladimir Jordan. At the last legislative elections, 23 November 2003, the party won 4.0% of the popular vote and 3 out of 151 seats. A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Elections for the Croatian Parliament were held on November 23, 2003. ...

After the elections HSU has agreed to support Ivo Sanader as new prime minister and provided necessary votes for HDZ and its allies to form majority in Croatian Parliament. De facto coallition remains to this day, although HSU supported Stipe Mesić against HDZ candidate Jadranka Kosor on 2005 presidential election. Ivo Sanader (born June 8, 1953 in Split, Croatia) is the current Prime Minister of Croatia (President of the Government). ... The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. ... Stjepan Mesić (born December 24, 1934) has been the President of the Republic of Croatia since 2000. ... Jadranka Kosor (left) greeting supporter in Dubrovnik. ... The fourth presidential elections in Croatia took place in two rounds in January 2005. ...

HSU gained much notoriety after local and regional elections in May 2005 when many of its members got elected on left-centre election tickets only to support HDZ and right-wing parties during the forming of coalition governments.