Croatian Democratic Union Hrvatska demokratska zajednica | |
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Abbreviation | HDZ |
President | Andrej Plenković |
Secretary | Krunoslav Katičić |
Spokesman | Zoltan Kabok |
Founder | Franjo Tuđman |
Founded | 17 June 1989 |
Headquarters | Trg žrtava fašizma 4, Zagreb |
Youth wing | Youth of the Croatian Democratic Union |
Membership (2020) | c. 210,384[1] |
Ideology | Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Centre-right |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
European Parliament group | European People's Party |
International affiliation | |
Colours | Blue |
Sabor | 55 / 151 |
European Parliament | 6 / 12 |
County Prefects | 13 / 21 |
Mayors | 56 / 128 |
Municipalities | 196 / 428 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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The Croatian Democratic Union (Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit. 'Croatian Democratic Community', HDZ) is a major conservative,[2][3] centre-right[3][4] political party in Croatia. Since 2016, it has been the ruling political party in Croatia under the incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croatia, along with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP). It is currently the largest party in the Sabor with 55 seats. The HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 before the country gained independence from Yugoslavia until 2000 and, in coalition with junior partners, from 2003 to 2011, and since 2016.
HDZ is a member of the Centrist Democrat International, International Democracy Union, and the European People's Party,[5] and sits in the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament.