CROATIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

The 'Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina' (Croatian: ''Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine'', ''HDZ BiH'') is a political party of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP).
The party was formed on August 18, 1990 at the 1st party convention held in Sarajevo, and it participated on all multi-party elections held in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1991. It regularly won the support of the Croatian electorate up to 2000, and participated in the government. It returned to power in 2002, where it remained until 2006.
At the legislative election of October 2002, the party was part of the Coalition (''Koalicija''), that won 9.5 % of the popular vote and 5 out of 42 seats in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 16 out of 140 seats in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Major leaders have included Mate Boban, Jadranko Prlić, Dario Kordić, Ante Jelavić, Dragan Čović, Ivo Miro Jović.
The party has had two splinter factions so far:

★ New Croatian Initiative (''Nova hrvatska inicijativa'', NHI), led by Krešimir Zubak

★ Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (''Hrvatska demokratska zajednica 1990'', HDZ 1990), led by Božo Ljubić

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See also

★ Croatian Democratic Union

External link

★ Official web site