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Social Democratic Party of Croatia Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske | |
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| Abbreviation | SDP |
| President | Siniša Hajdaš Dončić |
| Vice Presidents | |
| Founder | Ivica Račan |
| Founded | 3 November 1990[1] |
| Preceded by | League of Communists of Croatia |
| Headquarters | Trg Drage Iblera 9, Zagreb |
| Youth wing | SDP Youth Forum |
| LGBT Wing | SDP Queer Forum[2] |
| Membership (2020) | 32,000[3] |
| Ideology | Social democracy Progressivism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Rivers of Justice (since 2010) |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| International affiliation | |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | "Sloboda. Jednakost. Solidarnost."[4] ("Freedom. Equality. Solidarity.") |
| Sabor[5] | 37 / 151 |
| European Parliament | 4 / 12 |
| County Prefects | 2 / 21 |
| Mayors | 22 / 128 |
| Municipalities | 53 / 428 |
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The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Croatian: Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske, abbr. SDP) is a social democratic[6][7] political party in Croatia. The SDP is anti-fascist, progressive,[8] and strongly pro-European.[6][9] The SDP was formed in 1990 as the successor of the League of Communists of Croatia, the Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, which had governed Croatia within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia since World War II.[10]
The party first won the elections in 2000 and formed a coalition government headed by Ivica Račan. After losing the 2003 general election, the party remained in opposition for eight years. In the 2011 parliamentary election, SDP won 61[a] out of 151 seats in the Croatian Parliament, and managed to form the 12th Croatian Government under Zoran Milanović with its partners from the Kukuriku coalition. After SDP and its coalition partners failed to achieve an agreement on forming a new government following the 2015 general election, the party returned to the opposition. Former[b] SDP member and presidential candidate Ivo Josipović served as the third President of Croatia from 2010 to 2015. Another SDP member, Neven Mimica was the European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development at the Juncker Commission.
The SDP is a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Progressive Alliance (PA),[11] and the Socialist International (SI).
- ^ "Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske" (PDF) (in Croatian). HIDRA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ "SDP osnovao Queer forum: Doznajemo koji će im biti prvi potez". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "Tko će naslijediti Davora Bernardića: SDP bira svojeg četvrtog predsjednika". Dnevnik.hr. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Predsjednik splitskog SDP-a: Društvu nedostaje empatije, u borbu za prava žena moraju se uključiti muškarci, a za prava seksualnih manjina i oni koji su u tom aspektu većina". www.slobodnadalmacija.hr. Slobodna Dalmacija. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Deputy Club of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia". www.sabor.hr. Hrvatski sabor. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ a b Šedo, Jakub (2010). "The party system of Croatia". In Stojarová, Vera; Emerson, Peter (eds.). Party Politics in the Western Balkans. Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-135-23585-7.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ^ Gladoic, Andrea (14 June 2018). "Croatia's Largest Political Parties". Expat in Croatia. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ Stojarová, Vera; Emerson, Peter (2 October 2013). Party Politics in the Western Balkans. Routledge. ISBN 9781135235857.
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