Opposition (Croatia)

Leader of the Opposition
Logo of the largest opposition party
Incumbent Zoran Milanović since 2 June 2007
Term length	While leader of the largest political party not in government

Croatia

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Constitution Constitution Legislative Sabor Speaker Luka Bebić Assembly Opposition Zoran Milanović Judiciary Supreme Court Constitutional Court Executive President (List) Ivo Josipović Government (List) Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor Cabinet Political parties Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Social Democratic Party (SDP) Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD) Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) Elections Presidential: 2009–2010 Parliamentary: 2007, 2011 Local: 2009 Divisions Counties (Županija) Foreign relations EU accession

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The Opposition (Croatian: Opozicija; Oporba) in Croatia is a term used to describe political parties represented in Parliament which are not a part of the government supported by the parliamentary majority.

The Leader of the Opposition (Croatian: Vođa opozicije; Šef oporbe) is the unofficial title held by the leader of the largest party of the opposition. Usually it is the leader of one of the two major political parties in Croatia, the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union or the centre-left Social Democratic Party.

6th assembly of Sabor

In the Sixth assembly of the Croatian Parliament (2007-2011), the parties in Sabor that included the opposition were:

• Social Democratic Party
• Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
• Istrian Democratic Assembly
• Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja
• Croatian Party of Pensioners
• Croatian Party of Rights
• Croatian Labourists – Labour Party

The leader of the opposition was Zoran Milanović, leader of the SDP.

List of leaders of the Opposition

The list currently extends only since the independence of the Republic of Croatia, but the multi-party system existed since the Croatian parliamentary election, 1990.

Date		Largest Opposition Party	Leader of the Opposition	Prime Minister	President
25 June 1991		none - national unity government		Franjo Gregurić	Franjo Tuđman
12 August 1992		HSLS	Dražen Budiša	Hrvoje Šarinić
3 April 1993				Nikica Valentić
7 November 1995				Zlatko Mateša
26 November 1999					Vlatko Pavletić
27 January 2000		HDZ	Vladimir Šeks	Ivica Račan
2 February 2000					Zlatko Tomčić
19 February 2000					Stjepan Mesić
30 April 2000			Ivo Sanader
23 December 2003		SDP	Ivica Račan	Ivo Sanader
11 April 2007			Željka Antunović
2 June 2007			Zoran Milanović
6 July 2009				Jadranka Kosor
19 February 2010					Ivo Josipović

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