The Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine, abbr. HDZ BiH) is a Christian democratic Croatian nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina, representing the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an associate member of the European People's Party. Its headquarters is in Mostar.
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine | |
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Abbreviation | HDZ BiH |
President | Dragan Čović |
General Secretary | Goran Božić |
Deputy President | Borjana Krišto |
Founder | Davor Perinović |
Founded | 18 August 1990 |
Headquarters | Kneza Domagoja bb 88000, Mostar |
Youth wing | Youth HDZ BiH |
Membership (2014) | 35,000 |
Ideology |
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Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
National affiliation | Croatian National Assembly |
European affiliation | European People's Party (associate) |
International affiliation | International Democracy Union |
Colors | Blue |
HoR BiH | 4 / 42 |
HoP BiH | 3 / 15 |
HoR FBiH | 15 / 98 |
HoP FBiH | 16 / 80 |
NA RS | 0 / 83 |
Canton Premiers | 3 / 10 |
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History
The party was founded on 18 August 1990, with the first party convention held in Sarajevo. It has participated in all multiparty elections held in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1991. It regularly won the support of the Croat electorate up to 2000 and took part in forming the government. It returned to power in 2002, where it remained until 2010. Since 2014, the party has once again been in power.
In the October 2002 general election, the party was part of the "Croatian Coalition" (Hrvatska koalicija) which won 9.5% of the popular vote and five out of 42 seats in the national House of Representatives and 16 of the 98 seats in the Federal House of Representatives.
In 2006, the party joined the Croatian National Assembly, an alliance of Bosnian Croat political parties, along with the Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croat People's Union.
Throughout its history, the HDZ BiH has had nine presidents, the current one being Dragan Čović since 5 June 2005. Four of the six Croat members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina have come from the party, the most recent one also being Čović, serving in office from 2014 until 2018.
In the 2018 general election, the party was in a coalition with three other Bosnian Croat parties (Croatian Peasant Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina), winning 149,872 or 9.05% of the votes, five out of 42 seats in the national House of Representatives and 16 out of 98 in the Federal one.
List of presidents
# | Name (Born–Died) | Portrait | Term of Office | |
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1 | Davorin Perinović (b. 1949) | ![]() | 18 August 1990 | 7 September 1990 |
2 | Stjepan Kljuić (b. 1939) | ![]() | 7 September 1990 | 2 February 1992 |
3 | Milenko Brkić (1944–2017) | ![]() | 2 February 1992 | 14 November 1992 |
4 | Mate Boban (1940–1997) | ![]() | 14 November 1992 | 10 July 1994 |
5 | Dario Kordić (b. 1960) | ![]() | 10 July 1994 | 2 December 1995 |
6 | Božo Rajić (b. 1943) | ![]() | 2 December 1995 | 17 May 1998 |
7 | Ante Jelavić (b. 1963) | ![]() | 17 May 1998 | 4 May 2002 |
8 | Bariša Čolak (b. 1956) | ![]() | 4 May 2002 | 5 June 2005 |
9 | Dragan Čović (b. 1956) | ![]() | 5 June 2005 | present |
Elections
Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year | Leader | # | Popular vote | % | Seats won | Government |
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1990 | Stjepan Kljuić | 3rd | 362,855 | 16.07 | 44 / 240 | Coalition |
Year | Leader | # | Popular vote | % | HoR | Seat change | HoP | Seat change | Government |
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1996 | Božo Rajić | 3rd | 338,440 | 14.10 | 8 / 42 | New | 5 / 15 | New | Coalition |
1998 | Ante Jelavić | 2nd | 200,092 | 11.59 | 6 / 42 | ![]() | 5 / 15 | ![]() | Coalition |
2000 | 4th | 169,821 | 11.40 | 5 / 42 | ![]() | 0 / 15 | ![]() | Opposition | |
2002 | Bariša Čolak | 6th | 116,452 | 9.48 | 5 / 42 | ![]() | 4 / 15 | ![]() | Coalition |
2006 | Dragan Čović | 6th | 69,333 | 4.91 | 3 / 42 | ![]() | 3 / 15 | ![]() | Coalition |
2010 | 6th | 114,476 | 6.97 | 3 / 42 | ![]() | 2 / 15 | ![]() | Coalition | |
2014 | 6th | 123,023 | 7.54 | 4 / 42 | ![]() | 3 / 15 | ![]() | Coalition | |
2018 | 5th | 149,872 | 9.05 | 5 / 42 | ![]() | 4 / 15 | ![]() | Coalition | |
2022 | 3rd | 139,018 | 8.75 | 4 / 42 | ![]() | 3 / 15 | ![]() | Coalition |
- Run in coalition with HD.
- Run as part of the Croatian Coalition (HDZ, HNZ and HSP).
- Run in coalition with HSS, HKDU, HSP AS and HSPHB.
- Run in coalition with HSS, HSP, HSP AS and HKDU.
- Run in coalition with HSS, HSP, HKDU, HSP AS, HDU, HSPHB and HRAST.

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year | Leader | # | Popular vote | % | HoR | Seat change | HoP | Seat change | Government |
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1996 | Božo Rajić | 2nd | 337,794 | 25.29 | 36 / 140 | New | 30 / 65 | New | Coalition |
1998 | Ante Jelavić | 2nd | 184,569 | 19.89 | 28 / 140 | ![]() | 25 / 72 | ![]() | Coalition |
2000 | 3rd | 151,812 | 17.49 | 25 / 140 | ![]() | 11 / 81 | ![]() | Opposition | |
2002 | Bariša Čolak | 4th | 113,097 | 15.76 | 16 / 98 | ![]() | 13 / 58 | ![]() | Coalition |
2006 | Dragan Čović | 4th | 64,906 | 7.56 | 8 / 98 | ![]() | 7 / 58 | ![]() | Coalition |
2010 | 4th | 108,943 | 10.64 | 12 / 98 | ![]() | 10 / 58 | ![]() | Opposition | |
2014 | 4th | 118,375 | 11.93 | 12 / 98 | ![]() | 13 / 58 | ![]() | Coalition | |
2018 | 3rd | 143,704 | 14.35 | 16 / 98 | ![]() | 13 / 58 | ![]() | Coalition | |
2022 | 3rd | 130,566 | 13.38 | 15 / 98 | ![]() | 17 / 80 | ![]() | Coalition |
- Run in coalition with HD.
- Run as part of the Croatian Coalition (HDZ, HNZ and HSP).
- Run in coalition with HSS, HKDU, HSP AS and HSPHB.
- Run in coalition with HSS, HSP, HSP AS and HKDU.
- Run in coalition with HSS, HSP, HKDU, HSP AS, HDU, HSPHB and HRAST.

Presidency elections
Election year | # | Candidate | Votes | % | Representing | Elected? |
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1996 | 1st | Krešimir Zubak | 330,477 | 88.70% | Croats | Yes |
1998 | 1st | Ante Jelavić | 189,438 | 52.91% | Croats | Yes |
2002 | 1st | Dragan Čović | 114,606 | 61.52% | Croats | Yes |
2006 | 2nd | Ivo Miro Jović | 76,681 | 26.14% | Croats | No |
2010 | 2nd | Borjana Krišto | 109,758 | 19.74% | Croats | No |
2014 | 1st | Dragan Čović | 128,053 | 52.20% | Croats | Yes |
2018 | 2nd | Dragan Čović | 154,819 | 36.14% | Croats | No |
2022 | 2nd | Borjana Krišto | 180,255 | 44.20% | Croats | No |
Cantonal elections
Cantonal election | Cantonal Assembly | |||||||||||||
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Una-Sana | Posavina | Tuzla | Zenica-Doboj | Bosnian Podrinje Goražde | Central Bosnia | Herzegovina-Neretva | West Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Canton 10 | Total won / Total contested | ||||
1996 | 1 / 50 | 17 / 20 | 3 / 50 | 9 / 59 | 0 / 31 | 23 / 55 | 28 / 50 | 29 / 31 | 3 / 45 | 13 / 15 | 125 / 406 | |||
1998 | 1 / 50 | 17 / 30 | 2 / 50 | 4 / 50 | 0 / 31 | 18 / 50 | 25 / 50 | 26 / 31 | 1 / 45 | 18 / 30 | 112 / 417 | |||
2000 | 0 / 30 | 7 / 19 | 1 / 35 | 2 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 8 / 28 | 13 / 28 | 15 / 21 | 1 / 35 | 12 / 23 | 59 / 279 | |||
2002 | 0 / 30 | 10 / 21 | 0 / 35 | 2 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 10 / 30 | 15 / 30 | 18 / 23 | 0 / 35 | 13 / 25 | 68 / 289 | |||
2006 | 0 / 30 | 7 / 21 | 0 / 35 | 2 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 6 / 30 | 7 / 30 | 9 / 23 | 0 / 35 | 5 / 25 | 36 / 289 | |||
2010 | 0 / 30 | 8 / 21 | 1 / 35 | 2 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 7 / 30 | 10 / 30 | 13 / 23 | 0 / 35 | 7 / 25 | 48 / 289 | |||
2014 | 0 / 30 | 7 / 21 | 0 / 35 | 2 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 8 / 30 | 11 / 30 | 14 / 23 | 0 / 35 | 9 / 25 | 51 / 289 | |||
2018 | 0 / 30 | 11 / 21 | 0 / 35 | 3 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 9 / 30 | 13 / 30 | 16 / 23 | 0 / 35 | 8 / 25 | 57 / 289 | |||
2022 | 0 / 30 | 12 / 21 | 0 / 35 | 3 / 35 | 0 / 25 | 9 / 30 | 11 / 30 | 14 / 23 | 0 / 35 | 5 / 25 | 54 / 289 |
See also
- Croatian Democratic Union
References
- Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Bosnia-Herzegovina". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- Nardelli, Alberto; Dzidic, Denis; Jukic, Elvira (8 October 2014). "Bosnia and Herzegovina: the world's most complicated system of government?". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- Arnautović, Suad (2018). "The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Mitigated Presidentialism". In Passarelli, Gianluca (ed.). The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 87. ISBN 978-3-319-97352-4.
- "Members | International Democracy Union". 1 February 2018.
- Official biography Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine;accessed 8 September 2018.
- "2018 general elections—Confirmed results". Central Election Commission Bosnia and Herzegovina.
External links
- Official website
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The Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine abbr HDZ BiH is a Christian democratic Croatian nationalist political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina representing the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina It is an associate member of the European People s Party Its headquarters is in Mostar Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i HercegovineAbbreviationHDZ BiHPresidentDragan CovicGeneral SecretaryGoran BozicDeputy PresidentBorjana KristoFounderDavor PerinovicFounded18 August 1990 1990 08 18 HeadquartersKneza Domagoja bb 88000 MostarYouth wingYouth HDZ BiHMembership 2014 35 000IdeologyConservatismChristian democracyCroatian nationalismPro EuropeanismPolitical positionCentre right to right wingNational affiliationCroatian National AssemblyEuropean affiliationEuropean People s Party associate International affiliationInternational Democracy UnionColors BlueHoR BiH4 42HoP BiH3 15HoR FBiH15 98HoP FBiH16 80NA RS0 83Canton Premiers3 10Websitehdzbih wbr orgPolitics of Bosnia and HerzegovinaPolitical partiesElectionsHistoryThe party was founded on 18 August 1990 with the first party convention held in Sarajevo It has participated in all multiparty elections held in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1991 It regularly won the support of the Croat electorate up to 2000 and took part in forming the government It returned to power in 2002 where it remained until 2010 Since 2014 the party has once again been in power In the October 2002 general election the party was part of the Croatian Coalition Hrvatska koalicija which won 9 5 of the popular vote and five out of 42 seats in the national House of Representatives and 16 of the 98 seats in the Federal House of Representatives In 2006 the party joined the Croatian National Assembly an alliance of Bosnian Croat political parties along with the Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croat People s Union Throughout its history the HDZ BiH has had nine presidents the current one being Dragan Covic since 5 June 2005 Four of the six Croat members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina have come from the party the most recent one also being Covic serving in office from 2014 until 2018 In the 2018 general election the party was in a coalition with three other Bosnian Croat parties Croatian Peasant Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina winning 149 872 or 9 05 of the votes five out of 42 seats in the national House of Representatives and 16 out of 98 in the Federal one List of presidents Name Born Died Portrait Term of Office 1 Davorin Perinovic b 1949 18 August 1990 7 September 1990 2 Stjepan Kljuic b 1939 7 September 1990 2 February 1992 3 Milenko Brkic 1944 2017 2 February 1992 14 November 1992 4 Mate Boban 1940 1997 14 November 1992 10 July 1994 5 Dario Kordic b 1960 10 July 1994 2 December 1995 6 Bozo Rajic b 1943 2 December 1995 17 May 1998 7 Ante Jelavic b 1963 17 May 1998 4 May 2002 8 Barisa Colak b 1956 4 May 2002 5 June 2005 9 Dragan Covic b 1956 5 June 2005 presentElectionsParliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Year Leader Popular vote Seats won Government 1990 Stjepan Kljuic 3rd 362 855 16 07 44 240 Coalition Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Year Leader Popular vote HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government 1996 Bozo Rajic 3rd 338 440 14 10 8 42 New 5 15 New Coalition 1998 Ante Jelavic 2nd 200 092 11 59 6 42 2 5 15 0 Coalition 2000 4th 169 821 11 40 5 42 1 0 15 5 Opposition 2002 Barisa Colak 6th 116 452 9 48 5 42 0 4 15 4 Coalition 2006 Dragan Covic 6th 69 333 4 91 3 42 2 3 15 1 Coalition 2010 6th 114 476 6 97 3 42 0 2 15 1 Coalition 2014 6th 123 023 7 54 4 42 1 3 15 1 Coalition 2018 5th 149 872 9 05 5 42 1 4 15 1 Coalition 2022 3rd 139 018 8 75 4 42 1 3 15 1 Coalition Run in coalition with HD Run as part of the Croatian Coalition HDZ HNZ and HSP Run in coalition with HSS HKDU HSP AS and HSPHB Run in coalition with HSS HSP HSP AS and HKDU Run in coalition with HSS HSP HKDU HSP AS HDU HSPHB and HRAST Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Year Leader Popular vote HoR Seat change HoP Seat change Government 1996 Bozo Rajic 2nd 337 794 25 29 36 140 New 30 65 New Coalition 1998 Ante Jelavic 2nd 184 569 19 89 28 140 8 25 72 5 Coalition 2000 3rd 151 812 17 49 25 140 3 11 81 14 Opposition 2002 Barisa Colak 4th 113 097 15 76 16 98 9 13 58 2 Coalition 2006 Dragan Covic 4th 64 906 7 56 8 98 8 7 58 6 Coalition 2010 4th 108 943 10 64 12 98 4 10 58 3 Opposition 2014 4th 118 375 11 93 12 98 13 58 3 Coalition 2018 3rd 143 704 14 35 16 98 4 13 58 Coalition 2022 3rd 130 566 13 38 15 98 1 17 80 4 Coalition Run in coalition with HD Run as part of the Croatian Coalition HDZ HNZ and HSP Run in coalition with HSS HKDU HSP AS and HSPHB Run in coalition with HSS HSP HSP AS and HKDU Run in coalition with HSS HSP HKDU HSP AS HDU HSPHB and HRAST Presidency elections Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Election year Candidate Votes Representing Elected 1996 1st Kresimir Zubak 330 477 88 70 Croats Yes 1998 1st Ante Jelavic 189 438 52 91 Croats Yes 2002 1st Dragan Covic 114 606 61 52 Croats Yes 2006 2nd Ivo Miro Jovic 76 681 26 14 Croats No 2010 2nd Borjana Kristo 109 758 19 74 Croats No 2014 1st Dragan Covic 128 053 52 20 Croats Yes 2018 2nd Dragan Covic 154 819 36 14 Croats No 2022 2nd Borjana Kristo 180 255 44 20 Croats No Cantonal elections Cantonal election Cantonal Assembly Una Sana Posavina Tuzla Zenica Doboj Bosnian Podrinje Gorazde Central Bosnia Herzegovina Neretva West Herzegovina Sarajevo Canton 10 Total won Total contested 1996 1 50 17 20 3 50 9 59 0 31 23 55 28 50 29 31 3 45 13 15 125 406 1998 1 50 17 30 2 50 4 50 0 31 18 50 25 50 26 31 1 45 18 30 112 417 2000 0 30 7 19 1 35 2 35 0 25 8 28 13 28 15 21 1 35 12 23 59 279 2002 0 30 10 21 0 35 2 35 0 25 10 30 15 30 18 23 0 35 13 25 68 289 2006 0 30 7 21 0 35 2 35 0 25 6 30 7 30 9 23 0 35 5 25 36 289 2010 0 30 8 21 1 35 2 35 0 25 7 30 10 30 13 23 0 35 7 25 48 289 2014 0 30 7 21 0 35 2 35 0 25 8 30 11 30 14 23 0 35 9 25 51 289 2018 0 30 11 21 0 35 3 35 0 25 9 30 13 30 16 23 0 35 8 25 57 289 2022 0 30 12 21 0 35 3 35 0 25 9 30 11 30 14 23 0 35 5 25 54 289See alsoCroatian Democratic UnionReferencesNordsieck Wolfram 2018 Bosnia Herzegovina Parties and Elections in Europe Retrieved 11 October 2018 Nardelli Alberto Dzidic Denis Jukic Elvira 8 October 2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina the world s most complicated system of government The Guardian Retrieved 11 October 2018 Arnautovic Suad 2018 The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina A Mitigated Presidentialism In Passarelli Gianluca ed The Presidentialisation of Political Parties in the Western Balkans Palgrave Macmillan p 87 ISBN 978 3 319 97352 4 Members International Democracy Union 1 February 2018 Official biography Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine accessed 8 September 2018 2018 general elections Confirmed results Central Election Commission Bosnia and Herzegovina External linksOfficial website in Croatian