List of members of the Sabor, 2008–2011

The 6th assembly of the Croatian Parliament was constituted on 11 January 2008. It came into existence following the November 2007 general election and consisted of 153 representatives elected from 10 geographical and two special electoral districts. It was dissolved on 28 October 2011, about a month before the 2011 general election.

Electoral system in Croatia

The 10 electoral districts, with the two non-geographical ones

Since 1999 Croatia has been divided into 10 geographically-based electoral districts. These districts are named using Roman numerals and were formed according to the number of voters so that each district holds around 250,000–300,000 registered voters. These districts therefore do not correspond to the borders of top administrative divisions within Croatia and each district contains one or more or parts of several Croatian counties.

Each district sends 14 MPs to the parliament and winning candidates are determined using the party-list proportional representation voting system. This means that parties make lists of 14 candidates to be elected, and seats get allocated to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives, with the election threshold set at 5 percent of votes in each district, calculated using the standard D'Hondt formula.

In addition, there are two non-geographical districts. In District XI, up to 12 members are chosen by proportional representation - depending on the number of voters in Croatia - to represent Croatian citizens residing abroad (this district is commonly referred to as the diaspora electorate). Although all people living outside Croatia are eligible to vote for this list, the majority of voters who turnout for this list traditionally consists of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the majority of whom hold dual Croatian and Bosnian citizenships. In District XII an additional 8 members are elected to represent the 22 ethnic minorities in Croatia which are legally recognized as such in the Croatian Constitution, with 3 of these seats reserved for the Serbian minority.

Since the seats are allocated according to the proportion of votes received in each district, parties usually nominate senior party officials on top of their lists in districts where they have traditionally enjoyed good levels of support, to ensure that the party's most prominent members win parliamentary seats. All candidates are elected to four-year terms. However, many MPs who are members of post-election ruling coalitions often get appointed to various ministerial and government positions while others serve as city mayors or directors of various government agencies. In such cases they are required by law to put their parliamentary mandate on hiatus for the duration of their other term in office and their seats are then taken by party-appointed deputy MPs.

2007 election results

According to the November 2007 election results, 122 out of 153 (or almost 80 percent) of seats were won by the two major parties, the centre-right HDZ and the centre-left SDP. HDZ then entered a post-election coalition agreement with several minor parties and formed a coalition government. The 153 parliament seats were divided as follows (members of the ruling coalition indicated in bold):

Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) – 66 seats
Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) – 56 seats
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) – 7 seats
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) – 6 seats
Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) – 3 seats
Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) – 3 seats
Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) – 3 seats
Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) – 2 seats
Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (SDAH) – 1 seat
Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) – 1 seat
Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) – 1 seat
Independent – 4 seats

(Members of HDZ, HSS, SDSS and HSLS were appointed to ministerial positions in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II, while 5 representatives of ethnic minorities (four independents and one from ASH) and the single MP representing HSU signed a voting agreement with the ruling coalition. This gave the ruling coalition an 83-member majority in the 153-seat parliament.)

Parliament officials

The president of the parliament (often also called the speaker in English) is Luka Bebić (HDZ). Vicepresidents of the parliament are:

The secretary is Josip Sesar.

Composition of the 6th Sabor

Members of HDZ, HSS, SDSS and HSLS were appointed to ministerial positions in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader II, while 5 representatives of ethnic minorities (four independents and one from SDA) and the single MP representing HSU signed a voting agreement with the ruling coalition. This gave the ruling coalition an 83-member majority in the 153-seat parliament.

Luka Bebić (HDZ) was appointed Speaker of Parliament in the 6th assembly, replacing Vladimir Šeks (HDZ) who had held the post since December 2003.

Party		January 2008	October 2011
•	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)	66	65
	Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP)	56	53
	Croatian People's Party (HNS)	7	5
•	Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)	6	6
	Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB)	3	4
•	Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS)	3	3
	Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS)	3	3
•	Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)	2	0
•	Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU)	1	1
	Croatian Party of Rights (HSP)	1	1
•	Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (SDA)	1	1
	Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (HL)	0	1
	Croatian Social Democrats (HSD)	0	1
	Independents	4	9

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)

MPs by party

This is a list of MPs elected to Sabor in the 2007 general election, sorted by party. Note that this table is a record of the 2007 election results, it is not a record of the current status of Sabor. The Changes table below records all changes in party affiliation.

Party		Name	Constituency
	Croatian Democratic Union (66)	Ivo Andrić-Lužanski	District 11 (diaspora)
		Branko Bačić	District 10
		Ivan Bagarić	District 11 (diaspora)
		Mladen Barišić	District 1
		Luka Bebić	District 10
		Božo Biškupić	District 3
		Suzana Bilić-Vardić	District 5
		Mato Bilonjić	District 5
		Rade Bošnjak	District 11 (diaspora)
		Dražen Bošnjaković	District 6
		Ivica Buconjić	District 4
		Perica Bukić	District 9
		Gari Cappelli	District 8
		Lino Červar	District 8
		Petar Čobanković	District 5
		Tomislav Čuljak	District 5
		Josip Đakić	District 4
		Stjepan Fiolić	District 6
		Božo Galić	District 5
		Sunčana Glavak	District 3
		Ivo Grbić	District 9
		Andrija Hebrang	District 2
		Bojan Hlača	District 8
		Davor Huška	District 5
		Tomislav Ivić	District 4
		Vladimir Ivković	District 3
		Ivan Jarnjak	District 3
		Gordan Jandroković	District 2
		Božidar Kalmeta	District 9
		Nedjeljka Klarić	District 9
		Jadranka Kosor	District 1
		Dragan Kovačević	District 4
		Ante Kulušić	District 9
		Boris Kunst	District 6
		Ana Lovrin	District 9
		Franjo Lucić	District 5
		Anton Mance	District 7
		Krunoslav Markovinović	District 7
		Bianca Matković	District 2
		Marina Matulović-Dropulić	District 7
		Frano Matušić	District 10
		Darko Milinović	District 9
		Petar Mlinarić	District 5
		Živko Nenadić	District 10
		Marija Pejčinović-Burić	District 6
		Damir Polančec	District 2
		Dragan Primorac	District 11 (diaspora)
		Zvonimir Puljić	District 10
		Niko Rebić	District 9
		Jerko Rošin	District 10
		Ante Sanader	District 9
		Ivo Sanader	District 10
		Ivan Šantek	District 6
		Vladimir Šeks	District 4
		Petar Selem	District 1
		Damir Sesvečan	District 2
		Miroslav Škoro	District 4
		Dubravka Šuica	District 10
		Ivan Šuker	District 6
		Emil Tomljanović	District 9
		Marko Turić	District 1
		Željko Turk	District 1
		Ivan Vučić	District 7
		Branko Vukelić	District 7
Dragan Vukić	District 11 (diaspora)
Mario Zubović	District 7
	Social Democratic Party (56)	Ingrid Antičević-Marinović	District 9
		Željka Antunović	District 10
		Milan Bandić	District 2
		Arsen Bauk	District 10
		Dragutin Bodakoš	District 4
		Biljana Borzan	District 4
		Nada Čavlović-Smiljanec	District 4
		Brankica Crljenko	District 9
		Luka Denona	District 8
		Igor Dragovan	District 5
		Mirjana Ferić-Vac	District 1
		Gvozden Flego	District 1
		Zdenko Franić	District 7
		Branko Grčić	District 10
		Mario Habek	District 3
		Ivan Hanžek	District 3
		Goran Heffer	District 5
		Mirela Holy	District 1
		Nadica Jelaš	District 3
		Ivo Jelušić	District 7
		Ivo Josipović	District 1
		Željko Jovanović	District 8
		Ljubo Jurčić	District 3
		Marin Jurjević	District 10
		Zlatko Komadina	District 8
		Ante Kotromanović	District 9
		Dino Kozlevac	District 8
		Josip Leko	District 7
		Slavko Linić	District 8
		Marina Lovrić	District 6
		Šime Lučin	District 6
		Marija Lugarić	District 2
		Gordan Maras	District 1
		Zoran Milanović	District 1
		Neven Mimica	District 1
		Mirando Mrsić	District 6
		Zvonimir Mršić	District 2
		Milanka Opačić	District 7
		Rajko Ostojić	District 6
		Ranko Ostojić	District 9
		Ivica Pančić	District 2
		Tonino Picula	District 6
		Vlatko Podnar	District 4
		Zdravko Ronko	District 5
		Tatjana Šimac-Bonačić	District 10
		Sonja Šimunović	District 5
		Vesna Škulić	District 2
		Gordana Sobol	District 8
		Boris Šprem	District 2
		Nenad Stazić	District 7
		Davorko Vidović	District 6
		Zoran Vinković	District 4
		Biserka Vranić	District 7
		Tanja Vrbat	District 8
		Antun Vujić	District 1
		Dragica Zgrebec	District 3
	Croatian People's Party (7)	Goran Beus-Richembergh	District 6
		Radimir Čačić	District 3
		Miljenko Dorić	District 7
		Danica Hursa	District 3
		Zlatko Koračević	District 3
		Dragutin Lesar	District 3
		Vesna Pusić	District 1
	Croatian Peasant Party (6)	Damir Bajs	District 2
		Josip Friščić	District 2
		Stipo Gabrić	District 10
		Zdravko Kelić	District 5
		Božidar Pankretić	District 7
		Marijana Petir	District 6
	Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (3)	Branimir Glavaš	District 4
		Boro Grubišić	District 5
		Vladimir Šišljagić	District 4
	Istrian Democratic Assembly (3)	Ivan Jakovčić	District 8
		Damir Kajin	District 8
		Boris Miletić	District 8
	Independent Democratic Serb Party (3)	Ratko Gajica	District 12 (minority list)
		Milorad Pupovac	District 12 (minority list)
		Vojislav Stanimirović	District 12 (minority list)
	Croatian Social Liberal Party (2)	Đurđa Adlešič	District 2
	Croatian Social Liberal Party (2)	Ivan Čehok	District 3
	Croatian Party of Pensioners (1)	Silvano Hrelja	District 8
	Croatian Party of Rights (1)	Anto Đapić	District 4
	Party of Democratic Action of Croatia (1)	Šemso Tanković	District 12 (minority list)
	Independents (4)	Zdenka Čuhnil	District 12 (minority list)
		Nazif Memedi	District 12 (minority list)
		Furio Radin	District 12 (minority list)
		Deneš Šoja	District 12 (minority list)

Changes

Note that a number of MPs who are high-ranking members of parties in the ruling coalition were subsequently appointed to various ministerial and governmental positions, while others continued to serve as city mayors. In such cases they are required by Croatian law to put their parliamentary mandate on hiatus for the duration of their other term of office and in the meantime their seats are then taken by a party-appointed replacement MP. Those replacements are not documented here.

Date	Constituency			Note
10 April 2008	District 3	HNS-LD	Independent	Dragutin Lesar (HNS) resigns from the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats, reducing them to six seats.^[1]
24 April 2009	District 3	HNS-LD	Independent	Zlatko Horvat (HNS), who since January 2008 held the seat of Radimir Čačić, county prefect of Varaždin County, is expelled from the Croatian People's Party for entering the May 2009 local elections in the city of Varaždin as an independent. This reduced HNS to five seats.
11 January 2010	District 2	SDP	Independent	Ivica Pančić (SDP) resigns from the Social Democratic Party, reducing them to 55 seats.
12 April 2010	District 3	Independent	HL	Dragutin Lesar (Ind.) establishes the centre-left Croatian Labourists (HL) and becomes their only member of parliament.^[1]
14 July 2010	District 3	HSLS	Independent	Ivan Čehok (HSLS) resigns from the Croatian Social Liberal Party following the party's exit from the ruling coalition, reducing them to a single seat.
22 September 2010	District 2	Independent	HSD	Ivica Pančić (Ind.) joins the non-parliamentary centre-left party Croatian Social Democrats (HSD), becoming their only member of parliament.
19 October 2010	District 4	SDP	Independent	Zoran Vinković (SDP) resigns from the Social Democratic Party of Croatia, reducing them to 54 seats.
21 October 2010	District 2	HSLS	Independent	Đurđa Adlešič (HSLS) returns to parliament after stepping down from the post of deputy prime minister in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor following Croatian Social Liberal Party's decision to leave the ruling coalition in July 2010. She takes the seat as an independent, having resigned from the party in the meantime, leaving HSLS with no representation in parliament.
22 October 2010	District 10	HDZ	Independent	Former prime minister Ivo Sanader (HDZ) returns to parliament, having resigned from the post in July 2009 and after being expelled from the Croatian Democratic Union in January 2010. He takes the seat as an independent, reducing Croatian Democratic Union to 65 seats.
12 April 2011	District 4	Independent	HDSSB	Zoran Vinković (Ind.) joins the right-wing regionalist Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) as their fourth member of parliament.
May 2011	District 3	SDP	Independent	Ljubo Jurčić (SDP) resigns from the Social Democratic Party, reducing them to 53 seats.

References

^ ^a ^b "Dragutin Lesar" (in Croatian). Sabor.hr. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

External links

List of members of the 6th Sabor following the 2007 election results, published by Jutarnji list on 26 November 2007 (in Croatian)
Full list of members on 28 October 2011 at the Croatian Parliament website (in Croatian)

[sabor-lesar-1] "Dragutin Lesar" (in Croatian). Sabor.hr. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

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