Croatian Republican Party Explained

Croatian Republican Party
Native Name:Hrvatska republikanska stranka
Abbreviation:HRS
Leader1 Title:President and founder
Leader1 Name:Slaven Raguž
Split:Croatian Democratic Union 1990
Headquarters:Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 13
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Position:Centre-right
National:Croatian National Assembly
Seats1 Title:HoR BiH
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Seats2 Title:HoP BiH
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Seats3 Title:HoR FBiH
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Seats4 Title:HoP FBiH
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Country:Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Croatian Republican Party (Croatian: Hrvatska republikanska stranka, HRS) is a Croat conservative, centre-right political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The party also participates in 11th electoral district for Croatian parliament in cooperation with The Bridge.[1]

History

The HRS was founded on 11 May 2014 by HDZ 1990 dissidents led by Slaven Raguž. At the founding assembly held at the Croatian Lodge "Herceg Stjepan Kosača", Slaven Raguž, who had recently left the HDZ 1990 as president of the Mostar City Committee and a member of the party's Central Committee, was elected acting president of the HRS. In 1990, several former HDZ officials, activists and young Croat intellectuals in BiH founded a new political party aimed at being an alternative to the ruling parties and fighting harder to establish a majority Croat federal unit within BiH. Former member of the HDZ 1990 Presidency, Slaven Bevanda, then Ivica Barabarić, Ivica Pušić and Dalibor Ravić were also elected to the interim presidency, which will lead the party until the convention. According to Raguž, HRS aims to be a political alternative at lower levels, but will be open to co-operation with parties seeking to improve the position of Croats in BiH: "The primary focus is on resolving the constitutional and legal status of Croats in BiH, BiH regulated on consociational and federalist principles, for BiH tailored to all three of its constituent peoples and all its citizens, where the Croatian issue would be resolved through an administrative territorial unit with a relative Croat majority".[2]

In the 2022 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina general election, the party won a total of six seats in the Assemblies of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Raguž won a seat in the House of Representatives in the 9th Electoral Unit

Elections

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina! Year! #! Popular vote! %! HoR! Seat change! HoP! Seat change! Government
202224th11,2310.71NewNew

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina! Year! #! Popular vote! HoR! Seat change! HoP! Seat change! Government
201818th 6,670NewNew
202215th 13,050 1 0

Cantonal assembly elections

Cantonal electionCantonal Assembly
Una-SanaPosavinaTuzlaZenica-DobojBosnian Podrinje GoraždeCentral BosniaHerzegovina-NeretvaWest HerzegovinaSarajevoCanton 10Total won / Total contested
2014
2018
2022

Croatian Parliament

Croatian Parliament!Year!#!Popular vote!% of popular vote!11th district!Seat change!Note
20203rd3,1416.64%Newon the MOST list
20242nd2,68411.05%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12 June 2020. MOST i HRS predstavili listu: "Borba za Hrvate u BiH i iseljeništvu". MOST and HRS presented the list: "Fight for Croats in BiH and diaspora". live. 21 December 2021. Dnevnik.ba. hr. https://web.archive.org/web/20211231153205/https://www.dnevnik.ba/vijesti/most-i-hrs-predstavili-listu-borba-za-hrvate-u-bih-i-iseljenistvu . 2021-12-31 .
  2. Web site: 12 May 2014. Mostar: Osnovana nova hrvatska stranka. Mostar: A new Croatian party is founded. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140810043232/http://dnevno.hr/vijesti/regija/122458-mostar-osnovana-nova-hrvatska-stranka.html. 10 August 2014. 31 December 2021. Dnevno. hr.