Croatian Social Liberal Party Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka | |
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| Abbreviation | HSLS |
| President | Dario Hrebak |
| Founder | Slavko Goldstein Daniel Ivin[1] |
| Founded | 20 May 1989 |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Membership (2021) | 13,676[2] |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism |
| Political position | Centre[3] to centre-right[4] |
| National affiliation | Patriotic Coalition (2015–2016) |
| Regional affiliation | Liberal South East European Network |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (affiliate member) |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Colours | Yellow Magenta Blue |
| Sabor | 2 / 151 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 12 |
| County Prefects | 0 / 21 |
| Mayors | 1 / 128 |
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| Official website | |
The Croatian Social Liberal Party (Croatian: Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka or HSLS) is a conservative-liberal[5] political party in Croatia. The HSLS was formed in 1989 as the first Croatian political party formed after the reintroduction of the multi-party system.
HSLS first won the elections in 2000 and formed a coalition government with four other parties, including the largest party of the Croatian centre-left, the Social Democratic Party of Croatia. After losing the 2003 general election, the party's decline in political influence started. In the most recent 2015 general election, HSLS won 2 out of 151 seats in the Croatian Parliament as a member of a center-right coalition led by the Croatian Democratic Union party.
The HSLS is a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. Party president is Darinko Kosor, elected to that post in November 2009.
- ^ Butković, Davor (21 February 2009). "Kako smo osnivali HSLS (i je li umro)?". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Izvješće o obavljenoj financijskoj reviziji - Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka za 2022" (PDF). HSLS (in Croatian). State Audit Office. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ Menz, Christian (2013). Explaining Croatia's (non)compliance with EU conditionality on ICTY cooperation. Anchor Academic Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-3-95489-183-2.
- ^ Ellington, Lucien (2004). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Land, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-57607-800-6.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.