Croatian Social Liberal Party

Croatian Social Liberal Party
Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka
AbbreviationHSLS
PresidentDario Hrebak
FounderSlavko Goldstein
Daniel Ivin[1]
Founded20 May 1989 (1989-05-20)
HeadquartersZagreb, Croatia
Membership (2021)13,676[2]
IdeologyConservative liberalism
Political positionCentre[3] to centre-right[4]
National affiliationPatriotic Coalition (2015–2016)
Regional affiliationLiberal South East European Network
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (affiliate member)
International affiliationLiberal International
Colours  Yellow
  Magenta
  Blue
Sabor
2 / 151
European Parliament
0 / 12
County Prefects
0 / 21
Mayors
1 / 128
Website
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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Ellington, Lucien (2004). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Land, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-57607-800-6.
  5. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.