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It was founded in the early 1990s by Franjo Tudman and led by him until his death in 1999. Under him it ruled Croatia from 1990 to 1999. It owed its popularity chiefly to renewed patriotism in Croatia; some have described it as a popular, nationalist movement rather than a political party.
The rebel Serbs from the Krajina see HDZ as a chauvinist party and accuse it of orchestrating ethnic cleansing during the Yugoslav wars, though much the same can be said of their SDS as well.
As the general independence enthusiasm gradually disappeared and harsh economic conditions started to sink in, the HDZ lost the 2000 elections. The parliamentary election to the Social Democratic Party of Croatia and its coalition partners, despite remaining the strongest single party in the country. The presidential election was lost to Stipe Mesic, with Mate GranicMate Granic (born September 19 1947) is a Croatian diplomat and politician. Granic was born in BaSka Voda near Makarska, Croatia. He graduated from a gymnasium in Split and the medical faculty of the University of Zagreb to become a doctor by profession. as HDZ's presidential candidate.
In the period between 2000 and 2003, several businessmen who became tycoons under HDZ were trialled and incarcerated for various abuses, though in general the privatizationPrivatization (sometimes: denationalization privatisation or — especially in India — disinvestment is the economic process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership. An opposite process is nationalization. In theory, privatizati process implemented by the HDZ, which many consider suboptimal, wasn't significantly altered.
It consolidated under a new leader, Ivo SanaderIvo Sanader (born June 8, 1953 in Split, Croatia) is the current Prime Minister of Croatia (President of the Government). He was named Prime Minister designate on December 9, 2003 by the President of the Republic and was formally appointed on December 23,, and in late 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U it used the still problematic economic conditions to its advantage. After winning the parliamentary elections it formed a government with only one minister from another party (the DC ), under Sanader as the prime minister.
HDZ-led government finalized the implementation of the basic criteria for joining the European Union membership, such as the return of refugees to their homes, rebuilding damaged houses from the war times, improved minority rights by having minority representatives part of the government, extradition of Croatian Army generals who were indicted by the ICTY, and further consolidation of the Croatian economy.
See also: Politics of CroatiaThe Republic of Croatia ( Croatian: Republika Hrvatska is a parliamentary democracy with an elected president. It adopted its current constitution on December 22, 1990, and declared independence from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991. Amendments to the Constitu
There is also a Croatian Democratic UnionThe Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine HDZ BiH is a political party of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. HDZ BiH is part of a coalition with another party, and they together h in Bosnia.
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