Constitution of Croatia - Constitution of Croatia Current Constitution of the Republic of Croatia was adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia on December 22, 1990. It replaced the Constitution of 1974 ratified in socialist Yugoslavia. The Croatian representatives elected in the first multi-party parliamentary elections (held in April 1990) rejected communism and adopted a democratic Constitution. The Constitution of 1990 used the model of the French Fifth Republic, with broad Presidentialial executive powers shared with the Government. However, in 2000 and 2001 Croatian Parliament amended the Constitution changing bicameral parliament back into historic unicameral and reducing the Presidential powers. This article is based on the current version of the Constitution. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Historical foundations 2 Basic provisions 3 Protection of human rights and fundamental.
1992 Presidential elections of Croatia - 1992 Presidential elections of Croatia First Presidential elections under new 1990 Constitution of the republic of Croatia, held 1992 by popular vote. Total electors: 3,575,032 Voted: 2,677,764 (74.90%) Invalid votes: 50,703 (1.89%) Candidates: FRANJO TUĐMAN (Croatian Democratic Union - HDZ) - winner - 1,519,100 - 56.73% DRAŽEN BUDIŠA (Croatian Social Liberal Party - HSLS) - 585,535 - 21.87% SAVKA DABČEVIĆ KUČAR (Croatian People's Party - HNS) - 161,242 - 6.02% DOBROSLAV PARAGA (Croatian Party of Rights - HSP) - 144,695 - 5.40% SILVIJE DEGEN (Socialist Party of Croatia - SSH) - 108,979 - 4.07% MARKO VESELICA (Croatian Democratic Party - HDS) - 45,593 - 1.70% IVAN CESAR (Croatian Christian Democratic Party - HKDS) - 43,134 - 1.61% ANTUN VUJIĆ (Social Democratic Party of Croatia - SDH) - 18,783 -.
1997 Presidential elections of Croatia - 1997 Presidential elections of Croatia Second Presidential elections under the Constitution of the republic of Croatia of 1990, held in 1997 by popular vote. Total electors: 4,061,479 Voted: 2,218,448 (54.62%) Invalid votes: 39,656 (1.79%) Candidates: FRANJO TUĐMAN (Croatian Democratic Union - HDZ) - winner - 1,337,990 - 61.41% ZDRAVKO TOMAC (Social Democratic Party - SDP) - 458,172 - 21.03% VLADIMIR GOTOVAC (Croatian Social Liberal Party - HSLS) - 382,630 - 17.56%.
2000 Presidential elections of Croatia - 2000 Presidential elections of Croatia Third Presidential elections under new 1990 Constitution of the republic of Croatia, held 2000 by popular vote. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 First round 1.1 Candidates 2 Second round First round Held January 24, 2000 Total electors: 4 251 109 Voted: 2.667.561 (62,98 %) Invalid votes: 13.212 (0,49%) Candidates Stjepan Mesic (Croatian People's Party - HNS, supporting this candidate Croatian Peasents Party - HSS, Liberal Party - LS, Istrian Democratic Assembly - IDS, Action of Social Democrats of Croatia - ASH) 1.100.671 41,11 % DRAŽEN BUDIŠA (Croatian Social Liberal Party - HSLS, supporting also Social Democratic Party - SDP) 741.837 27,71 % MATE GRANIĆ (Croatian Democratic Union - HDZ) 601.588 22,47% SLAVEN LETICA (independent candidate) 110.782 4,14% ANTE ĐAPIĆ (Croatian Party of Rights -.
Croatian spring - movement which demanded for: the inclusion of Herzegovina into Croatia a separate National Croat Bank which would keep profits made from Croat tourism inside of Croatia but allow Croatia to profit from the common fund for the underdevelopped regions greater Croat political affirmation with the restoration of controversial war-time symbols associated with the Croat extremist movement known as the Ustashe The movement was led amongst others by Savka Dabcevic-Kucar and Mika Tripalo Croatian version Hrvatsko proljeće was a political movement from the early 1970s that called for greater civil rights in Croatia which was then part of Yugoslavia. Among these rights there was the right to take pride in one's nationality which irritated Tito's communist government which had made every attempt to suppress and erase all such notions ever since World.
Croatian Parliament - Croatian Parliament The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. According to the Constitution, it is a representative body of the people and is vested with the legislative power in the Republic of Croatia. The Croatian Parliament has between 100 and 160 members, elected on the basis of direct universal and equal suffrage by secret ballot, for a term of 4 years. Members' mandate can be extended only during a war. Most representatives come from the Croatian counties, while there are also some minority and diaspora seats. Currently there are 152 representatives, a president (sometimes translated as Speaker or Chairman) and a minimum of one deputy president (usually four or five). 140 members are from the.
Politics of Croatia - Politics of Croatia The 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 Constitution have happened four times: December 15, 1997 -- additional minority rights and verbiage changes September 11, 2000 -- changed from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary system; parliament name reverted to historic Hrvatski Sabor March 28, 2001 -- Chamber of Counties abolished, the Parliament becomes unicameral June 15, 2001 -- administrivia Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Judiciary branch 2 Legislative Branch 3 Executive branch 4 Regional government 5 History of political parties and events 6 See also Judiciary branch The Supreme Court (Vrhovni sud) of the Republic of.
Presidents of Croatia - Presidents of Croatia The President of the Republic of Croatia: represents and stands for the Republic of Croatia at home and abroad takes care of regular and harmonized functioning and stability of the state government is responsible for the defense of independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Croatia takes a solemn oath before the President of the Constitutional Court swearing loyalty to the Constitution calls elections for the Croatian Parliament and convenes their first session calls referenda, in conformity with the Constitution confides the mandate to form the Government to the person who, upon the distribution of the seats in the Croatian Parliament and consultations held, enjoys confidence of the majority of its members grants pardons confers decorations and other awards specified by law cooperates.
Kingdom of Yugoslavia - few islands were given to Italy. Rijeka was declared a free city but was soon occupied and in 1924 annexed by Italy. On the Austrian border, a plebiscite was held in Carinthia which opted for Austria. From Hungary, SHS gained the Vojvodina, an area with a strong German and Hungarian minority. In 1920, Constitution was passed which established unitary monarchy. Serb politicians regarded Serbia as the standardbearer of Yugoslav unity, as Piedmont had been for Italy and Prussia for Germany. Over the years, Croat resistence against a Serbocentric policy increased. In 1928, Stjepan Radic, head of the Croatian Peasant Party, was shot in parliament by Punisa Racic. After that, King abolished the Constitution and introduced personal dictatorship. He changed the name of the country to Kingdom of Yugoslavia and in 1931.
January 31 - marketing Scotch tape. 1929 - The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky. 1936 - The Green Hornet radio show debuts. 1944 - World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. 1945 - Eddie Slovik is executed, the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion. 1946 - Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia). 1950 - President Harry S Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb. 1956 - Guy Mollet becomes Prime Minister of France 1958 - The first successful American satellite, Explorer I, is launched into orbit. 1958 - James Van Allen discovers the Van Allen radiation belt. 1968 - Viet Cong attack the United.
June 25 - showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and Observances Events 1788 - Virginia ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 10th state of the United States. 1876 - The Battle of Little Big Horn and the death of Colonel George Custer. 1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is elected the first President of Ireland. 1945 - Seán T. O'Kelly is elected the second President of Ireland. 1950 - The beginning of the Korean War. 1959 - Eamon de Valera is elected the third President of Ireland. 1973 - Erskine Hamilton Childers is elected the fourth President of Ireland. 1991 - Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia 1993 - Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first.
International Criminal Police Organization - Interpol - Jesús Espigares Mira, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Spanish National Police. The current Secretary General, Ronald K. Noble, formerly of the US Treasury Department, is the first non-European to hold the position. Because of the politically neutral role Interpol must play, its Constitution forbids any involvement in crimes that do not overlap several member countries, or any political, military, religious, or racial crimes. Its work centers primarily on public safety and terrorism, organized crime, illicit drug production and trafficking, weapons smuggling, trafficking in human beings, money laundering, financial and high-tech crime, and corruption. In October 2001, the Interpol General Secretariat employed a staff of 384, representing 54 different countries. Of those, 112 were police officers, 112 civilians. That same month, Interpol began to change from a 9-to-5 agency.
History of Europe - coalition of most European monarchies waging war against republican France) General Napoleon Bonaparte took power. In the many wars of the Napoleonic Era, he repeatedly defeated Austria (whose emperor was forced to resign the title of Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire), Russia, Prussia and other powers allied for the most part with Britain. After being proclaimed French emperor in 1804, he was finally defeated in 1815 at Waterloo. The 19th century After the defeat of revolutionary France, the other great powers tried to restore the situation which existed before 1789. However, their efforts were unable to stop the spread of revolutionary movements: the middle classes had been deeply influenced by the ideals of democracy of the French revolution; on the other hand, the Industrial Revolution brought important economical and social.
History of Slovenia - under foreign rulers, including partial but cooperative control by Bavarian dukes and the Republic of Venice. With the exception of Napoleon's 4-year tutelage of parts of Slovenia and Croatia -- the "Illyrian Provinces" -- Slovenia was part of the Habsburg empire from the 14th century until 1918. Nevertheless, Slovenia strongly resisted Germanizing influences and retained its unique Slavic language and culture. In 1918, after World War I, the Slovenians joined with other southern Slav states such in forming the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Renamed in 1929 under a Serb monarch, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia fell to the Axis powers during World War II. Following partisan resistance to German, Hungarian, and Italian occupation and elimination of rival resistance groups, socialist Yugoslavia was born under the helm of Josip Broz Tito..
History of Yugoslavia - of the Yugoslav state. For history of the region before 1918, see history of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. Also see history of Europe and list of extinct countries, empires, etc In 1918, in the aftermath of World War I, parts of Austria-Hungary which were populated by Southern Slavs seceded and formed the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. This short-lived state soon, on December 1, 1918, joined Serbia and Montenegro to form "The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes". On Vidovdan 1921, a new constitution was passed in the Parliament (Skupština) which made the country more centralized, despite a boycott from Croat political parties. On January 6 1929, king Aleksandar went a step further by proroguing the Skupština and proclaiming a royal dictatorship. He went on.
History of Italy - limited suffrage. The World Wars During World War I, Italy renounced its standing alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary and, on May 23, 1915, entered the war on the side of the Entente. Under the postwar settlement, Italy received some former Austrian territory along the northeast frontier. In 1922, Benito Mussolini (leader of the Fascist Party) came to power and, over the next few years, eliminated political parties, curtailed personal liberties, and installed a fascist dictatorship termed the Corporate State. The king Victor Emmanuel III, with little effective power, endorsed the change and remained titular head of state. At the beginning of World War II Italy was allied with Germany and declared war on the United Kingdom and France in 1940. In 1941, Italy--with the other Axis powers, Germany and Japan--declared war.
Gabriele D'Annunzio - the early motion picture Cabiria based on episodes from the Second Punic War. D'Annunzio's literary creations were strongly influenced by the French Symbolist school, and contain episodes of striking violence and depictions of abnormal mental states interspersed with gorgeously imagined scenes. On September 12, 1919, he led the seizure by Italian nationalist irregulars of the city of Fiume, now Rijeka in Croatia, forcing the withdrawal of the inter-Allied (American, British and French) forces occupying the city. The plotters sought to have Italy annex Fiume, but Italy refused, and then began a blockade of Fiume demanding that the plotters surrender. D'Annunzio then declared Fiume an independent state, and began to support his claimed state through acts of piracy. He coauthored with anarcho-syndicalist Alceste de Ambris the Carta del Carnaro, a constitution for.
Foreign relations of Slovenia - and victim rehabilitation services in the region. (The U.S. has contributed over $35 million in matching funds.) Kosovo Slovenia pledged personnel and logistical support to an OSCE-led verification mission in Kosovo. Slovenia's record supporting the U.S. position on Kosovo--both in regular public statements by top officials and on the Security Council--has been excellent. Top government officials have called repeatedly for Milosevic's compliance with NATO demands. Slovenia granted NATO use of its airspace and offered further logistical support. It also has pledged personnel to support NATO humanitarian operations in the region. Slovenia has pledged to help Macedonia deal with the refugee crisis by providing 880 million sit (US$4.9 million) of humanitarian aid, in addition to granting a concession for imported agricultural products. The Slovene Government allocated 45 million SIT (US$250,000) to help.
Date of independence of European countries - Finland S: Russia 1918 Yugoslavia S: Austria-Hungary; M: Serbia, Montenegro 1918 Czechoslovakia S: Austria-Hungary 1918 Hungary S: Austria-Hungary 1918 Austria S: Austria-Hungary 1918 Iceland S: Denmark 1918 Poland S: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia 1920 Republic of Ireland S: United Kingdom 1949 Federal Republic of Germany S: Occupied Nazi Germany (reunified with East Germany through annexation in 1990) 1990 Bosnia-Hercegovina S: Yugoslavia 1990 Croatia S: Yugoslavia 1991 Estonia S: Soviet Union 1990 Latvia S: Soviet Union 1990 Lithuania S: Soviet Union 1990 FYR Macedonia S: Yugoslavia 1990 Slovenia S: Yugoslavia 1991 Belarus D: Soviet Union 1991 Moldova D: Soviet Union 1991 Ukraine D: Soviet Union 1991 Russia D: Soviet Union 1993 Czech Republic D: Czechoslovakia 1993 Slovakia D: Czechoslovakia Explanations A country can come into existence either by splitting off from one existing.
1993 - independence. June 18 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM weapons inspectors to install remote-controlled monitoring cameras at two missile engine test stands. June 22 - Japan's New Party Sakigake breaks away from the Liberal Democratic Party. June 25 - Kim Campbell becomes Canada's nineteenth Prime Minister. June 27 - US President Bill Clinton orders a cruise missile attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters in the Al-Mansur district, Baghdad, in response to the attempted assassination of former U.S. President George Bush during his visit to Kuwait in mid-April. July 5 - Iraq disarmament crisis: UN inspection teams leave Iraq. Iraq then agrees to UNSCOM demands and the inspection teams return July 29 - The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he.
