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Social Democratic Party of Croatia

Socijaldemokratska partija hrvatske, SDP

by Željko Heimer, 8 May 2005

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Social Democratic Party of Croatia, SDH (1989 - 1994)

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Established: Zagreb, 3 November 1990. Members: 1995 (18.000-20.000), 1996 (7.000-8.000), 1997 (7.000-8.000), 1998 (9.000-10.000), 1999 (15.000), 2001 (25.000), 2002 (30.000), 2004 (25.000). Members in Croatian Parliament: 1992-1995 - 6 (4,34%) 1995-1999 - 8 (6,25%), 2000 - 46 (30,46%), 2002 - 44 (29,15%), 2003 - 44 (29,14%), 2004 - 29 (19,08%). Member of the Socialist Inetrnational (SI).
The party is the legal sucessor of the League of Communits (SKH, Savez komunista Hrvatske), renamed in 1989 to SKH-SDP (Savez komunista Hrvatske - Stranka demokratskih promjena) when it organized the first multiparty ellections. Soon the name was changed to the current one, and in 1994 it merged with SDH (Socijaldemokratska stranka Hrvatske). Ivica Racan, its leadaer since 1980's was the prime-minier in the coalition governemnt 2000-2004. Since the miltiparty election the party droped the communist symbols and began using the new ones: White flag with large black initials SDP (in Times type font) and three squares red, blue and green. typically the flags were also inscribed below the emblem with the full name of