Democratic Center , DC ( Croatian. Demokratski centar or DC) - Croatian center-right political party.
| Democratic Center | |
|---|---|
| Horv. Demokratski centar | |
 | |
| Leader | Spring Scare-Ozbolt |
| Founder | |
| Established | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Zagreb , st. Ilitsa , 48/1 |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism , classical liberalism |
| Allies and Blocks | European People's Party (observer) |
| Number of members | |
| Site | demokratski-centar.hr |
The party was created in 2000 by Croatian politicians Mate Granic and Vesna Shkare-Ozbolt after they left the center-right Croatian Democratic Community (CDU) after the party’s heavy defeat in the general election in 2000 and the defeat of Mate Granic in the 2000 presidential election . After its foundation, the DC positions itself as a moderate version of the CDU.
After the CDU returned to power in the general election in 2003, the DC (which was unofficially in union with the CDU in the elections) received one seat in the Croatian parliament and one ministerial post in the Croatian government . The party leader and her only representative in parliament, Vesna Shkare-Ozbolt, was appointed Minister of Justice in the government of Ivo Sanadera in his first term. She held the post from December 2003 to February 2006 [1] when she was forced to resign by Prime Minister Ivo Sanader due to allegations of leakage of information to the press and because of counteraction to certain government policies, although in some media experts attributed her resignation to her outstanding successes in social activities and the results of her work as minister, which overshadowed the ministers of the CDU. Since then, the DC has been an opposition party.
Since October 15, 2002, the Democratic Center has been an observer member of the European People's Party .
In the general election in Croatia in 2007, the DC was in a coalition with the Green Party, but could not get a single seat in the 153-seat parliament. Spring Shkare-Ozhbolt also ran for president in the 2009-10 elections. as a formally independent candidate, but she was able to get only 37,373 or 1.89% of the vote in the first round, thereby taking only 11th place with only 12 candidates [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Vlada: 9 / predsjednik Vlade: Dr. sc. Ivo Sanader (2003-12-23 / 2008-01-12) (Croatian) . HIDRA. Date of treatment November 23, 2010. Archived November 24, 2012.
- ↑ Potpuni službeni rezultati izbora za predsjednika Republike Hrvatske (Croatian) . Izbori.hr (December 28, 2009). Date of treatment November 23, 2010. Archived November 24, 2012.
Links
- Official Web Page (Croatian)