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| May 30 – Croatian Parliament Day |
 Croatian Parliament Day is celebrated to mark the constitution of first multiparty Parliament held on 30th May 1990 as a result of first democratic multiparty elections. It also commemorates the historic role of the Parliament in preserving Croatian statehood throughout centuries.
First multiparty Parliament adopted the first Constitution of the Republic of Croatia on 22 December 1990 while Constitutional Decision on Sovereignty and Independence was adopted on 25 June 1991 and Decision to dissolve state relations with the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 8th October 1991. Although the first democratic Parliament represented the foundation of sovereignty Croatian independence was yet to be fought in war from 1991 to 1995.
Constitutional Parliament’s session of 30th May 1991 elected Franjo Tuđman as the first president of the Republic of Croatia. He was reelected at 1992 and 1997 presidential elections.
Today, usually there is a reception given by the Speaker to mark the day. During the Open Day event which took place on the occasion of May 30, the Day of the Croatian Parliament, 1300 citizens showed interest in visiting the building of the Croatian Parliament.
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History |
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| 165 years ago Croatian Parliament proclaimed Croatian as official language
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 165 years ago Croatian Parliament proclaimed Croatian as official language instead of Latin which had been used until then.
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History |
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| 19 April 1273 - First Known Sabor
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 The earliest known parliament in Croatia the minutes and conclusions of which have been preserved convened in Zagreb 738 years ago: on 19 April 1273.
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Sabor in 2012 |
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| Monthly Overviews of Parliamentary Activities
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 All the official meetings Members of the Parliament held in the Sabor Palace as well as the MPs’ presence at the most important political events in the country are enumerated and their content summarized in the form of monthly digests:
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| Distribution of Parliamentary Seats
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 The 151 seats of the Croatian Parliament are distributed among six independent MPs and 145 members of twelve parliamentary parties.
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| Website Statistics
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 In the period from 22 December 2011 to 13 July 2012, the web pages of the Croatian Parliament were visited 527,778 times. 221,384 individual visitors viewed 2,487,903 pages, their web journey lasting 4.35 minutes on average.
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| Transparency at Work
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 From the constitution of the 7th Parliament until it rose for the summer recess, all plenary work was registered on videos, photos and in writing and published on the Sabor's web pages. Also, the Sabor's website published the texts of 391 acts in the legislative procedure and 670 reports of parliamentary bodies.
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Statistics |
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| MPs’ Educational Background
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 Out of 151 Members of Parliament, 112 acquired university qualifications, 19 MPs have two-year post-secondary school qualifications and 20 have secondary school qualifications.
Out of 114 men MPs 80 are university-educated, 15 have two-year post-secondary school qualifications and 19 completed secondary school education. As for the female MPs, 32 hold a university degree, four graduated from a two-year post-secondary school college and one is a secondary-school graduate.
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Legislative Activities |
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| Summary of 7th Parliament’s Work before Summer Recess
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 The 7th Croatian Parliament has held four plenary sessions. During the period of 61 working days, or over 340 working hours, Members of the Seventh Croatian Parliament debated 206 items of the plenary agenda.
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Holidays |
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| Croatia Celebrates Anti-Fascism and Statehood
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 In the month of June there are two national holidays by which the Republic of Croatia commemorates important dates in its political history.
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History |
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| First Rules of Procedure
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 In Croatian parliamentary history, rules of procedure were first adopted in 1861 at the session of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. All the rules within the Parliament were codified through 96 acts. In 1868 and in 1869 minor amendments were introduced. A new and shorter set of rules of procedure was adopted in 1875.
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Anniversary |
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| 275 years of the Parliament Palace
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 275 years ago, on 6 May 1737, the Croatian Parliament convened for this first time in the palace where it has been residing since.
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Anniversary |
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| Croatian Language in Croatian Parliament
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 On 2 May 1843, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski delivered the first speech in the Croatian language before the Croatian Parliament calling for the introduction of the Croatian mother tongue in public service and education instead of the then official Latin language.
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History |
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| Different Structures of the Croatian Parliament
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 In the period after World War Two until the establishment of today's independent state, Sabor’s organizational structure was modified several times. The first Constitution of the People's Republic of Croatia dating from 1947 set up Sabor as the unicameral supreme body of state authority. Sabor's Presidium functioned as a sort of collective head of state and, in case of need, as Sabor’s plenum as well.
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History |
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| Public Speaking in Sabor
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| Ever since the distant past members of Sabor were required to speak freely, without reading speeches they had written down, since such manner was thought more convincing and effective than reading written texts.
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Anniversaries |
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| International Roma Day
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 Roma, Europe’s largest ethnic minority, celebrate the International Roma Day on April 8.
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Statistics |
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| Women MPs
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 Women representation in Sabor has increased since the elections when the percentage of women MPs was 19.8 . Out of the 151 Members of the Croatian Parliament 36 are women. The 7th Parliament is thus comprised of 24 percent of women. The previous parliamentary term had a similar level of women representation – 25 percent, while 22 percent of MPs in the 5th Parliament were women.
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Anniversaries |
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| 40 years of "Our Beautiful Homeland"
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 By the provisions of the constitutional amendment, on 29 February 1972 the song "Lijepa naša" (Our Beautiful Homeland) became the national anthem of the Socialist Republic of Croatia. The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia from 1990 officially made the song the national anthem of independent Croatia. A special law on national symbols enacted the same year stipulates the lyrics and the music.
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Statistics |
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| 7th Parliament by Age
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 MPs' average age is currently 53, their years of age ranging from 27 to 76. At the average age of 45, the MPs belonging to the Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja are the youngest.
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| 7th Parliament by School Background
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 According to the information on the structure of the 7th Croatian Parliament, 72 percent of its Members are university-educated. Out of 151 MPs, 79 men and 30 women MPs hold university degrees.
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| Croatia's Path to the EU
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 Croatia’s EU accession process began by the end of the 90’s. In 2000 high level representatives of the EU and the countries included in the Stabilization and Association Process gathered for the Zagreb Summit, where the negotiations for the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) were opened. By signing the SAA in Luxembourg on 29 October 2011, Croatia entered contractual relations with the Union for the first time.
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