Speaker of the Croatian Parliament

The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (Croatian: Predsjednik Hrvatskog sabora, literally the President of the Croatian Parliament) is the presiding officer in the Croatian Parliament (Sabor), Croatia's legislative body.

President of the Croatian Parliament Predsjednik Hrvatskog sabora
Logo of the Croatian Parliament
Incumbent Gordan Jandroković since 5 May 2017
Style	Mister/Madam Speaker of the Sabor (Croatian: Predsjednik/Predsjednica Hrvatskog sabora)
Appointer	Croatian Parliament
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Žarko Domljan
Formation	30 May 1990
Salary	HRK 22,443 monthly[1]

Under Article 97 of the Constitution of Croatia, the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament is the only constitutional deputy to the President of Croatia and serves as Acting President if the elected President vacates the office before the expiration of the 5-year presidential term due to either death, resignation or removal from office (as determined by the Constitutional Court). In this case an early presidential election must be held within 60 days of the vacancy in the presidency having occurred and the Speaker shall serve as Acting President until the newly elected President is sworn in for a full 5-year term of office.

Under the same article of the constitution, the President of Croatia may unilaterally choose to temporarily delegate authority to the Speaker of the Parliament for shorter periods of time, e.g. whenever the President is not present in the country, is ill or is on vacation. In this case it is up to the President to determine when he or she wishes to fully resume authority once again. However, in case of longer periods of the President's illness or incapacitation, and especially in those cases when the President himself is not able to delegate authority to Speaker, the responsibility of determining when a Speaker should assume or renounce temporary authority rests upon the Constitutional Court, which acts upon the recommendation of the Government of Croatia.

The incumbent Speaker of the Croatian Parliament is Gordan Jandroković of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), having taken office on 5 May 2017 following the resignation of the previous Speaker.

Duties and competences

According to the Croatian Constitution and the Parliamentary Rules of Procedure (Standing Orders of the Croatian Parliament), President of the Parliament:

• shall substitute for the President of the Republic if the latter is prevented from performing his/her duties
• represents Parliament
• convenes and presides over sessions of Parliament
• submits motions from authorised sponsors for stipulated procedures
• proposes the agenda for sessions of Parliament
• handles the procedures for the enactment of laws and other regulations
• co-ordinates the activities of working bodies
• signs laws and other regulations enacted by Parliament
• directs enacted laws to the President of the Republic for proclamation
• manages relations between Parliament and the Government
• co-signs decisions on the appointment of the Prime Minister and the appointment of members of the Government
• accepts sponsorships ex officio
• approves, taking into account available funds, the travel of parliamentary deputies when they have been invited, as parliamentary deputies, to *visit another state or foreign organisation
• co-ordinates the work of standing delegations of Parliament in international parliamentary and other institutions
• determines, at the proposal of deputy clubs, the composition of temporary delegations of Parliament in visits to foreign representative bodies and *organisations, such that they generally correspond to the party structure of Parliament and reflect the appropriate representation of both sexes
• determines the composition of temporary delegations in cases when he/she is invited abroad as the Speaker of Parliament
• designates representatives of Parliament at ceremonial and other occasions, adhering to the representation of both sexes
• submits a request, at the proposal of the Secretary of Parliament, for the securing of funds for the work of Parliament and the Parliamentary Staff Service
• ensures the protection of the rights and exercise of the duties of parliamentary deputies
• presides over the oaths of elected and appointed officials, when specified by law and Standing Orders of the Parliament
• performs other activities determined by the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, law and Standing Orders of the Parliament

List

This is the list of Speakers of the Croatian Parliament.

  Independent (1)
  League of Communists of Croatia[2](9)
  Croatian Democratic Union (8)
  Croatian Peasant Party (1)
  Social Democratic Party (2)
  Bridge of Independent Lists (1)

No.	Speaker		Lifespan	Term of office — Electoral mandates		Party	Notes	Assembly
1		Vladimir Nazor	1876–1949	13 June 1943	19 June 1949	Independent[3]	1943–45 President of the ZAVNOH (entailing the function of head of state); In 1945 became head of state as the President of the Presidium of the Parliament (until his death in office).
2		Karlo Mrazović	1902–1987	June 1949	1952	League of Communists of Croatia	President of the Presidium of the Parliament.
3		Vicko Krstulović	1905–1988	1952	1953	League of Communists of Croatia	President of the Presidium of the Parliament.
4		Zlatan Sremec	1898–1971	26 February 1953	December 1953	League of Communists of Croatia	Since 6 February 1953, with the abolition of the Presidium, Sremec served as formal head of state of Croatia (as Speaker of Parliament).
5		Vladimir Bakarić	1912–1983	December 1953	December 1963	League of Communists of Croatia	Formal head of state of Croatia (as Speaker of Parliament). Longest term to date as Croatian speaker, also served as Prime Minister of Croatia. People's Hero of Yugoslavia
6		Ivan Krajačić	1906–1986	December 1963	June 1967	League of Communists of Croatia	Formal head of state of Croatia (as Speaker of Parliament).
7		Jakov Blažević	1912–1996	June 1967	April 1974	League of Communists of Croatia	Formal head of state of Croatia (as Speaker of Parliament, from 1971 as President of the Presidency of Parliament).
8		Ivo Perišin	1923–2009	April 1974	1978	League of Communists of Croatia	After the establishment of the Presidency of Croatia on 8 May 1974, the function of de jure Croatian head of state transferred to that body. Perišin also at one time held the positions of Prime Minister of Croatia, and Mayor of Split.
9		Jure Bilić	1922–2006	1978	1982	League of Communists of Croatia
10		Jovo Ugrčić	1923–2005	1982	1983	League of Communists of Croatia
11		Milan Rukavina-Šain	1926–	1983	1984	League of Communists of Croatia
12		Ivo Latin	1929–2002	1984	1985	League of Communists of Croatia
13		Josip Zmajić	1917–1998	1985	1986	League of Communists of Croatia
14		Anđelko Runjić	1938–2015	1986	30 May 1990	League of Communists of Croatia
Following the 1990 parliamentary election and constitutional reforms
15		Žarko Domljan	1932–2020	30 May 1990	7 September 1992	Croatian Democratic Union		Speaker of the First Assembly of Parliament (1990–1992)
				1990
16		Stjepan Mesić	1934–	7 September 1992	24 May 1994	Croatian Democratic Union		Speaker of the Second Assembly of Parliament (1992–1995)
				1992
17		Nedjeljko Mihanović	1930–	24 May 1994	28 November 1995	Croatian Democratic Union
				—
18		Vlatko Pavletić	1930–2007	28 November 1995	2 February 2000	Croatian Democratic Union	Acting President for President Franjo Tuđman during the latter's incapacitation, beginning on 26 November 1999 and ending with Tuđman's death on 10 December 1999. Continued serving as Acting President (now as official head of state) from 10 December 1999 until 2 February 2000, when the 4th Assembly of Parliament was instituted.	Speaker of the Third Assembly of Parliament (1995–1999)
				1995
19		Zlatko Tomčić	1945–	2 February 2000	22 December 2003	Croatian Peasant Party	Acting President from the constituting of the 4th Assembly of Parliament on 2 February 2000 until Stjepan Mesić took office as elected President for a 5-year term on 18 February 2000.	Speaker of the Fourth Assembly of Parliament (2000–2003)
				2000
20		Vladimir Šeks	1943–	22 December 2003	11 January 2008	Croatian Democratic Union		Speaker of the Fifth Assembly of Parliament (2003–2008)
				2003
21		Luka Bebić	1937–	11 January 2008	22 December 2011	Croatian Democratic Union		Speaker of the Sixth Assembly of Parliament (2008–2011)
				2007
22		Boris Šprem	1956–2012	22 December 2011	30 September 2012	Social Democratic Party	Died in office.	Speaker of the Seventh Assembly of Parliament (2011–2015)
				2011
—		Josip Leko	1948–	30 September 2012	10 October 2012	Social Democratic Party	Acting Speaker from death of Boris Šprem until election as permanent Speaker.
23		Josip Leko		10 October 2012	28 December 2015	Social Democratic Party
				—
24		Željko Reiner	1953–	28 December 2015	14 October 2016	Croatian Democratic Union		Speaker of the Eight Assembly of Parliament (2015–2016)
				2015
25		Božo Petrov	1979–	14 October 2016	5 May 2017	Bridge of Independent Lists	Resigned from office on 4 May 2017.	Speaker of the Ninth Assembly of Parliament (2016–2020)
				2016
26		Gordan Jandroković	1967–	5 May 2017	Incumbent	Croatian Democratic Union
								Speaker of the Tenth Assembly of Parliament (2020–)
				2016, 2020

Statistics

#	Speaker	Date of birth	Age at ascension	Time in office	Age at retirement	Date of death	Longevity
1	Žarko Domljan	September 14, 1932	57 years, 258 days	2 years, 65 days	59 years, 323 days	September 5, 2020	88 years, 148 days
2	Stjepan Mesić	December 24, 1934	57 years, 258 days	1 years, 259 days	59 years, 151 days	Living	86 years, 47 days (Living)
3	Nedjeljko Mihanović	February 16, 1930	64 years, 78 days	1 year, 207 days	65 years, 285 days	Living	90 years, 359 days (Living)
4	Vlatko Pavletić	December 2, 1930	64 years, 330 days	4 years, 97 days	69 years, 62 days	September 19, 2007	76 years, 291 days
5	Zlatko Tomčić	October 7, 1945	54 years, 118 days	3 years, 323 days	58 years, 75 days	Living	75 years, 125 days (Living)
6	Vladimir Šeks	January 1, 1943	60 years, 355 days	4 years, 20 days	65 years, 10 days	Living	78 years, 39 days (Living)
7	Luka Bebić	August 21, 1937	70 years, 142 days	3 years, 345 days	74 years, 122 days	Living	83 years, 172 days (Living)
8	Boris Šprem	April 14, 1956	55 years, 251 days	0 years, 283 days	56 years, 169 days	September 30, 2012	56 years, 169 days
9	Josip Leko	September 19, 1948	61 years, 24 days	3 years, 78 days	67 years, 99 days	Living	72 years, 143 days (Living)
10	Željko Reiner	May 28, 1953	62 years, 213 days	0 years, 290 days	63 years, 138 days	Living	67 years, 257 days (Living)
11	Božo Petrov	October 16, 1979	36 years, 364 days	0 years, 203 days	37 years, 201 days	Living	41 years, 116 days (Living)
12	Gordan Jandroković	August 2, 1967	49 years, 276 days	3 years, 280 days (Ongoing)	Incumbent	Living	53 years, 191 days (Living)

Notes

1. Thomas, Mark. "Croatian political salaries - how much do Croatia's leading political figures earn - The Dubrovnik Times". www.thedubrovniktimes.com.
2. Until 1952 the Communist Party of Croatia; part of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (the Communist Party of Yugoslavia changed its name into the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1952, so did all its constituent republic parties)
3. Member of the Unitary National Liberation Front, i.e. the National Front

See also

• Speaker of the Chamber of Counties of Croatia
• President of Croatia
  • List of Presidents of Croatia
• Prime Minister of Croatia
  • List of Croatian Prime Ministers by time in office
  • List of Croatian Governments
• Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia
• List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
• Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• Politics of Croatia
• List of female county prefects in Croatia