Croatia

Croatian Parliament

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Unicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Gordan Jandroković (Male)
Year of birth
1967
Additional information
Elected on 5 May 2017, re-elected on 22 July 2020.
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Secretary general

Secretary General
Davor Orlovic (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 14 Oct. 2016.

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
104
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
47
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
31.13% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
29
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Youngest member
Nikolina Baradić (Female)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
74
Oldest member
Miroslav Tuđman (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
60 See historical data for this field.
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
91 See historical data for this field.
Total per sex
Total of male
104 See historical data for this field.
Total of female
47 See historical data for this field.
Total per age interval
18-20
0 See historical data for this field.
21-30
1 See historical data for this field.
31-40
33 See historical data for this field.
41-45
26 See historical data for this field.
46-50
27 See historical data for this field.
51-60
44 See historical data for this field.
61-70
18 See historical data for this field.
71-80
2 See historical data for this field.
81-90
0 See historical data for this field.
91 and over
0 See historical data for this field.
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 1 33 26 27 44 18 2 0 0
Total <= 45: 60 Total >= 46: 91
Male 0 0 22 14 19 34 13 2 0 0 104
Female 0 1 11 12 8 10 5 0 0 0 47
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger0.66%0%0.66%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger22.52%14.57%7.95%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger39.74%23.84%15.89%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
Legislated Candidate Quotas. Lists shall observe the principle of gender equality and seek to achieve the balance in terms of the representation of women and men.
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

Date of independence For countries that become independent after 1940
1991
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1945
National or local Suffrage: National or Local
National
Notes Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
1945= date of Electoral Rolls Act
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1945
National or local Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1992
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1993