Speaker of the Croatian Parliament

Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
Predsjednik Hrvatskog sabora
Flag of the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
Incumbent Gordan Jandroković since 5 May 2017
Croatian Parliament
Style	Mr Speaker (when addressed in the Sabor)
Type	Presiding officer
Seat	Sabor Palace, Zagreb
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	Croatian Parliament traditionally appointing nominee of the largest party
Term length	Contemporaneous to legislative period
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Croatia
Formation	30 May 1990
First holder	Žarko Domljan
Deputy	Deputy Speakers of the Croatian Parliament
Salary	€2979,50 monthly

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, Croatia's legislative body.

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 five-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 five-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 shorts periods of time, such as whenever the president is not present in the country, is ill, or is on vacation, until the president 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 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 (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	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	1925–2008	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 (1)		Žarko Domljan	1932–2020	30 May 1990	7 September 1992	Croatian Democratic Union		Speaker of the First Assembly of Parliament (1990–1992)
				1990
16 (2)		Stjepan Mesić	1934–	7 September 1992	24 May 1994	Croatian Democratic Union		Speaker of the Second Assembly of Parliament (1992–1995)
				1992
17 (3)		Nedjeljko Mihanović	1930–2022	24 May 1994	28 November 1995	Croatian Democratic Union
				—
18 (4)		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 (5)		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 (6)		Vladimir Šeks	1943–	22 December 2003	11 January 2008	Croatian Democratic Union		Speaker of the Fifth Assembly of Parliament (2003–2008)
				2003
21 (7)		Luka Bebić	1937–	11 January 2008	22 December 2011	Croatian Democratic Union		Speaker of the Sixth Assembly of Parliament (2008–2011)
				2007
22 (8)		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 (9)		Josip Leko		10 October 2012	28 December 2015	Social Democratic Party
				—
24 (10)		Željko Reiner	1953–	28 December 2015	14 October 2016	Croatian Democratic Union		Speaker of the Eight Assembly of Parliament (2015–2016)
				2015
25 (11)		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 (12)		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
1	Domljan, ŽarkoŽarko Domljan	19320914September 14, 1932(September 14, 1932)	57 25857 years, 258 days	02 0652 years, 65 days	59 32359 years, 323 days	20070919September 5, 2020
2	Mesić, StjepanStjepan Mesić	19341224December 24, 1934(December 24, 1934)	70 15557 years, 258 days	01 2591 years, 259 days	59 15159 years, 151 days	Living
3	Mihanović, NedjeljkoNedjeljko Mihanović	19300216February 16, 1930(February 16, 1930)	64 07864 years, 78 days	01 2071 year, 207 days	65 28565 years, 285 days	20070919January 27, 2022
4	Pavletić, VlatkoVlatko Pavletić	19301202December 2, 1930(December 2, 1930)	64 33064 years, 330 days	04 0974 years, 97 days	69 06269 years, 62 days	20070919September 19, 2007
5	Tomčić, ZlatkoZlatko Tomčić	19451007October 7, 1945(October 7, 1945)	54 11854 years, 118 days	03 3233 years, 323 days	58 07558 years, 75 days	Living
6	Šeks, VladimirVladimir Šeks	19430101January 1, 1943(January 1, 1943)	60 35560 years, 355 days	04 0204 years, 20 days	65 01065 years, 10 days	Living
7	Bebić, LukaLuka Bebić	19370821August 21, 1937(August 21, 1937)	70 14270 years, 142 days	03 3303 years, 345 days	74 12274 years, 122 days	Living
8	Šprem, BorisBoris Šprem	19560414April 14, 1956(April 14, 1956)	55 25155 years, 251 days	00 2830 years, 283 days	56 16956 years, 169 days	20070919September 30, 2012
9	Leko, JosipJosip Leko	19480919September 19, 1948(September 19, 1948)	61 02461 years, 24 days	03 783 years, 78 days	67 09967 years, 99 days	Living
10	Reiner, ŽeljkoŽeljko Reiner	19530528May 28, 1953(May 28, 1953)	62 21362 years, 213 days	00 2900 years, 290 days	63 13863 years, 138 days	Living
11	Petrov, BožoBožo Petrov	19791016October 16, 1979(October 16, 1979)	36 36436 years, 364 days	00 2030 years, 203 days	37 20137 years, 201 days	Living
12	Jandroković, GordanGordan Jandroković	19670802August 2, 1967(August 2, 1967)	49 years, 276 days	7 years, 191 days (Ongoing)	Incumbent	Living

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 cabinets of Croatia
• Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia
• List of heads of state of Yugoslavia
• Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• Politics of Croatia