| Hauptstadt | Name: Zagreb geographische Koordinaten: 45 48 N, 16 00 E Zeitunterschied: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October etymology: the name seems to be related to "digging"; archeologists suggest that the original settlement was established beyond a water-filled hole or "graba" and that the name derives from this; "za" in Slavic means "beyond"; the overall meaning may be "beyond the trench (fault, channel, ditch)" |
| Unabhängigkeit | 25 Juni 1991 (from Yugoslavia); notable earlier dates: ca. 925 (Kingdom of Croatia established); 1 Dezember 1918 (Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) established) |
| Nationalfeiertag | Unabhängigkeit, 8 Oktober (1991) and Statehood Day, 25 Juni (1991); note - 25 Juni 1991 was the day the Croatian parliament voted for independence; following a three-month moratorium to allow the European Community to solve the Yugoslav crisis peacefully, parliament adopted a decision on 8 Oktober 1991 to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia |
| Konstitution | history: several previous; latest adopted 22 Dezember 1990 amendments: proposed by at least one fifth of the Assembly membership, by the president of the republic, by the Government of Croatia, or through petition by at least 10% of the total electorate; proceedings to amend require majority vote by the Assembly; passage requires two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly; passage by petition requires a majority vote in a referendum and promulgation by the Assembly; amended several times, last in 2014 (2016) |
| Wahlrecht | 18 Jahre; universal |
| Exekutive | Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC (seit dem 19 February 2015) Regierungschef: Prime Minister Andrej PLENKOVIC (seit dem 19 October 2016); Deputy Prime Ministers Damir KRSTICEVIC (seit dem 19 October 2016), Predrag STROMAR (seit dem 9 June 2017), Marija Pejcinovic BURIC (seit dem 19 June 2017), and Tomislav TOLUSIC (seit dem 25 May 2018) cabinet: Council of Ministers named by the prime minister and approved by the Assembly elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 28 December 2014 and 11 January 2015 (next to be held in 2019); the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the president and approved by the Assembly election results: Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC elected president in second round; percent of vote - Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC (HDZ) 50.7%, Ivo JOSIPOVIC (Forward Croatia Progressive Alliance) 49.3% |
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019
