Croatian Social Liberal Party

Croatian Social Liberal Party

Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka
Croatian Social Liberal Party Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka
Abbreviation	HSLS
President	Dario Hrebak
Founder	Slavko Goldstein; Daniel Ivin
Founded	20 May 1989
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Membership (2021)	13,676
Ideology	Conservative liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-right
National affiliation	Patriotic Coalition (2015–2016)
Regional affiliation	Liberal South East European Network
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
International affiliation	Liberal International
Colours	Yellow; Magenta; Blue
Sabor	2 / 151
European Parliament	0 / 12
County Prefects	0 / 21
Mayors	1 / 128
Website
	Official website
	Politics of Croatia; Political parties; Elections;

The Croatian Social Liberal Party (Croatian: Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka or HSLS) is a conservative-liberal^[5] political party in Croatia. The HSLS was formed in 1989 as the first Croatian political party formed after the reintroduction of the multi-party system.

HSLS first won the elections in 2000 and formed a coalition government with four other parties, including the largest party of the Croatian centre-left, the Social Democratic Party of Croatia. After losing the 2003 general election, the party's decline in political influence started. In the most recent 2015 general election, HSLS won 2 out of 151 seats in the Croatian Parliament as a member of a center-right coalition led by the Croatian Democratic Union party.

The HSLS is a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. Party president is Darinko Kosor, elected to that post in November 2009.

^ Butković, Davor (21 February 2009). "Kako smo osnivali HSLS (i je li umro)?". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ "Izvješće o obavljenoj financijskoj reviziji - Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka za 2022" (PDF). HSLS (in Croatian). State Audit Office. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ Menz, Christian (2013). Explaining Croatia's (non)compliance with EU conditionality on ICTY cooperation. Anchor Academic Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-3-95489-183-2.
^ Ellington, Lucien (2004). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Land, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-57607-800-6.
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.

[Butkovic-1] Butković, Davor (21 February 2009). "Kako smo osnivali HSLS (i je li umro)?". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[2] "Izvješće o obavljenoj financijskoj reviziji - Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka za 2022" (PDF). HSLS (in Croatian). State Audit Office. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

[3] Menz, Christian (2013). Explaining Croatia's (non)compliance with EU conditionality on ICTY cooperation. Anchor Academic Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-3-95489-183-2.

[4] Ellington, Lucien (2004). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Land, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-57607-800-6.

[5] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.

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