Croatian Civic Initiative

Croatian Civic Initiative Hrvatska građanska inicijativa
President	Marija Vučinović
Founded	28 August 2002 (2002-08-28)
Headquarters	Luke Tomanovića bb, Tivat, Montenegro
Ideology	Croatian minority Conservatism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-right
Colors	Red, white, blue
Parliament of Montenegro	1 / 81
Website
Official website
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The Croatian Civic Initiative (Croatian/Montenegrin: Hrvatska građanska inicijativa, HGI, Montenegrin Cyrillic: Хрватска грађанска иницијатива, ХГИ) is a Croat minority political party in Montenegro. The party was formed in 2002. It first participated in local elections in Tivat municipality that year, and established its headquarters in this town. HGI has best electoral results in Boka region, because the Croat minority is concentrated mostly in municipalities of Tivat and Kotor. Marija Vučinović is the party's current president.

At the 2009 legislative elections in Montenegro, Croatian Civic Initiative was a part of victorious Coalition for a European Montenegro, alongside DPS, SDP and BS.

HGI contested the 2012 legislative elections independently, and won 0,4% of votes, gaining one seat in the Parliament, because of the lower electoral threshold envisaged for the Croat minority, which has been set at 0,35%. The party entered a post-election coalition with ruling DPS and SDP. The party's sole current parliamentary representative is Adrijan Vuksanović.

Notable members

• Božo Nikolić

Related links

• Croats of Boka Kotorska
• Croatian Civic Society of Montenegro
• Roman Catholicism in Montenegro
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar
• Our Lady of the Rocks
• Cathedral of Saint Tryphon

External links

• (Montenegrin/Croatian) Template:En icon Official Website