Leader of the Opposition (Croatia)

Leader of the Opposition
Leader of the Opposition
	Logo of the largest opposition party
	Incumbent; Davor Bernardić; since 26 November 2016
Term length	While leader of the largest political party not in government

In Croatia, the Opposition (Croatian: Opozicija; Oporba) comprises all political parties represented in the Croatian Parliament that are not part of the Government which is supported by the parliamentary majority.

The Leader of the Opposition (Croatian: Vođa opozicije; Šef oporbe) is the unofficial title held by the leader of the largest party with no representatives within the government. Where one party wins outright this is usually the leader of the second largest political party in the Parliament (usually the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) or the Social Democratic Party (SDP)).

The current Leader of the Opposition is Davor Bernardić, leader of the Social Democratic Party, who was elected to the Party leadership on 26 November 2016.

6th assembly of Sabor

In the Sixth assembly of the Croatian Parliament (2007–2011), the parties in Sabor that included the opposition were:

The leader of the opposition was Zoran Milanović, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia.

7th assembly of Sabor

In the Seventh assembly of the Croatian Parliament (2011–2015), the parties in Sabor that include the opposition were:

8th assembly of Sabor

In the Eight assembly of the Croatian Parliament (2015–2016), the parties in Sabor that include the opposition are:

9th assembly of Sabor

In the Ninth assembly of the Croatian Parliament (2016-), the parties in Sabor that include the opposition are:

The leader of the opposition from 14 October 2016 until 26 November 2016 was Zoran Milanović and since 26 November 2016 it has been Davor Bernardić, the leader of the Social Democratic Party.

List of leaders of the Opposition since the first multi-party election

Social Democratic Party of Croatia (3) Croatian Social Liberal Party (1) Croatian Democratic Union (3)

#		Political Party	Term of office
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Croatia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 1	Ivica Račan	Party of Democratic Changes	30 May 1990- 17 July 1991
None - National Unity Government			17 July 1991 – 12 August 1992
style="background:Template:Croatian Social Liberal Party/meta/color;" \| 2	Dražen Budiša	Croatian Social Liberal Party	12 August 1992– 27 January 2000
style="background:Template:Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color; color:white;" \| —	Vladimir Šeks^[1]	Croatian Democratic Union	27 January 2000- 30 April 2000
style="background:Template:Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color; color:white;" \| 3	Ivo Sanader	Croatian Democratic Union	30 April 2000– 23 December 2003
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Croatia/meta/color; color:white;" \| (1)	Ivica Račan	Social Democratic Party	23 December 2003– 11 April 2007
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Croatia/meta/color; color:white;" \| —	Željka Antunović^[1]	Social Democratic Party	11 April 2007- 2 June 2007
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Croatia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 4	Zoran Milanović	Social Democratic Party	2 June 2007– 23 December 2011
style="background:Template:Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color; color:white;" \| 5	Jadranka Kosor	Croatian Democratic Union	23 December 2011– 21 May 2012
style="background:Template:Croatian Democratic Union/meta/color; color:white;" \| 6	Tomislav Karamarko	Croatian Democratic Union	21 May 2012– 22 January 2016
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Croatia/meta/color; color:white;" \| (4)	Zoran Milanović	Social Democratic Party	22 January 2016– 26 November 2016
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Croatia/meta/color; color:white;" \| 7	Davor Bernardić	Social Democratic Party	26 November 2016–