Croatian_Party_of_Rights_Dr._Ante_Starčević
Croatian Party of Rights — Dr. Ante Starčević
Political party in Croatia
Croatian Party of Rights Dr. Ante Starčević (Croatian: Hrvatska stranka prava dr. Ante Starčević or HSP AS) was a nationalist[3] political party in Croatia.
It was founded in 2009 by Ruža Tomašić and others as a splinter party from the Croatian Party of Rights. It is named after Ante Starčević (1823–1896). In 2011, they reported a membership of 20,000.[4] They had limited electoral success in local elections, such as winning three seats in Vukovar city council in 2011.[5]
In 2011, Croatian Party of Rights-Dr. Ante Starčević signed a pre-election coalition agreement with far right Croatian Pure Party of Rights.[6] In the 2011 Croatian parliamentary election, their coalition won one parliamentary seat.[7]
In late 2012, the party made a permanent coalition with the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union.[8] This coalition won the Croatian European Parliament election in 2013 and party president Ruža Tomašić was the highest ranking candidate on the winning list by preferential vote.[9] The party joined the European Conservatives and Reformists.[10]
On 3 November 2014, the party's founder and first president, Ruža Tomašić, left the party.[11]
The party dissolved in 2020.