Croatian_Popular_Party

Croatian Popular Party

Croatian Popular Party

Right-wing political party in Croatia

Not to be confused with Croatian People's Party.
This article is about the modern-day political party. For the older party, see Croatian Popular Party (1919).

Croatian Popular Party (Croatian: Hrvatska pučka stranka, HPS) is a right-wing political party in Croatia.[1]

The party was founded in 1997 by Tomislav Merčep[2] after his departure from Croatian Democratic Union.

Merčep was the party candidate in the 2000 Croatian presidential election, and was eliminated in the first round as the seventh of nine candidates, winning 22,672 votes or 0.85% of the vote.

Tomislav Petrak (born 1946), a Ph.D. in veterinary science a professor at the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology in Zagreb, member of the Party since its founding in 1997, was its candidate in the 2005 Croatian presidential election.[3]

Electoral history

Legislative

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Presidential

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References

  1. [1]
    "Hrvatska pučka stranka – STR: Iskaznica" (in Croatian). Croatian Information-Documentation Referral Agency. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-12-11. Hrvatska pučka stranka – HPS Croatian Popular Party
  2. [2]
    Povijest Hrvatske pučke stranke[permanent dead link] (in Croatian)
  3. [3]
    "Stranački život" (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. November 11, 2004. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2009.


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