Parliament of Croatia - Speaker of The Parliament

Speaker of The Parliament

See also: List of Speakers of the Croatian Parliament

Since the first multi-party elections held after the start of Communist rule, there have been eight speakers of the parliament; the first five, executing the office until constitutional amendments in March 2001, were also speakers of the Chamber of Deputies (since the parliament was bicameral at the time). As of 10 October 2012, Josip Leko (SDP) is the ninth Speaker of the Sabor. Five deputy speakers are: Nenad Stazić, (SDP) Milorad Batinić (SDP), Jadranka Kosor (HDZ), Vladimir Šeks (HDZ) and Dragica Zgrebec (SDP).

The speaker of the parliament becomes the acting President of the Republic in the event of the death, resignation or incapacitation of the President of Croatia, as specified by the constitution. This situation occurred after the death of Franjo Tuđman in 1999, when Vlatko Pavletić became the acting president. After the 2000 parliamentary elections, the role was transferred to Zlatko Tomčić, who filled the office until Stjepan Mesić was elected President of Croatia in 2000.

Name	From	To	Party
Žarko Domljan	30 May 1990	7 September 1992		HDZ
Stjepan Mesić	7 September 1992	24 May 1994		HDZ
Nedjeljko Mihanović	24 May 1994	28 November 1995		HDZ
Vlatko Pavletić	28 November 1995	2 February 2000		HDZ
Zlatko Tomčić	2 February 2000	22 December 2003		HSS
Vladimir Šeks	22 December 2003	11 January 2008		HDZ
Luka Bebić	11 January 2008	22 December 2011		HDZ
Boris Šprem	22 December 2011	30 September 2012		SDP
Josip Leko	10 October 2012			SDP