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Established: Zagreb, 3 November 1990. Members: 1995
(18.000-20.000), 1996 (7.000-8.000), 1997 (7.000-8.000), 1998
(9.000-10.000), 1999 (15.000), 2001 (25.000), 2002 (30.000), 2004
(25.000). Members in Croatian Parliament: 1992-1995 - 6 (4,34%)
1995-1999 - 8 (6,25%), 2000 - 46 (30,46%), 2002 - 44 (29,15%),
2003 - 44 (29,14%), 2004 - 29 (19,08%). Member of the Socialist
Inetrnational (SI).
The party is the legal sucessor of the League of Communits (SKH, Savez komunista Hrvatske), renamed in
1989 to SKH-SDP (Savez komunista Hrvatske - Stranka demokratskih
promjena) when it organized the first multiparty ellections. Soon
the name was changed to the current one, and in 1994 it merged
with SDH (Socijaldemokratska stranka
Hrvatske). Ivica Racan, its leadaer since 1980's was the
prime-minier in the coalition governemnt 2000-2004. Since the
miltiparty election the party droped the communist symbols and
began using the new ones: White flag with large black initials
SDP (in Times type font) and three squares red, blue and green.
typically the flags were also inscribed below the emblem with the
full name of the party (see Previous Flag).
This is determined for example in the Statutes (Statut SDP,
08.05.2004 <www.sdp.hr>).
On the party convention on 8 may 2004 a new design of the party
symbols were adopted, the new emblem being the red square with
slanted boldtype letters SDP (reintroducing the colour red as the
symbols of European socaildemocracy and in line with other SD
symbols). It is determined in the Statutory decision on the
emblems (Statutarna odluka o znaku, 8 May 2004 <www.sdp.hr>; to be
approved by the next party conference as part of the new
statutes) and is used legally since 1 January 2005. The flag is
described there quite terse just as a flag in raio 1:2 of white
filed with the party emblem in it. However, the flags hoisted on
the party headquarters on the Ibler Square in Zagreb (and I
believe they are changed gradually on other party buildings
throughout the country) are a bit more complex. The flag
is white with the party emblem twice forming the chequy filed in
the fly half of the flag, while the hoist half includes the full
name of the party inscribed in black letters aliong the top edge.
The flag is using an interesting solution to the doublesidedness
- the reverse side is turned upside down, so the inscription is
running along the lower edge - providing absolutely readable
design if the flag was hoisted vertically, but also not quite bad
is the flag is hoisted slanted at 45 degrees, that is usual way
of hoisting flag on buildings over here.
Željko Heimer, 8 May 2005
The flag is white with the party emblem consisting of three
squares red, blue and green and black initials SDP. Below the
initials sometimes is inscirbed in miniature letters full name of
the party.
eljko Heimer
In use since 1989. Abandoned: 30 April 1994. The flag is the
Croatian tricolour with the party emblem in the middle,
consisiting of initials SDH and a red rose. White flag with the
emblem was also occasionally in use. The flag was abandoned in
1994 when the party merged with SDP.
eljko Heimer