Croazia Governo Profilo 2008

Capitale

nome: Zagreb
coordinate geografiche: 45 48 N, 16 00 E
differenza di tempo: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Indipendenza

25 Giugno 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

Festa nazionale

Giorno Di Indipendenza, 8 Ottobre (1991); note - 25 Giugno 1991 was the day the Croatian Parliament voted for independence; following a three-month moratorium to allow the European Community to solve the Yugoslav crisis peacefully, Parliament adopted a decision on 8 Ottobre 1991 to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia

Costituzione

adopted on 22 Dicembre 1990; revised 2000, 2001

Suffragio

18 anni; universal (16 anni, if employed)

Ramo esecutivo

capo dello stato: Presidente Stjepan (Stipe) MESIC (da allora 18 February 2000)
capo di governo: Prime Minister Ivo SANADER (da allora 9 December 2003); Deputy Prime Ministers Jadranka KOSOR (da allora 23 December 2003) and Damir POLANCEC (da allora 15 February 2005), Djurdja ADLESIC (da allora 12 January 2008), Slobodan UZELAC (da allora 12 January 2008)
cabinet: Council of Ministers named by the prime minister and approved by the parliamentary Assembly
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 16 January 2005 (next to be held in January 2010); the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the president and then approved by the Assembly
election results: Stjepan MESIC reelected president; percent of vote - Stjepan MESIC 66%, Jadranka KOSOR 34% in the second round