The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (Croatian: Predsjednik Hrvatskog sabora, literally the President of the Croatian Parliament) is the presiding officer in the Croatian Parliament (Sabor), Croatia's legislative body.
The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament serves as acting President of Croatia if the elected President vacates the office before the expiration of the 5-year presidential term due to death, resignation or removal from office.
Duties and competences
According to the Croatian Constitution and the Parliamentary Rules of Procedure, President of the Parliament:
shall substitute for the President of the Republic if the latter is prevented from performing his/her dutiesrepresents Parliamentconvenes and presides over sessions of Parliamentsubmits motions from authorised sponsors for stipulated proceduresproposes the agenda for sessions of Parliamenthandles the procedures for the enactment of laws and other regulationsco-ordinates the activities of working bodiessigns laws and other regulations enacted by Parliamentdirects enacted laws to the President of the Republic for proclamationmanages relations between Parliament and the Governmentco-signs decisions on the appointment of the Prime Minister and the appointment of members of the Governmentaccepts sponsorships ex officioapproves, taking into account available funds, the travel of parliamentary deputies when they have been invited, as parliamentary deputies, to *visit another state or foreign organisationco-ordinates the work of standing delegations of Parliament in international parliamentary and other institutionsdetermines, at the proposal of deputy clubs, the composition of temporary delegations of Parliament in visits to foreign representative bodies and *organisations, such that they generally correspond to the party structure of Parliament and reflect the appropriate representation of both sexesdetermines the composition of temporary delegations in cases when he/she is invited abroad as the Speaker of Parliamentdesignates representatives of Parliament at ceremonial and other occasions, adhering to the representation of both sexessubmits a request, at the proposal of the Secretary of Parliament, for the securing of funds for the work of Parliament and the Parliamentary Staff Serviceensures the protection of the rights and exercise of the duties of parliamentary deputiespresides over the oaths of elected and appointed officials, when specified by law and Standing Orders of the Parliamentperforms other activities determined by the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, law and Standing Orders of the ParliamentThis is the list of Speakers of the Croatian Parliament.
Independent (1) League of Communists of Yugoslavia (9) Croatian Democratic Union (7) Croatian Peasant Party (1) Social Democratic Party (2) Bridge of Independent Lists (1)
There are nine living former Speakers:
