Conventional long form name of country: Republic of Croatia
Capital city: Zagreb
Type of government: parliamentary democracy
Date of independence: 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
National Holiday[s]: Independence Day, 8 October (1991) and Statehood Day, 25 June (1991); note - 25 June 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 October 1991 to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia
Chief of state: President Ivo JOSIPOVIC (since 18 February 2010)
Capital city: Zagreb
Type of government: parliamentary democracy
Date of independence: 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
National Holiday[s]: Independence Day, 8 October (1991) and Statehood Day, 25 June (1991); note - 25 June 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 October 1991 to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia
Chief of state: President Ivo JOSIPOVIC (since 18 February 2010)
Head of government: Prime Minister Zoran MILANOVIC (since 23 December 2011); First Deputy Prime Minister Vesna PUSIC (since 16 November 2012)
Executive branch/powers: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 10 January 2010 (next to be held in December 2014); the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the president and then approved by the assembly
Legislative branch/powers: unicameral Assembly or Sabor (151 seats; members elected from party lists by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
Judicial branch/powers: highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the court president and vice president, 25 civil department justices, and 16 criminal department justices) judge selection and term of office: president of Supreme Court nominated by president of Croatia and elected by Croatian Sabor for a 4-year term; other Supreme Court justices appointed by National Judicial Council; all judges serve until age 70
subordinate courts: Administrative Court; county, municipal, and specialized courts; note - there is an 11-member Constitutional Court with jurisdiction limited to constitutional issues but is outside Croatia's judicial system
Suffrage: 18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal
Ambassador to the U.S: Ambassador Josko PARO (since 20 April 2012)Location of embassy in U.S: 2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
Location of consulates in U.S: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York
U.S. Ambassador to them: Ambassador Kenneth MERTEN (since 3 October 2012)
Location of U.s embassy there: 2 Thomas Jefferson Street, 10010 Zagreb
Location of U.S. consulates there: no consulates
Their representative to UN:
Legislative branch/powers: unicameral Assembly or Sabor (151 seats; members elected from party lists by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
Judicial branch/powers: highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the court president and vice president, 25 civil department justices, and 16 criminal department justices) judge selection and term of office: president of Supreme Court nominated by president of Croatia and elected by Croatian Sabor for a 4-year term; other Supreme Court justices appointed by National Judicial Council; all judges serve until age 70
subordinate courts: Administrative Court; county, municipal, and specialized courts; note - there is an 11-member Constitutional Court with jurisdiction limited to constitutional issues but is outside Croatia's judicial system
Suffrage: 18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal
Ambassador to the U.S: Ambassador Josko PARO (since 20 April 2012)Location of embassy in U.S: 2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
Location of consulates in U.S: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York
U.S. Ambassador to them: Ambassador Kenneth MERTEN (since 3 October 2012)
Location of U.s embassy there: 2 Thomas Jefferson Street, 10010 Zagreb
Location of U.S. consulates there: no consulates
Their representative to UN:
Flag symbolism: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue - the Pan-Slav colors - superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms; the coat of arms consists of one main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields) surmounted by five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield; the five small shields represent five historic regions, they are (from left to right): Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia
Ntional symbols: red-white checkerboard
Ntional symbols: red-white checkerboard