Opposition

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Leader of the Opposition
Logo of the largest opposition party
Incumbent Tomislav Karamarko since 21 May 2012
Term length	While leader of the largest political party not in government

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The Opposition (Croatian: Opozicija; Oporba) in Croatia is a term used to describe political parties represented in Parliament which are not a part of the government supported by the parliamentary majority.

The Leader of the Opposition (Croatian: Vođa opozicije; Šef oporbe) is the unofficial title held by the leader of the largest party of the opposition. Usually it is the leader of one of the two major political parties in Croatia, the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union or the centre-left Social Democratic Party.

6th assembly of Sabor

In the Sixth assembly of the Croatian Parliament (2007-2011), the parties in Sabor that included the opposition were:

• Social Democratic Party
• Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
• Istrian Democratic Assembly
• Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja
• Croatian Party of Pensioners
• Croatian Party of Rights
• Croatian Labourists – Labour Party

The leader of the opposition was Zoran Milanović, leader of the SDP.

7th assembly of Sabor

In the Seventh assembly of the Croatian Parliament (2011-), the parties in Sabor that include the opposition are:

• Croatian Democratic Union
• Croatian Labourists – Labour Party
• Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja
• Independent list of Ivan Grubišić
• Croatian Citizen Party
• Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević
• Croatian Peasant Party
• Democratic Centre

The leader of the opposition is Tomislav Karamarko, leader of the HDZ since the Croatian Democratic Union leadership election, 2012.

List of leaders of the Opposition

The list currently extends only since the independence of the Republic of Croatia, but the multi-party system existed since the Croatian parliamentary election, 1990.

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