New Croatian Initiative

The New Croatian Initiative (Croatian: Nova hrvatska inicijativa or NHI) was a Bosnian Croat political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded by Krešimir Zubak in 1998, after he left the Croatian Democratic Union. The party was dissolved in 2007.

New Croatian Initiative Nova hrvatska inicijativa
Founder	Krešimir Zubak
Founded	24 June 1998
Dissolved	1 October 2007
Merged into	Croatian Peasant Party
Headquarters	Mostar
Ideology	Liberalism Christian democracy Croatian nationalism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre to centre-right
Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina Political parties Elections

History

The New Croatian Initiative was founded by former Bosnian Presidency member Krešimir Zubak on 24 June 1998, who had previously left the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ BiH).^[1] The party consisted mainly of liberals, the majority of whom were dissidents from the HDZ BiH.^[2] Zubak believed that its leaders didn't care about the interests of Croats in Central Bosnia.

After several months of negotiations, on 1 October 2007, the party was merged into the Croatian Peasant Party.^[2]

Elections

Parliamentary elections

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year	#	Popular vote	%	HoR	Seat change	HoP	Seat change	Government
1998[a]	7th	40,080	2.32	1 / 42	New	0 / 15	New	Opposition
2000	10th	23,604	1.58	1 / 42	0	1 / 15	1	Coalition
2002	14th	16,890	1.37	1 / 42	0	0 / 15	1	Opposition
2006[b]	11th	24,415	1.73	0 / 42	1	0 / 15	0	Extra-parliamentary

Presidency elections

Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Election year	#	Candidate	Votes	%	Representing	Elected?
1998	3rd	Krešimir Zubak	40,880	11.42%	Croats	No
2002	3rd	Mijo Anić	16,345	8.77%	Croats	No

Notes

1. Run in coalition with the HKDU.
2. Run in coalition with the HSP.

References

1. Ramnet, Sabrina P. (22 September 2016). Ethnic Minorities and Politics in Post-Socialist Southeastern Europe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107159129.
2. Tvrtko Milović (6 May 2014). "Sličnost i razlike političkih ujedinjavanja NHI iz 2010. i 2014. godine". idpi.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 May 2014.