Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina

Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini Демократски Савез Хрвата у Војводини
Leader	Petar Kuntić
Founded	15 July 1990 (1990-07-15)
Headquarters	Subotica
Ideology	national rights of Croat minority in Serbia, autonomy of Vojvodina
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
Website
www.dshv.rs
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The Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (Serbian: Демократски Савез Хрвата у Војводини / Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini; Croatian: Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini; abbreviation: DSHV / ДСХВ) is a political party of ethnic Croats in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, founded in July 15, 1990. It is the only parliamentary ethnic Croat minority party in Serbia. The current president is Petar Kuntić.

History

Over time, some party members were unsatisfied with party's policy, so they separated and formed new Croat parties:

• Hrvatski narodni savez (Croatian National Alliance) - in 1998 (in 2003 this fraction has been reincorporated into DSHV)
• Hrvatska bunjevačko-šokačka stranka (Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party) - in 2004
• Demokratska zajednica Hrvata (Democratic Union of Croats) - in 2007

In 2009 DSHV negotiated with another ethnic Croat party from Syrmia region of Vojvodina, the Hrvatska srijemska inicijativa / Hrvatska sremska inicijativa (Croatian Syrmian Initiative). It was planned that HSI and DSHV unite on June 5, 2009 on the meeting in Sremska Mitrovica.

Party Presidents

• Bela Tonković (1990–2003)
• Petar Kuntić (2003–today)

Famous members

• Josip Gabrić, table tennis player, former Yugoslav national team member and one of legendary players of table tennis from ex-Yugoslavia

External links

• (Croatian) Official website