This is a list of cabinets ofCroatian government, the chiefexecutive body of theRepublic of Croatia.
Note that between 1990 and 2000 Croatia had asemi-presidential system and members of government, including prime ministers, were all directly appointed and removed by thepresident of Croatia, this post being held byFranjo Tuđman from 1990 to late 1999. During his two terms as president, Tuđman was also the chairman of the ruling conservativeCroatian Democratic Union (HDZ), with all prime ministers in this period also coming from his party's ranks.
Following Tuđman's death in December 1999 and the subsequentJanuary 2000 general election, the new centre-left parliamentary majority led byIvica Račan amended theConstitution of Croatia in November 2000 and introduced aparliamentary system, greatly reducing the president's executive powers. Therefore, prime ministers since Račan have usually been the leaders of parties (or coalition of parties) which held a parliament majority according to results of the general election. Meanwhile, the position of president of the Republic was made into a non-party post, which meant that presidents who served after Tuđman (Stjepan Mesić from 2000 to 2010,Ivo Josipović from 2010 to 2015,Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović from 2015 to 2020 andZoran Milanović since 2020) "froze" or resigned their party memberships upon getting elected or taking office for the entire duration of their five-year terms.
There have been 12 prime ministers since the introduction of a multi-party system via the1990 general election and 15 governments headed by them. Sinceindependence in June 1991, however, there have been 11 prime ministers and 14 governments (beginning with that ofJosip Manolić).
Nine prime ministers were members of theHDZ during their term in office, two were members of theSDP and one was not a member of any political party. To date two prime ministers (Ivica Račan and Ivo Sanader) have chaired more than one government.
The longest serving prime ministers to date have beenIvo Sanader, who held the post for 2,022 days between December 2003 and July 2009, followed byZoran Milanović (1637 days from December 2011 until January 2016),Zlatko Mateša (1,542 days from November 1995 to January 2000) andIvica Račan (1,426 days from January 2000 to December 2003). The shortest serving prime minister wasStjepan Mesić (86 days from May to August 1990).
To date the only prime minister to have been voted out of office by a motion of no confidence isTihomir Orešković, on 16 June 2016. He also has the distinction of being the firstnon-partisan prime minister.
| No. | Cabinet | Term start | Term end | Days | Prime Minister | Coalition parties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesić | 30 May 1990 | 24 August 1990 | 86 | Stjepan Mesić | HDZ |
| 2 | Manolić | 24 August 1990 | 17 July 1991 | 327 | Josip Manolić | HDZ |
| 3 | Gregurić | 17 July 1991 | 12 August 1992 | 392 | Franjo Gregurić | HDZ –SDP –HSLS –HKDS –HNS –SSH –HDS |
| 4 | Šarinić | 12 August 1992 | 3 April 1993 | 234 | Hrvoje Šarinić | HDZ |
| 5 | Valentić | 3 April 1993 | 7 November 1995 | 948 | Nikica Valentić | HDZ |
| 6 | Mateša | 7 November 1995 | 27 January 2000 | 1,542 | Zlatko Mateša | HDZ |
| 7 | Račan I | 27 January 2000 | 30 July 2002 | 915 | Ivica Račan | SDP –HSLS –HNS –HSS –IDS –LS |
| 8 | Račan II | 30 July 2002 | 23 December 2003 | 511 | Ivica Račan | SDP –HNS –HSS –LS –LIBRA |
| 9 | Sanader I | 23 December 2003 | 12 January 2008 | 1,481 | Ivo Sanader | HDZ –DC (supported byHSLS,HSS,SDSS) |
| 10 | Sanader II | 12 January 2008 | 6 July 2009 | 541 | Ivo Sanader | HDZ –HSLS –HSS –SDSS |
| 11 | Kosor | 6 July 2009 | 23 December 2011 | 900 | Jadranka Kosor | HDZ –HSLS –HSS –SDSS |
| 12 | Milanović | 23 December 2011 | 22 January 2016 | 1,491 | Zoran Milanović | Kukuriku Coalition SDP –HNS –IDS (supported byHSU (formally inKukuriku Coalition) andSDSS) |
| 13 | Orešković | 22 January 2016 | 19 October 2016 | 271 | Tihomir Orešković | Patriotic Coalition (HDZ –HSP-AS –HSLS –HSS –HRAST –HDS –ZDS –BUZ) –MOST |
| 14 | Plenković I | 19 October 2016 | 23 July 2020 | 1,373 | Andrej Plenković | From October 2016 until April 2017: HDZ -MOST (supported bySDSS,HDS,HSLS,NS-R,BM365,HRAST,SMSH,HDSSB andHSS (formally inopposition[1])) April to June 2017: June 2017 until July 2020: |
| 15 | Plenković II | 23 July 2020 | 17 May 2024 | 1,394 | Andrej Plenković | HDZ -SDSS[2] (supported byHSLS,HDS,HDSSB,HNS andNS-R) |
| 16 | Plenković III | 17 May 2024 | Incumbent | 557 | Andrej Plenković | HDZ -DP(supported byHSLS,HDS,HSU andHNS) |
