Union of Croats of Romania
Political party in Romania
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The Union of Croats of Romania (Romanian: Uniunea Croaților din România, UCR; Croatian: Zajedništvo Hrvata u Rumunjskoj, ZHR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Croatian community. Its headquarters are in Carașova.
Union of Croats of Romania Uniunea Croaților din România Zajedništvo Hrvata u Rumunjskoj | |
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| President | Giureci-Slobodan Ghera[1] |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Ideology | Croatian minority interests |
| National affiliation | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 330 |
| Senate | 0 / 136
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| European Parliament | 0 / 32
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| Website | |
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History
The UCR contested the 1992 general elections, but received just 219 votes and failed to win a seat;[2] the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold only applied as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[3] It again failed to win a seat in the 1996 elections as it received just 486 votes, but the 2000 elections saw the party receive 11,084 votes, winning a seat for the first time. It has won a seat in every election since.