Croatian Growth
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Groatian Growth is a right wing political party
in Croatia
established in 2011. Its founding was initiated by several conservative Catholic
NGOs, Croatian section of Radio Maria
, Croatian Republican Union
, Family Party
, demochristian politician
Ante Ledić
, author
Hrvoje Hitrec
and two candidates in 2010 Presidential elections in Croatia, historian
Josip Jurčević
and Miroslav Tuđman
, son of first Croatian president Franjo Tuđman. The party maintains contacts with European Christian Political Movement
.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
established in 2011. Its founding was initiated by several conservative Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
NGOs, Croatian section of Radio Maria
Radio Maria
Radio Maria is an international Catholic radio broadcasting service founded in Erba, province of Como, in the diocese of Milan in 1983. The World Family of Radio Maria was formed in 1998 and today has branches in 55 countries around the world...
, Croatian Republican Union
Croatian Republican Union
The Croatian Republican Union is a political party in Croatia.-History:It was formed in 1951 in Buenos Aires by Ivan Oršanić as the Croatian Republican Party. The party was moved to Croatia in 1991, after democratic reforms in the country....
, Family Party
Family Party
The Family Party was a political party in New Zealand. It described itself as a Christian party.-History:The Family Party was established by members of the disbanding Destiny New Zealand and by Paul Adams, a former United Future MP and pastor within the Pentecostal City Impact Church, run by New...
, demochristian politician
Croatian Demochristian Party
Croatian Demochristian Party is a political party in Croatia with the goal that Croatia will become a state with Christian ideals.It was formed in 2009 from three former Demochristian parties:* Croatian Demochristians...
Ante Ledić
Ante Ledic
Ante Ledić is a Croatian businessman, politician from and vice-president of Croatian Demochristian Party.In his youth, Ledić was a Yugoslav champion and national record holder in long jump and decathlon...
, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
Hrvoje Hitrec
Hrvoje Hitrec
Hrvoje Hitrec is a Croatian writer and politician. He is notable for his works for children and youth, most famous of his works being Smogovci, but he also wrote novels, film and TV scripts, dramas...
and two candidates in 2010 Presidential elections in Croatia, historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
Josip Jurčević
Josip Jurčević
Josip Jurčević is a Croatian politician and historian.He grew up in Zagreb. In the 1970s he studied among other things, computer science, theology, Marxism, and economics...
and Miroslav Tuđman
Miroslav Tuđman
Miroslav Tuđman is a Croatian scientist and politician, the son of first president Franjo Tuđman.Tuđman was born in Belgrade where he completed grade school, before he moved with his family to Zagreb in 1961.He was born on his parents 1st anniversary...
, son of first Croatian president Franjo Tuđman. The party maintains contacts with European Christian Political Movement
European Christian Political Movement
The European Christian Political Movement, abbreviated to ECPM, is a political party at European level that unites national parties from across Europe that share Christian democratic politics. The member parties are generally more socially conservative and Eurosceptic than the European People's...
.