{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Redirect|DZH|the Cyrillic letter ''Џ''|Dzhe|the airport with the IATA code DZH|Dazhou Jinya Airport}} {{Infobox political party | country = Serbia | name = Democratic Union of Croats | native_name = Демократска заједница Хрвата<br />Demokratska zajednica Hrvata | abbreviation = DZH | colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Union of Croats}} | logo = Democratic Union of Croats logo.png | leader = [[Marinko Prćić]] | foundation = 25 July 2007 | ideology = [[Croats of Serbia|Croat]] [[Minority politics|minority interests]]<br />[[Vojvodina Autonomist Movement|Vojvodina autonomism]] | colors = {{colorbox|{{party color|Democratic Union of Croats}}|border=silver}} Red<br />{{colorbox|#FFFFFF|border=silver}} White<br />{{colorbox|#0606FC|border=silver}} Blue | national = [[Coalition for Peace and Tolerance]] | headquarters = Age Mamužića 5, [[Subotica]] | website = {{URL|dzhweb.org.rs}} }}

The '''Democratic Union of Croats''' ({{langx|hr|Demokratska zajednica Hrvata}}, {{langx|sr|Демократска заједница Хрвата}}, '''DZH''') is a [[List of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]] representing the [[Croats of Serbia|Croat ethnic minority]] in the province of [[Vojvodina]].

It was founded on 25 July 2007, and the party seat is in [[Subotica]], Age Mamužića 5 Street. Chronologically, DZH was fourth party of Croats from Serbia and third that emerged from dissatisfied fractions of the [[Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina]]. Party President is [[Đorđe Čović]] (since 9 November 2007).

==Participation in elections== On 25 April 2008, DZH signed an agreement with [[Hungarian Coalition]], in which it supported Hungarian Coalition on [[2008 Serbian parliamentary election|Serbian parliamentary elections in 2008]].<ref>{{in lang|hr}} [http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=3&pid=2607 Radio Subotica] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726120619/http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=3&pid=2607 |date=26 July 2011 }} Izbori 2008. - DZH potpisala sporazum s Mađarskom koalicijom, 25 April 2008.</ref>

On [[2008 Serbian presidential election|Presidential Elections]] in Serbia in 2008, DZH appealed its members to support [[Boris Tadić]] in 2nd electoral round.<ref>{{in lang|hr}} [http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=3&pid=2265 Radio-Subotica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726120708/http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=3&pid=2265 |date=26 July 2011 }} DZH poziva birače da glasuju za Borisa Tadića, 23. sij 2008.</ref>

On [[2008 Vojvodina parliamentary election|Parliamentary Elections]] in the autonomous province of Vojvodina in 2008, DZH joined the list ''[[Together for Vojvodina (coalition)|Zajedno za Vojvodinu]] - [[Nenad Čanak]]'', led by [[League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina]].<ref>{{in lang|hr}} [http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=3&pid=2484 Radio Subotica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330220134/http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=3&pid=2484 |date=30 March 2008 }} Izbori 2008.</ref>

== References == *{{in lang|hr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726120805/http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=8&pid=87&arc=87 Radio-Subotica] [[Tomislav Žigmanov]]: Nova stranka u vojvođanskih Hrvata – umnožavanje jala, 25 June 2007 *{{in lang|hr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726120846/http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=8&pid=91&arc=91 Radio-Subotica] Slaven Bačić: Kronologija formiranja jedne partije, 21 July 2007 *{{in lang|hr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726120901/http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=8&pid=108 Radio-Subotica] Elementarna nepogoda, 18 September 2007 *{{in lang|hr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20071221141610/http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=3&pid=2160 Radio-Subotica] DHZ objavila «Deklaraciju», 19 December 2007 <references />

== External links == *{{in lang|hr}} [http://www.dzhweb.org.rs/projekt_opsirnije.php?id=34&prikaz=da Demokratska zajednica Hrvata - DZH WEB]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Official pages *{{in lang|hr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726120932/http://www.suboticadanas.info/html/index.php?module=Pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=3&pid=3619 Radio Subotica] DZH: Prve izjave veleposlanika Kuprešaka - ohrabrenje za hrvatsku zajednicu, 17 March 2009

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