Zagreb Assembly

{{Short description|Elected lawmaking body of Zagreb, Croatia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox legislature | name = City Assembly of the City of Zagreb | native_name = Gradska skupština Grada Zagreba | legislature = | coa_pic = Coat of arms of Zagreb.svg | coa_res = | coa_alt = | session_room = Stara gradska vijecnica Zagreb.jpg | house_type = Unicameral | leader1_type = President | leader1 = Matej Mišić | party1 = SDP | leader2_type = Deputy Presidents | leader2 = Ivana Kekin (NL) Teodor Celakoski (Možemo!) Mislav Herman (HDZ) Igor Peternel (DOMiNO) | election1 = 10 June 2025 | structure1 = Gradska skupština Grada Zagreba 2025.svg | structure1_res = 250px | members = 47<ref name=klubovi>{{cite web|url=http://www.skupstina.zagreb.hr/klubovi/32 |title=Klubovi|trans-title = Clubs |website=www.skupstina.zagreb.hr |publisher=Zagreb City Assembly |access-date=4 March 2021|language=hr}}</ref> | political_groups1 = '''Government (25)'''

*{{color box |#C4D844|border=darkgray}} Možemo!– SDP (25) **{{Color box|{{party color|We can! (Croatia)}}|border=darkgray}} M! (17) **{{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Croatia}}|border=darkgray}} SDP (8) '''Opposition (22)''' *{{Color box|{{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}|border=darkgray}} HDZ (8) *{{Color box |#ffa500|border=darkgray}} Drito (6) *{{color box|#00B5D7|border=darkgray}} Zagreb United (4) **{{color box |{{party color|Croatian Social Liberal Party}}|border=darkgray}} HSLS (1) **{{color box |{{party color|Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats}}|border=darkgray}} HNS (1) **{{color box |{{party color|Independent}}|border=darkgray}} Independents (2){{efn|Davor Štern and Trpimir Goluža}} *{{Color box |#000000|border=darkgray}} Jedino Hrvatska! (3) **{{color box |#000000|border=darkgray}} BLOK<nowiki> (1)</nowiki> *{{color box |{{party color|Independent}}|border=darkgray}} Independent (1)

| last_election1 = 18 May 2025 | next_election1 = TBD | meeting_place = Old City Hall | website = {{url|http://www.skupstina.zagreb.hr/}} }}

The '''City Assembly of the City of Zagreb''' ({{langx|hr|Gradska skupština Grada Zagreba}}, short: GSGZ) is the lawmaking body of the Croatian capital of Zagreb. It consists of 47 members who were elected by universal suffrage and secret ballot at 2025 elections for a term of four years. The assembly meets at the Old City Hall, close to the St. Mark's Square. This representative body passes acts within the self-governing scope of the City of Zagreb and performs other duties in accordance with the state laws and its own Statute. The assembly serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government model.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skupstina.zagreb.hr/default.aspx?id=11 |title=Radna tijela – Gradska skupština Grada Zagreba |publisher=Zagreb City Assembly|access-date=2016-12-20|language=hr}}</ref> It has 24 permanent and occasional working bodies with oversight of various functions of the city government.

==Assembly members== The assembly comprises 51 members elected in a general, free, secret and direct ballot by the citizens of Zagreb according to the principle of proportional representation. Elections take place every four years – at the same time as for the Mayor. According to the article 49 of the ''Statute of the City of Zagreb'', "councilors perform they duty honorarily and do not receive a salary" but are entitled to compensation so according to the ''Decision on the Regular Financing of the Parties'', male representatives annually receive around 56,000 kunas (cca. €7,545), and female representatives 62,000 kunas (cca. €8,355). However, this money is paid to the representatives' special giro account and can only be spent on the program of a political party or as a charitable donation. In addition, each of the 51 representatives receives 1,200 kunas (cca. €160) per month for work at the Assembly, regardless of whether they have attended Assembly meeting or not, and around 1,250 kunas (cca. €170) for the work in assembly committees (each representative is member of at least one committee).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/zagreb/neki-gradski-zastupnici-zaradili-i-25000-kn-a-nisu-ni-progovorili-975747|title=Neki gradski zastupnici zaradili i 25.000 kn, a nisu ni progovorili|language=hr|website=vecernji.hr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.zagreb.hr/slglasnik/index.html#/akt?godina=2016&broj=230&akt=83543847F6457CCDC125809200273C44|title=Službeni glasnik Grada Zagreba|first=APIS|last=IT|website=www1.zagreb.hr|language=hr|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-date=10 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110153632/http://www1.zagreb.hr/slglasnik/index.html#/akt?godina=2016&broj=230&akt=83543847F6457CCDC125809200273C44|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Parties with at least three AM's or at least three independent AM's can form a councilors' club in order to organize and participate in the debates and committees of the assembly. City councilors of two or more political parties and independents are allowed to form a joint club. Others are part of the mixed group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.zagreb.hr/slglasnik/index.html#/akt?godina=2017&broj=090&akt=18D96CE7B5D7DE90C125810C00426868|title=Službeni glasnik Grada Zagreba|first=APIS|last=IT|website=www1.zagreb.hr|language=hr|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-date=10 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110153632/http://www1.zagreb.hr/slglasnik/index.html#/akt?godina=2017&broj=090&akt=18D96CE7B5D7DE90C125810C00426868|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Organizational structure== Assembly is headed by a president and four deputy presidents who form the Presidency of the Assembly. The Secretariat of the Assembly is the professional Assembly service.

Permanent working bodies of the City Assembly are:{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

* Credentials Committee; * Election and Appointment Committee; * Statute, Rules of Procedure and Regulations Committee; * Town, Street and Square Naming Committee; * Economic Development Committee; * Finance Committee; * Utilities Management Committee; * Physical Planning Committee; * Committee for Environmental Protection; * Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee; * Healthcare Committee; * Social Welfare Committee; * Education and Sports Committee; * Culture Committee; * Youth Committee; * Intercity and International Cooperation Committee; * Local Government Committee; * Petitions and Appeals Committee.

==Political structure== The political groups represented in outgoing composition of the Assembly are: {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=2 | Groups !| No. of members per group |- | {{party color cell|Green–Left Coalition}} | Možemo!-SDP | {{Composition bar|25|47|hex={{party color|Green–Left Coalition}}}} |- | {{party color cell|Croatian Democratic Union}} | HDZ-DP-HSU-HSS | {{Composition bar|8|47|hex={{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}}} |- | style="background:#C7EAFB"| | Marija Selak Raspudić-NL | {{Composition bar|7|47|hex=#C7EAFB}} |- | style="background:#00B5D7"| | Zagreb United | {{Composition bar|4|47|hex=#00B5D7}} |- | style="background:#000000"| | Jedino Hrvatska! | {{Composition bar|3|47|hex=#000000}} |- | align=left colspan=30 |Source:<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2025/Lokalni%20izbori%202025/Rezultati/2%20krug/Z21_GRAD_ZAGREB.pdf | publisher = State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia | title = XXI. Grad Zagreb | access-date = 2 July 2025}}</ref> |}

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Category:Organizations based in Zagreb Category:Local government in Croatia