Croatian Bloc (coalition)
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Croatian Bloc
Hrvatski blok |
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| Founded | 21 May 1921 |
| Dissolved | 1941 |
| Headquarters | Zagreb |
| Ideology |
Federalism National conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right to Right-wing |
The Croatian Bloc (Croatian: Hrvatski blok) or the Croatian National Representation (Hrvatsko narodno zastupstvo) was the name held by the wide coalition of Croatian political parties in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes from 1921 to 1929's 6th of January Dictatorship and within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1935 to 1941.
The first Croatian Bloc was formed on January 14, 1922 when the Croatian Republican Peasant Party, the Croatian Community, and the Croatian Party of Rights went into alliance.
The "Representation" was organized for the first time on June 26, 1921. On that day 63 Croatian representatives to the National Assembly of the new Kingdom were in attendance in Zagreb: 56 elected in Croatia and Slavonia (50 from the Croatian Republican Peasant Party, 4 from the Croatian Union, and 2 from the Croatian Party of Rights) as well as 7 elected in Bosnia and Herzegovina (all from the Croatian Agricultural Party). They adopted a resolution supporting federalism and a neutral peasant republic. They also voiced their disapproval towards a centralized constitution, which the National Assembly adopted without them (as well as without the communists and others) only two days later.
The alliance existed until November 1922 when the Party of Rights was ejected from it.
The parties did not participate in a joint list in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election, 1925. In 1925, the Croatian Peasant Republican Union and the Croatian Party of Rights formed a formal alliance. In 1927, the Croatian Federalist Peasant Party joined this coalition.
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