Europe

Croatia

Political journey

Part of Austria-Hungary and then Yugoslavia, Croatia declared independence in 1991 and fought a war with Serb forces until 1995. It joined NATO in 2009 and the European Union in 2013, and adopted the euro and joined the Schengen area in 2023.

Croatia today

Its current leader’s position on the ten Caucus dimensions.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

Who leads Croatia today

Portrait of Andrej Plenković

Andrej Plenković

Prime Minister of Croatia, 2016 to present

Croatia's longest-serving prime minister, a moderate conservative who leads the HDZ party and has kept Croatia firmly in the EU.

Andrej Plenković sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, leaning traditional on culture and leaning religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Political views closest to Croatia’s leadership

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Ranked by how close their current leaders are on the ten dimensions.

Country histories are short summaries. Positions are simplified estimates of the leaders included in Caucus as of October 2026, and percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.