Editing Zagreb (section)

== Politics and government ==
{{See also|Politics of Croatia}}
[[File:Sabor-pročelje.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Croatian Parliament|Croatian Parliament (Sabor)]] on Saint Mark's Square.]]
[[File:Banski dvori (kolovoz 2021).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Banski Dvori]] seat of the [[Government of Croatia]]]]
[[File:George W. Bush in Zagreb.jpg|thumb|200px|[[George W. Bush]] giving a speech on [[St. Mark's Square, Zagreb|St. Mark's Square]] in front of [[Banski Dvori]], the seat of the [[Government of Croatia|Croatian government]], 4 April 2008]]
Zagreb is the capital of the [[Croatia|Republic of Croatia]], its political center and the center of various state institutions.

On the [[St. Mark's Square, Zagreb|St. Mark's Square]] are the seats of the [[Government of Croatia|Government of the Republic of Croatia]] in the [[Banski Dvori]] complex, the [[Croatian Parliament]] (Sabor), as well as the [[Constitutional Court of Croatia|Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia]]. Various ministries and state agencies are located in the wider area of the City of Zagreb.

=== City governance ===
{{See also|List of mayors of Zagreb|Zagreb Assembly}}
The current mayor of Zagreb is [[Tomislav Tomašević]] ('[[We can! (Croatia)|We can!]]'), elected in the [[2021 Zagreb local elections]], the second round of which was held on 30 May 2021. There are two deputy mayors elected from the same list, Danijela Dolenec and Luka Korlaet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tomislav Tomašević, Mayor of Zagreb |url=https://www.zagreb.hr/en/tomislav-tomasevic-mayor-of-zagreb/1980 |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=www.zagreb.hr |language=hr}}</ref>

The [[Zagreb Assembly]] is composed of 51 representatives, elected in the 2021 Zagreb local elections.

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The [[Zagreb Assembly]] is composed of 51 representatives, elected in the 2021 Zagreb local elections.

According to the [[Constitution of Croatia|Constitution]], the city of Zagreb, as the capital of Croatia, has a special status. As such, Zagreb performs [[Self-governance|self-governing]] public affairs of both [[List of cities and towns in Croatia|city]] and [[Counties of Croatia|county]]. It is also the seat of the [[Zagreb County]] which encircles Zagreb.

The city administration bodies are the '''[[Zagreb Assembly|Zagreb City Assembly]]''' (''Gradska skupština Grada Zagreba'') as the representative body and the '''[[list of mayors of Zagreb|mayor of Zagreb]]''' (''Gradonačelnik Grada Zagreba'') who is the executive head of the city.

The City Assembly is the representative body of the citizens of the City of Zagreb elected for a four-year term on the basis of [[universal suffrage]] in [[direct elections]] by [[secret ballot]] using [[proportional representation|proportional system]] with [[d'Hondt method]] in a manner specified by law. There are 51 representatives in the City Assembly, among them the president and vice-presidents of the assembly are elected by the representatives.

Before 2009, the mayor was elected by the City Assembly. It was changed to direct elections by [[Majority vote|majoritarian vote]] ([[two-round system]]) in 2009. The mayor is the head of the city administration and has two deputies (directly elected together with him/her).

The term of office of the mayor (and his/her deputies) is four years. The mayor (with the deputies) may be recalled by a referendum according to the law (not less than 20% of all electors in the City of Zagreb or not less than two-thirds of the [[Zagreb Assembly]] city deputies have the right to initiate a [[recall referendum|city referendum]] regarding recalling of the mayor; when a majority of voters taking part in the referendum vote in favor of the recall, provided that majority includes not less than one-third of all persons entitled to vote in the City of Zagreb, i.e. {{frac|1|3}} of persons in the City of Zagreb [[electoral register]], the mayor's mandate shall be deemed revoked and [[special elections|special mayoral by-elections]] shall be held).

In the City of Zagreb, the [[mayors of Zagreb|mayor]] is also responsible for the state administration (due to the special status of Zagreb as a "city with county rights", there isn't a State Administration Office which in all counties performs tasks of the central government).
City administration offices, institutions and services (18 [[Municipal service|city offices]], 1 [[Municipal service|public institute]] or [[Municipal service|bureau]] and 2 [[Municipal services|city services]]) have been founded for performing activities within the self-administrative sphere and activities entrusted by the state administration.
The city administrative bodies are managed by the principals (appointed by the mayor for a four-year term of office, may be appointed again to the same duty). The City Assembly Professional Service is managed by the secretary of the City Assembly (appointed by the Assembly).

Local government is organised in 17 [[Districts of Zagreb|city district]]s represented by City District Councils. Residents of districts elect members of councils.<ref>[http://www.zagreb.hr/default.aspx?id=1125 "zagreb.hr – Zagreb in brief (City administration)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909131055/http://www.zagreb.hr/default.aspx?id=1125 |date=9 September 2008 }}. Retrieved 29 September 2016.</ref>

====Minority councils and representatives====
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.<ref name="T-Portal">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/manjinski-izbori-prve-nedjelje-u-svibnju-krecu-i-edukacije-20230313 |title=Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije |date= 13 March 2023 |author= |publisher=[[T-portal]] |access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref> At the [[2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections]] [[Albanians of Croatia|Albanians]], [[Bosniaks of Croatia|Bosniaks]], [[Czechs of Croatia|Czechs]], [[Hungarians of Croatia|Hungarians]], [[Macedonians of Croatia|Macedonians]], [[Montenegrins of Croatia|Montenegrins]], [[Romani people in Croatia|Roma]], [[Slovenes of Croatia|Slovenes]] and [[Serbs of Croatia]] each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 25 members minority councils of the City of Zagreb while [[Bulgarians in Croatia|Bulgarians]], [[Poles of Croatia|Poles]], [[Pannonian Rusyns]], [[Russians of Croatia|Russians]], [[Slovaks of Croatia|Slovaks]], [[Italians of Croatia|Italians]], [[Turks in Croatia|Turks]], [[Ukrainians of Croatia|Ukrainians]] and [[Jews of Croatia]] elected individual representatives, with a representative of the [[Germans of Croatia]] remaining unelected due to the lack of candidates.<ref name="GZ-Manjine-2023">{{cite web | url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z21_GRAD_ZAGREB.pdf | title=Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XXI. GRAD ZAGREB | date=2023 | author= | publisher=Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske | pages=3–10 | language=hr | access-date=3 June 2023 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603125848/https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z21_GRAD_ZAGREB.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Záhřeb,_sloup_u_katedrály_1.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Kaptol, Zagreb|Kaptol Square]] with fountain Madonna and Angels.]]
[[File:Funicular de Zagreb, Croacia, 2014-04-13, DD 01.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Zagreb Funicular]]]]

===International relations===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Croatia}}

====Twin towns – sister cities====
Zagreb is [[twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with the following towns and cities:<ref name="Zagreb Twinning">{{cite web |url=http://www1.zagreb.hr/mms/en/index.html |title=Intercity and International Cooperation of the City of Zagreb |publisher=2006–2009 City of Zagreb |access-date=23 June 2009 |archive-date=7 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707200910/http://www1.zagreb.hr/mms/en/index.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gradovi prijatelji grada Zagreba |url=http://www.zgportal.com/o-zagrebu/gradovi-prijatelji/ |access-date=20 June 2017 |archive-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702080604/http://www.zgportal.com/o-zagrebu/gradovi-prijatelji/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="narod.hr">{{cite web |title=Na Bundekfestu prvi put i gradovi prijatelji-Rim, Beč, Budimpešta i Ljubljana |date=16 September 2014 |url=https://narod.hr/zagreb-2/na-bundekfestu-prvi-put-gradovi-prijatelji-rim-bec-budimpesta-ljubljana |access-date=20 June 2017 |archive-date=29 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729100743/https://narod.hr/zagreb-2/na-bundekfestu-prvi-put-gradovi-prijatelji-rim-bec-budimpesta-ljubljana |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{colbegin|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagdeco|ITA}} [[Bologna]], Italy <small>''(since 1963)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|GER}} [[Mainz]], Germany <small>''(since 1967)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|RUS}} [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia <small>''(since 1968)''</small><ref name="saint_petersburg">{{cite web |url=http://eng.gov.spb.ru/figures/ities |title=Saint Petersburg in figures – International and Interregional Ties |publisher=Saint Petersburg City Government |access-date=23 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090224073839/http://eng.gov.spb.ru/figures/ities |archive-date=24 February 2009}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|NOR}} [[Tromsø]], Norway <small>''(since 1971)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|ARG}} [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina <small>''(since 1972)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|JAP}} [[Kyoto]], Japan <small>''(since 1972)''</small><ref name="Kyoto twinnings">{{cite web |url=http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/sogo/page/0000083407.html |title=Sister Cities of Kyoto City |access-date=21 January 2014 |publisher=City of Kyoto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121151906/http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/sogo/page/0000083407.html |archive-date=21 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|POR}} [[Lisbon]], Portugal <small>''(since 1977)''</small><ref name="Lisbon twinnings">{{cite web |url=http://www.anmp.pt/anmp/pro/mun1/gem101l0.php?cod_ent=M1100 |title=Lisboa – Geminações de Cidades e Vilas |access-date=23 August 2013 |work=Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses [National Association of Portuguese Municipalities] |language=pt |trans-title=Lisbon – Twinning of Cities and Towns |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520050208/https://www.anmp.pt/anmp/pro/mun1/gem101l0.php?cod_ent=M1100 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Lisbon twinnings 2">{{cite web |url=http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/municipio/relacoes-internacionais |title=Acordos de Geminação, de Cooperação e/ou Amizade da Cidade de Lisboa |access-date=23 August 2013 |work=Camara Municipal de Lisboa |language=pt |trans-title=Lisbon – Twinning Agreements, Cooperation and Friendship |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031202617/http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/municipio/relacoes-internacionais |archive-date=31 October 2013}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|USA}} [[Pittsburgh]], United States <small>''(since 1980)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Shanghai]], China <small>''(since 1980)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|HUN}} [[Budapest]], Hungary <small>''(since 1994)''<ref name="Budapest twinnings">{{cite web |url=http://budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspx |title=Budapest – Testvérvárosok |access-date=14 August 2013 |work=Budapest Főváros Önkormányzatának hivatalos oldala [Official site of the Municipality of Budapest] |language=hu |trans-title=Budapest – Twin Cities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809185135/http://budapest.hu/Lapok/Fovaros/Testvervarosok.aspx |archive-date=9 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref></small>
*{{flagdeco|BOL}} [[La Paz]], Bolivia <small>''(since 2000)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|BIH}} [[Sarajevo]], Bosnia and Herzegovina <small>''(since 2001)''</small><ref name="Twin 1">{{cite web |url=http://www.sarajevo.ba/en/stream.php?kat=147 |title=Fraternity cities on Sarajevo Official Web Site |publisher=City of Sarajevo 2001–2008 |access-date=9 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201150030/http://www.sarajevo.ba/en/stream.php?kat=147 |archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|SLO}} [[Ljubljana]], Slovenia <small>''(since 2001)''</small><ref name="Ljubljana twinnings">{{cite web |url=http://www.ljubljana.si/si/ljubljana/pobratena-mesta-zdruzenja/ |title=Medmestno in mednarodno sodelovanje |access-date=27 July 2013 |work=Mestna občina Ljubljana (Ljubljana City) |language=sl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626075304/http://www.ljubljana.si/si/ljubljana/pobratena-mesta-zdruzenja/ |archive-date=26 June 2013}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|MNE}} [[Podgorica]], Montenegro <small>''(since 2006)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|IRN}} [[Tabriz]], Iran <small>'' (since 2006)''</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8507180542 |title=سفير كرواسي در تهران: "زاگرب" با تبريز خواهر خوانده مي‌شود |date=10 October 2006 |publisher=Farsnews.ir |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410060257/https://www.farsnews.ir/news/8507180542/%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%8A%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF- |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|TUR}} [[Ankara]], Turkey <small>''(since 2008)''</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ankara.bel.tr/en/foreign-relations-department/sister-cities-of-ankara#.V6zuCGVvfxs |title=Sister Cities of Ankara |work=ankara.bel.tr |access-date=11 August 2016 |archive-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224190520/https://www.ankara.bel.tr/en/foreign-relations-department/sister-cities-of-ankara/#.V6zuCGVvfxs |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|UK}} [[London]], United Kingdom <small>''(since 2009)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|MKD}} [[Skopje]], Macedonia <small>''(since 2011)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|POL}} [[Warsaw]], Poland <small>''(since 2011)''</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zgportal.com/o-zagrebu/gradovi-prijatelji/ |title=Gradovi prijatelji grada Zagreba |access-date=25 August 2015 |publisher=ZGportal Zagreb |archive-date=17 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817044203/http://www.zgportal.com/o-zagrebu/gradovi-prijatelji/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|KOS}} [[Pristina]], Kosovo <small>''(since 2012)''</small>
*{{flagdeco|KAZ}} [[Astana]], Kazakhstan <small>''(since 2014)''</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://astana.gov.kz/en/modules/material/5428 |title=Declaration of intent signed by Akim of Astana and Mayor of Croatias capital |date=4 July 2014 |access-date=9 October 2014 |publisher=Akimat of Astana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015024125/http://astana.gov.kz/en/modules/material/5428 |archive-date=15 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|ITA}} [[Rome]], Italy <small>''(since 2014)''</small><ref name="narod.hr"/>
*{{flagdeco|AUT}} [[Vienna]], Austria <small>''(since 2014)''</small><ref name="narod.hr"/>
*{{flagdeco|CRO}} [[Petrinja]], Croatia <small>''(since 2015)''</small><ref>{{cite web |title=Zagreb i Petrinja postaju gradovi prijatelji |date=9 July 2015 |url=http://www.zagrebancija.com/zagreb-i-petrinja-postaju-gradovi-prijatelji/ |access-date=20 June 2017 |archive-date=29 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729091818/http://www.zagrebancija.com/zagreb-i-petrinja-postaju-gradovi-prijatelji/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|CRO}} [[Vukovar]], Croatia <small>''(since 2016)''</small><ref>{{cite web |title=Vukovar i Zagreb gradovi prijatelji: Povelju o prijateljstvu potpisali Bandić i Penava |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/vukovar-i-zagreb-gradovi-prijatelji-povelju-o-prijateljstvu-potpisali-milan-bandic-i-ivan-penava-1074743 |access-date=20 June 2017 |archive-date=29 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729092604/https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/vukovar-i-zagreb-gradovi-prijatelji-povelju-o-prijateljstvu-potpisali-milan-bandic-i-ivan-penava-1074743 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Xiangyang]], China <small>''(since 2017)''</small><ref>{{cite web |title=Koji su to sve gradovi prijatelji našem Zagrebu? |date=6 November 2018 |url=https://zg-magazin.com.hr/koji-su-to-sve-gradovi-prijatelji-nasem-zagrebu/ |access-date=2021-07-21 |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721185752/https://zg-magazin.com.hr/koji-su-to-sve-gradovi-prijatelji-nasem-zagrebu/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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====Partner cities====

The city has partnership arrangements with:

* {{flagdeco|Poland}} [[Kraków]], Poland <small>''(since 1975)''</small><ref name="Kraków">{{cite web |title=Kraków otwarty na świat |url=http://www.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat/?LANG=UK&MENU=l&TYPE=ART&ART_ID=16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813032716/http://www.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat/?LANG=UK&MENU=l&TYPE=ART&ART_ID=16 |archive-date=13 August 2016 |access-date=19 July 2009 |publisher=krakow.pl}}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|Albania}} [[Tirana]], Albania<ref name="International relations">{{cite web |title=Twinning Cities: International Relations |url=http://www.tirana.gov.al/common/images/International%20Relations.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010042121/http://www.tirana.gov.al/common/images/International%20Relations.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2011 |access-date=23 June 2009 |work=Municipality of Tirana |publisher=tirana.gov.al}}</ref><ref>Twinning Cities: International Relations. Municipality of Tirana. www.tirana.gov.al. Retrieved on 25 January 2008.</ref>
* {{flagdeco|Hungary}} [[Pécs]], Hungary<ref>{{cite web |title=Twin cities of Pécs |url=https://pecseconomy.eu/city-of-pecs/twin-cities-of-pecs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220222944/https://pecseconomy.eu/city-of-pecs/twin-cities-of-pecs/ |archive-date=20 February 2022 |access-date=20 February 2022 |website=PécsEconomy}}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|Ukraine}} [[Kyiv]], Ukraine <small>''(since 2024)''</small><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gradonačelnici Zagreba i Kijeva potpisali sporazum o prijateljstvu i suradnji |url=https://www.zagreb.hr/en/gradonacelnici-zagreba-i-kijeva-potpisali-sporazum/197952 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=www.zagreb.hr |language=hr}}</ref>