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Zagreb Assembly

The City Assembly of the City of Zagreb (, 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. 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).

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.

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:

  • 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:

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