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Revision as of 16:48, 22 March 2012 by Wüstenfuchs (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Political party in Croatia| Croatian Liberation Movement Hrvatski oslobodilački pokret | |
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| President | Ljubomir Vlašić |
| Secretary-General | Marinko Perec |
| Honorary President | Slavko Grubišić |
| Founder | Ante Pavelić |
| Founded | 8 June 1956; registered on 9 October 1991(68 years, 229 days) |
| Preceded by | Croatian Statehood Party |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Newspaper |  Hrvatska Spremnost Nezavisna Država Hrvatska Hrvatska sloboda Nezavisna Država Hrvatska |
| Youth wing | Mladež Mladež |
| Membership (2010) | 650 |
| Ideology | Croatian nationalismAnti-communismEuroscepticism |
| Political position | Far right |
| International affiliation | World League for Freedom and Democracy |
The Croatian Liberation Movement (Template:Lang-hr, HOP) is a Croatian nationalist party originally formed by Croatian emigrants and headed by former leaders of the Axis-allied Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in 1956.
It was headed by Ante Pavelić, former Poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia. Other signatories of HOP's first declaration were Džaferbeg Kulenović, Vjekoslav Vrančić, Ivica Frković, Ivan Kordić, Stjepan Hefer, Stipe Matijević and Josip Marković.
The goal of the organization was reestablishment of the Independent State of Croatia, on it's historical and ethnic territory. Along with Croatian Peasant Party, HOP was the most popular Croatian emigrants' organization and it was considered the most radical. Even thouh, HOP made no armed action except failed Action 10 April.
Until Croatian People's Council (Hrvatsko narodno vijeće) was founded in 1974, HOP was the most massive Croatian organization in emigration. More then 80% of it's members were political emigrants who were active in political life of the Independent State of Croatia.
After colapse of Communist Yugoslavia, Srećko Pšeničnik, former diplomat, Pavelić's son in law and, at the time, president of HOP, transferred organization's headquarters to Zagreb. First president of HOP in liberated Croatia was Slavko Grubišić.
On the Croaitan parliamentary election, 1992, HOP recived small number of votes, and since then party wasn't involved in any other election until 2007. On Croatian parliamentary election, 2007 they entered coalition with Only Croatia, also ending with small number of votes. The organization also exists in Canada in Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver and in Australia in Melbourne and Sydney. In Melbourne and Winnipeg, HOP also has a youth branch called symply Youth (Mladež). HOP's main acitivity in diaspora is organising social activities and raising political awareness amongst their respective Croatian communities in the diaspora.
Legal problems
The Croatian Liberation Movement was sued for genocide along with the Vatican Bank and Franciscan Order in US Federal Court in 1999, the case against the HOP was dismissed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals but reinstated against the Vatican Bank and Franciscans in 2005 for money laundering the Ustasha Treasury.
References
- ^ Hajdarović, Miljenko (28 February 2007). "Hrvatski oslobodilački pokret". Hrvatski povijesni portal. Retrieved 10 March 2012. Template:Hr icon