Zagreb Assembly

The City Assembly of the City of Zagreb (Croatian: Gradska skupština Grada Zagreba, 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.^[2] 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).^[3][4]

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.^[5]

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:^{[citation needed]}

• 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:

References

1. ^ Davor Štern and Trpimir Goluža

1. ^ "Klubovi" [Clubs] (in Croatian). www.skupstina.zagreb.hr. Zagreb City Assembly. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
2. ^ "Radna tijela – Gradska skupština Grada Zagreba" (in Croatian). Zagreb City Assembly. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
3. ^ "Neki gradski zastupnici zaradili i 25.000 kn, a nisu ni progovorili" (in Croatian). vecernji.hr
4. ^ IT, APIS. "Službeni glasnik Grada Zagreba" (in Croatian). www1.zagreb.hr. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
5. ^ IT, APIS. "Službeni glasnik Grada Zagreba" (in Croatian). www1.zagreb.hr. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
6. ^ "XXI. Grad Zagreb". State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia. Retrieved 2 July 2025.