Hrvatska demokratska zajednica (HDZ), stranka osnovana u junu 1989, pobijedila je na prvim demokratskim pluralističkim izborima 1990. i odigrat će presudnu ulogu u borbi za nezavisnost Hrvatske.
The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party, established in June of 1989, won the first democratic pluralist elections in 1990, and would play a crucial role in the fight for Croatia's independence.