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Istrian Social Democratic Forum

political party in Croatia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ543052 ↗
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Istrian Socialdemocratic Forum (Croatian: Istarski socijaldemokratski forum, ISDF, Italian: Foro social democratico Istriano, FSDI) is a regional left-wing political party in Istria County of Croatia.

It was founded by dissident faction of Istrian Democratic Assembly and firstly it was named Istrian Democratic Forum, led by Luciano Delbianco, former prefect of Istria County.

In the past, it has usually been allied with Social Democratic Party of Croatia, but is currently allied with a number of small leftist parties, such as the Left of Croatia.

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“Istrian Social Democratic Forum” enters the record as political party in Croatia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Istrian, Social and Democratic can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Istrian Social Democratic Forum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.