The State Attorney's Council has announced elections for members from among the deputy state attorneys

The State Attorney’s Council has called for elections for its members from among the deputy state attorneys. The date for the elections has been set for December 10, 2026, and the decision was published in the Official Gazette (Narodne novine) number 128 of November 6, 2026, under act designation 1523.

This is an act that formally opens the election process for part of the composition of the body that decides on appointments and status issues of judicial office holders within the state prosecution. The decision is brief and contains only three points: the calling of elections, the determination of the implementation date, and the entry-into-force clause.

Who made the decision and on what legal basis

The decision was made by the State Attorney’s Council at its 86th session held on October 29, 2026, as stated in the header of the published act. The legal basis cited is Article 41, paragraph 1, in connection with Article 12, paragraph 1 of the Law on the State Attorney’s Council (Official Gazette nos. 67/18, 126/19, 80/22, 155/23, and 77/26).

The decision was signed by the President of the State Attorney’s Council, Željka Mostečak, with the notation “v. r.” (signed), along with the place and date of issuance: Zagreb, October 29, 2026. The official case designation is Class: 712-07/25-DOV/35, Registry Number: 121-11.

Implementation date and entry into force

• Election implementation date: December 10, 2026
• Body calling the elections: State Attorney’s Council
• Circle of voters/candidates: deputy state attorneys
• Entry into force: the day of publication in the Official Gazette, therefore November 6, 2026
• Publication: Official Gazette no. 128/2026, act 1523, pp. 43–44

The decision enters into force on the day of publication, meaning that the legal conditions for carrying out election activities were met upon the publication of the issue. Thus, the deadline until December 10, 2026, is calculated from the date of publication in the official gazette.

Content of the act in three points

The act is divided into three numbered points. The first states that “elections are called for members of the State Attorney’s Council from among the deputy state attorneys.” The second determines the date of the elections – December 10, 2026. The third regulates the entry into force on the day of publication in the Official Gazette.

The published text does not specify the number of members to be elected, the deadlines for submitting candidacies, or the names of the candidates. According to the text of the act, these details will be the subject of further actions in the implementation of the elections, as the act itself contains only the three mentioned points.

Broader framework of the publication

The decision was published in the same issue of Narodne novine in which, among others, the Act on the Implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery and the Act on the Implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 on the carbon border adjustment mechanism were promulgated, which were passed by the Croatian Parliament at the session on October 30, 2026. Issue 128 also contains the Regulation on the Internal Organization of the State Geodetic Administration, decisions of the Government of the Republic of Croatia on the subsidizing of thermal energy and on minimum financial standards for health institutions, the Rulebook on the Implementation of the Support Program for the Implementation of Autumn Sowing in 2026, a decision of Vodovod zapadne Slavonije d.o.o. on the development fee, as well as decisions and judgments of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia and the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia.

The election of members of the State Attorney’s Council from among the deputy state attorneys directly determines the composition of the body that participates in deciding on appointments within the state attorney’s office, thus the date December 10, 2026, marks the moment when the balance within that body will be reshaped within the profession. For deputy state attorneys across the country, this is a call to shape their candidacy and voting on the composition of the council in which they will work for the next period within the specified deadline.

Source: Narodne novine no. 128/2026 of November 6, 2026, act 1523 – Decision on the calling of elections for members of the State Attorney’s Council from among deputy state attorneys (Class: 712-07/25-DOV/35, Ordinal No: 121-11, Zagreb, October 29, 2026.; signed by the president of the State Attorney’s Council Željka Mostečak, acting).