This work shows historical overview of the development of local and regional selfgovernment in the Republic of Croatia. The aim of this paper is to explore and present the chronological development and development of local self-government in the first contours of the Croatian state, to this day. The topic is elaborated chronologically, through five sections, ie subheadings and subdivisions to further subheadings. The first and last parts, ie the subtitle, refer to the introduction and conclusion. In the second part, a historical review is described and the first outlines of the creation of the Croatian state, about the tribal organization, the emergence of the first counties during certain periods of time, are described as the beginning of the creation and organization of the Croatian cities of the municipalities and the borders, banovina and distrinkta. In the third part, local self-government is described chronologically through timeframes. Subsequently, in the fourth section, the development of local and regional self-government in the independent state of Croatia has been described from 1990 to 2000. In the final analysis, the development of local and regional self-government has been described after 2000, its notion, the scope of local self-government, the types and basic features of its units, and the self-governing sphere.