Daniel Srb (; born 23 November 1964) is a Croatian

right-wing Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property ...

politician and president of the

Croatian Party of Rights The Croatian Party of Rights (, HSP) is an Extra-parliamentary opposition, extra-parliamentary Croatian nationalism, nationalist and Neo-fascism, neo-fascist List of political parties in Croatia, political party in Croatia. The word "right(s)" i ...

Early life and education

Srb was born in

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on 23 November 1964. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering and Shipbuilding at the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...

. He was a teacher at EMŠC in Osijek in 1991, later he taught at KBC Osijek.

Political career

Since 1990, he has been an active politician. In 1992, he joined the Croatian Party of Rights. He held different municipal positions in Osijek. He was a member of the Osijek Assembly for eight years. In 2005, he became the Deputy Prefect of the

Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja County (, , ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranya (region), Baranja which is defined part of the Pannonian Plain. Its center is Osijek. Other towns include Đakovo, Našice, Val ...

and from 2007-08 he was an employee at DS Consulting. He worked as the Assistant Director of Osijek's Clinical Hospital. On 6 February 2009, he became a member of the ''

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'' to succeed

Anto Đapić Anto Đapić (born 22 August 1958) is a Croatian far right politician and the former president of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP). He served as a representative in the Croatian Parliament, a post he was elected to at the 1992, 1995, 2000, 2003 ...

. He was the vice-president of the party until 7 November 2009, when he replaced Đapić. Srb's main effort initially was to remove negative connotations associated with his party left by Đapić. Srb is known for his staunch

euroscepticism Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies and seek reform ...

, as his party was the only party represented in the Croatian Parliament that opposed membership in the

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. He condemned the convictions of

Ante Gotovina Ante Gotovina (born 12 October 1955) is a Croatian retired lieutenant general and former French senior corporal who served in the Croatian War for Independence. He is noted for his primary role in the 1995 Operation Storm. In 2001, the Intern ...

and

Mladen Markač Mladen Markač (; born 8 May 1955) is a Croatian retired general. He was a Commander of Croatian Special Police during Operation Storm during the Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995), and afterwards held the rank of Colonel General. Later, ...

(which were later overturned) by the

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Personal life

He is married and has three children. For seven times he was a champion of Croatia in rowing. He was the president of Rowing Club "Iktus" based in Osijek for ten years before stepping down in September 2013.

References

External links

Daniel Srb profile
sabor.hr
Predsjednik HSP-a
, hsp.hr; {{DEFAULTSORT:Srb, Daniel Croatian Party of Rights politicians Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Politicians from Osijek Living people 1964 births Croatian sports executives and administrators