Ivan Kuret (born 22 December 1971) is a Croatian politician who served as the 69th

Mayor of Split The Mayor of the City of Split (), colloquially the ''Poteštat'' (derived from "''podestà''"), is the highest official of the Croatian city of Split, Croatia, Split. From 1990 to 2007 the mayor was elected by the city assembly. Since 2007 Croati ...

from 2007 to 2009. He graduated from the

University of Split The University of Split (, ) is a university located in Split, Croatia. It was founded in 1974. and is organized in 13 faculties and 124 faculty programmes. As of 2009, a total of approximately 40,000 students have graduated, and a total of 337 ...

with a degree in engineering. He is a member of the

centre-right Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing politics, right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly associated with conservatism, Christian democracy, liberal conservatism, and conservative liberalis ...

Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union (, , HDZ) is a major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. Since 2016, it has been the ruling political party in Croatia under the incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. It is one of the ...

(HDZ). He was elected the mayor on 17 July 2007, after the city council revoked confidence in his predecessor, Zvonimir Puljić. He was succeeded on 1 June 2009 by

Željko Kerum Željko Kerum (born 25 September 1960) is a Croatian entrepreneur and politician who served as Mayor of Split from 2009 to 2013. He also owned the supermarket chain '' Kerum'' until it folded in 2012. He won the election in 2009 and became the ...

. Kuret was also a

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

, and competed in the men's 470 event at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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1971 births Living people Mayors of Split, Croatia Croatian Democratic Union politicians Croatian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Croatia Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 {{Croatia-yachtracing-bio-stub