Mirando Mrsić (born 14 October 1959) is a

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n physician and politician who served as a Minister of Labour and Pension System in the centre left Government of

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from 23 December 2011 until 22 January 2016. Mrsić was born in

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on 14 October 1959. After finishing elementary and high school in

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, he enrolled at the

Zagreb School of Medicine The School of Medicine ( or MEF) in Zagreb is a Croatian medical school affiliated with the University of Zagreb. It is the oldest and biggest of the four medical schools in Croatia (the other three being in Osijek, Rijeka and Split), having bee ...

from which he graduated in 1983. He received Ph.D. in

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in 2000. Mrsić specialized in

hematology Hematology (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to bloo ...

. He was the campaign manager of the successful 2009-10 presidential campaign of

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. Mrsić was expelled from the

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in March 2018. In October 2018, he founded a new political party, the Democrats (). He returned to the SDP in April 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mrsic, Mirando 1959 births Living people Physicians from Split, Croatia University of Zagreb alumni Labour ministers of Croatia Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Politicians from Split, Croatia