Slavko Vukšić (born 24 March 1949) is a
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
n politician and businessman. He is the leader of the minor regional political party the Democratic Party of Slavonia Plain ().
Vukšić was born in Šaptinovci near
Đurđenovac
Đurđenovac () is a municipality in Slavonia, in the Osijek-Baranja County of Croatia.
At the 2011 census, there were a total of 6,750 inhabitants in the entire municipality, in the following settlements:
* Beljevina, population 712
* Bokšić ...
. In 1983 he graduated from a Zagreb polytechnic school as a
safety engineer
Safety engineers focus on development and maintenance of the integrated management system. They act as a quality assurance and conformance specialist.
Health and safety engineers are responsible for developing and maintaining the safe work syste ...
. Between 1973 and 1987 he worked for
INA, when he switched to being a small businessman doing auto-transport and construction. Since 1993 he is the majority owner and director of the company "Kamenolom Gradac d.d." which operates stone-mining and various construction works.
Between 1996 and 2000 he was a member of the
Croatian Parliament
The Croatian Parliament () or the Sabor is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Croatia. Under the terms of the Constitution of Croatia, Croatian Constitution, the Sabor represents the nation, people and is vested with legislative power. ...
, elected in the
1995 Croatian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 29 October 1995 to elect the 127 members of the Chamber of Representatives.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p410 The election was held in conjunction ...
under the banner of the
Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party. He also served as a deputy mayor of the town of
Našice
Našice (; , sr-Cyrl, Нашице, , ) is a town in eastern Croatia, located on the northern slopes of the Krndija mountain in eastern Slavonia, 51 km southwest of regional hub Osijek. Administratively it belongs to Osijek-Baranja County.
...
between 2005 and 2009.
He was a candidate on the
2009-2010 Croatian presidential election, supported by 12,500 signatures submitted to the electoral commission on November 16, 2009. He came in last out of 12 candidates winning 8,309 votes or 0.42% of the vote.
References
External links
Slavko Vukšić presidential campaign page
1949 births
Living people
Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament
Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party politicians
Candidates for President of Croatia
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