Josip Leko

Josip Leko


9th^[a] Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
In office 10 October 2012 – 28 December 2015
Preceded by	Boris Šprem
Succeeded by	Željko Reiner
Personal details
Born	(1948-09-19) 19 September 1948 Plavna, AP Vojvodina, SR Serbia FPR Yugoslavia (now AP Vojvodina, Serbia)
Nationality	Croat
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb^[1]
Profession	Lawyer
^a In order counting from the 1990 parliamentary election. 19th speaker of parliament overall.

Josip Leko (born 19 September 1948^[1]) is a Croatian politician who served as a 9th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament.

Career

Leko was deputy Speaker from 23 December 2011 to 30 September 2012, when he succeeded Boris Šprem, who died in office, as interim Speaker. He had already been acting as Speaker during Šprem's absence due to cancer treatment in Houston, Texas. He was proposed as the permanent Speaker of the Parliament by the ruling coalition and was confirmed on 10 October 2012, by a vote of 123 parliamentarians out of 151.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Speaker of Parliament". sabor.hr. Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

Speakers of the Croatian Parliament

In Yugoslavia (1945–1991)	Vladimir Nazor Zlatan Sremec Vladimir Bakarić Ivan Krajačić Jakov Blažević Ivo Perišin Jure Bilić Jovo Grčić Ivo Latin Anđelko Runjić

Since independence (1991–)	Žarko Domljan Stjepan Mesić Nedjeljko Mihanović Vlatko Pavletić Zlatko Tomčić Vladimir Šeks Luka Bebić Boris Šprem Josip Leko Željko Reiner

Chmaber of Counties (1993–2001)	Josip Manolić Katica Ivanišević

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