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Branko Hrg

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Branko Hrg
Mayor of Križevci
Assumed office
20 June 2001
DeputyDragutin Guzalić
Stjepan Peršin
Preceded byRoko Bašić
President of the Croatian Peasant Party
In office
28 January 2012 – 19 March 2016
Vice PresidentKrešo Beljak
Marijana Petir
Darko Rukavina
Marina Kolaković
Vlasta Hubicki
Preceded byJosip Friščić
Succeeded byKrešo Beljak
Personal details
Born (1961-09-26) 26 September 1961 (age 63)
Kalnički Potok near Križevci, Croatia, Yugoslavia
NationalityCroat
Political partyCroatian Peasant Party (1992–2016)
Independent (2016–)
Residence(s)Križevci, Croatia
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPedagogue
WebsiteOfficial website

Branko Hrg (26 September 1961) is a Croatian politician and former leader of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS). He was a member of HSS from 1992 to 2016 and serves as a mayor of Križevci since 2001.

In January 2012 intra-party elections, Hrg beat former Croatian Minister of Tourism Damir Bajs with 555 votes over 374.[1]

On March 19 2016 he lost, with 188 votes, in the first round of intra-party elections, against Krešo Beljak who got 339 votes and Nenad Matić who got 225 votes, making him no longer the President of HSS.[2]

Party political offices
Preceded by President of Croatian Peasant Party
January 2012 – March 2016
Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "Branko Hrg novi predsjednik HSS-a: Više nećemo biti trgovačka stranka". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
  2. ^ "Hrg više nije predsjednik HSS-a". Index.hr (in Croatian). 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2016-03-19.