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Damir Kajin

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Damir Kajin
Damir Kajin (right) with Ivo Josipović (centre) and Vesna Pusić (left)
Member of Sabor
Assumed office
7 September 1992
Personal details
Born (1962-02-03) 3 February 1962 (age 62)
Koper, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian[1]

Damir Kajin (born 3 February 1962) is a Croatian politician.

Born in Koper, he grew up in Buzet where he completed elementary school subsequently attending high school in Rijeka.[2] Before starting his political career as the president of the Istria County Assembly in 1993, Kajin worked in Istrian water supply company for 12 years.[2] He remained president of the assembly until 2001.[2];In 1995 he was elected member of the Croatian Parliament where he served multiple mandates.[2]

Kajin was the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) candidate in the 2009 Croatian presidential election. He won 3.87% of the vote in the first round and was eliminated.

In 2013, Kajin was expelled from IDS.[3] In 2014, he founded a new party, Istrian Democrats (Croatian: Istarski demokrati).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Hrvatski sabor - Damir Kajin". Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  2. ^ a b c d Ninoslav Kopač (2012). Svjedok histerije. Zagreb: Serb Democratic Forum. p. 286. ISBN 978-953-57313-2-0.
  3. ^ Kajin expelled from IDS
  4. ^ "Vraća li se buntovnik Damir Kajin u politiku bez koje, očito, ne može?". 3 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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