Josip Leko
Josip Leko | |
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| Justice of the Constitutional Court of Croatia | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2016 | |
| President | Miroslav Šeparović |
| 19th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament | |
| In office 30 September 2012 – 28 December 2015 Acting until 10 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Boris Šprem |
| Succeeded by | Željko Reiner |
| Chairperson of the Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System of the Croatian Parliament | |
| In office 22 December 2011 – 12 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Šeks |
| Succeeded by | Peđa Grbin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 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 |
Josip Leko (born 19 September 1948[1]) is a Croatian politician who served as the 19th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament since independence.
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]
On June 3, 2016, Croatian Parliament appointed him as a justice of the Constitutional Court of Croatia and he took his position on June 7.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Speaker of Parliament". sabor.hr. Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "Izbjegnuta ustavna kriza: Izabrano 10 sudaca Ustavnog suda". Index.hr. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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