Tomislav Merčep

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Tomislav Merčep is a politician from Croatia.

A native of Vukovar, Merčep worked as an engineer before joining the Croatian Democratic Union. He became a member of the Chamber of Counties of Croatian Parliament in 1993.

In late 1990s Merčep decided to quit HDZ and instead founded his own party called Croatian Popular Party (Hrvatska pučka stranka, HPS). He ran as a candidate on 2000 presidential elections, finishing 6th.