Vilim Herman

Vilim Herman
Personal details
Born 19 January 1949 (1949-01-19) (age 63)
Osijek, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croat
Alma mater University of Belgrade Faculty of Law

Vilim Herman (born 19 January 1949) is prominent Croatian university professor at University of Osijek, attorney at law, politician and former representative in the Croatian Parliament.

Early life

Herman was born in Osijek to a Jewish family.[1] The first written records of his family date back to the 1832, when his Great-grandfather moved to Osijek from Warsaw, Poland. Herman Great-grandfather was a merchant who owned a trade business "S. Weiss & D. Herrmann" in Osijek district Donji grad. His father, Maks Herman, advised him to study law.[2]

Political career

In the 2nd assembly of Sabor, Herman was elected to fill a minority quota as a Jewish representative, on the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) electoral list.[3]

In the 4th assembly of Sabor, Herman was a member of the HSLS, and after that the Party of Liberal Democrats (LIBRA).[1] In the 5th assembly of Sabor, he was a member of LIBRA, then of HNS-LD, and since 2005 the Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vilim Herman - LIBRA" (in Croatian). Zastupnici 4. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora. Croatian Parliament. http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=1608. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
  2. ^ "Legos intervju - prof. dr. sc.Vilim Herman" (in Croatian). www.pravos.hr (Legos magazine). http://www.pravos.hr/~mdumanci/legos/Legos3.pdf. 
  3. ^ "Službeni rezultati za izbor zastupnika u Zastupnički dom Sabora Republike Hrvatske sa državnih listi" (in Croatian) (PDF). Electoral Commission of the Republic of Croatia. 1992-08-10. http://www.izbori.hr/arhiva/pdf/1992/1992_2_2_Rezultati_Sabor_zastupnicki_dom_po_listama.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-15. 
  4. ^ "Vilim Herman - SBHS" (in Croatian). Zastupnici 5. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora. Croatian Parliament. http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=23. Retrieved 2011-11-14.