Ivan Čehok

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ivan Čehok
Personal details
Born	September 13, 1965 Korenjak (part of Maruševec)
Nationality	Croat
Political party	Croatian Social Liberal Party (1989-2010)^[1]

Ivan Čehok (born September 13, 1965) is a Croatian politician. He was a prominent member of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) and the mayor of the City of Varaždin (2001-2011).

Čehok was born in Korenjak (part of Maruševec) in Varaždin County. He obtained a degree in philosophy and comparative literature from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, and later also earned a PhD in philosophy from the same faculty.

Between 2004 and 2006, Čehok was the President of HSLS.^[2]

He was elected to the Croatian Parliament in 2000, 2003 and 2007.^[3]^[4]^[5] He left the Croatian Social Liberal Party in 2010.

In June 2011, Čehok was arrested and questioned by USKOK on criminal charges, after his parliamentary immunity was stripped by Sabor.^[6]

In July 2011, while in custody, Čehok resigned as mayor of Varaždin.^[7]

References

↑ Odlazi i Štern: HSLS izabrao loš tajming za napuštanje koalicije, Jutarnji list
↑ "Povijest i program" (in Croatian). Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS). Retrieved 2010-05-13.
↑ "Ivan Čehok - HSLS". Zastupnici 6. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
↑ "Ivan Čehok - HSLS". Zastupnici 5. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
↑ "Ivan Čehok - HSLS". Zastupnici 4. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
↑ "Sabor odobrio uhićenje i pritvaranje Ivana Čehoka" [Parliament approved the arrest and detention of Ivan Čehok]. Poslovni dnevnik. HINA. 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
↑ "Čehok više nije gradonačelnik, podnio je ostavku iz pritvora". 24 sata (in Croatian). 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-08-23.

Party political offices
Preceded by Dražen Budiša	President of Croatian Social Liberal Party (acting) 17 December 2003 – 17 January 2004	Succeeded by Ivan Čehok
Preceded by Ivan Čehok (acting)	President of Croatian Social Liberal Party 17 January 2004 – 11 February 2006	Succeeded by Đurđa Adlešič

v t e Presidents of the Croatian Social Liberal Party

Slavko Goldstein (1989–1990) Dražen Budiša (1990–1996) Vlado Gotovac (1996–1997) Dražen Budiša (1997–2001) Jozo Radoš (2001–2002) Dražen Budiša (2002–2003) Ivan Čehok (2003–2006) Đurđa Adlešič (2006–2009) Darinko Kosor (2009–present)

Persondata
Name	Cehok, Ivan
Alternative names
Short description	Croatian politician
Date of birth	September 13, 1965
Place of birth	Korenjak (part of Maruševec)
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.