Josip Leko

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Josip Leko

Josip Leko in July 2013.
9th^[a] Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 October 2012
Preceded by	Boris Šprem
Personal details
Born	(1948-09-19) 19 September 1948 Plavna, AP Vojvodina, SR Serbia FPR Yugoslavia (now AP Vojvodina, Serbia)
Nationality	Croat
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Zagreb
Profession	Lawyer
^a In order counting from the 1990 parliamentary election. 19th speaker of parliament overall.

Josip Leko (19 September 1948) is a Croatian politician and current Speaker of the Parliament of Croatia since 10 October 2012.

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]

References

↑ "Speaker of Parliament". Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

v t e Speakers of the Croatian Parliament

In Yugoslavia (1945–1991)	Vladimir Nazor Zlatan Sremec Vladimir Bakarić Ivan Krajačić Jakov Blažević Ivo Perišin Jure Bilić Jovo Grčić Ivo Latin Anđelko Runjić

Since independence (1991–)	Žarko Domljan Stjepan Mesić Nedjeljko Mihanović Vlatko Pavletić Zlatko Tomčić Vladimir Šeks Luka Bebić Boris Šprem Josip Leko

Persondata
Name	Leko, Josip
Alternative names
Short description	Croatian Parliament President
Date of birth	19 September 1948
Place of birth	Plavna, AP Vojvodina, SR Serbia FPR Yugoslavia (now AP Vojvodina, Serbia)
Date of death
Place of death

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