Valter Flego
| Valter Flego | |
|---|---|
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| 4th Prefect of Istria County | |
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Assumed office 7 June 2013 | |
| President |
Ivo Josipović (2013–2015) Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2015–present) |
| Prime Minister |
Zoran Milanović (2013–2016) Tihomir Orešković (2015–present) |
| Preceded by | Ivan Jakovčić |
| Mayor of Buzet (3 terms) | |
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In office 2001–2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Siniša Žulić |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 August 1972 Koper, SR Slovenia |
| Political party | Istrian Democratic Assembly |
| Spouse(s) | Branka (m. 2002) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Rijeka |
| Profession | Politician, mechanical engineer |
Valter Flego (born August 15, 1972) is a Croatian politician who serves as a 4th Prefect (župan) of the Istria County since 2013.
Flego was born on August 15, 1972 in the family of Đino and Marija. He finished elementary school and first two years of high school in Buzet, and 3rd and 4th grade in Rijeka. After graduation he gained qualification of a machine technician. In 1991 he enrolled in the study of mechanical engineering on the University of Rijeka, where he graduated in 1996 with special honors and became a mechanical engineer. During his studies he received Rector's Award of the University of Rijeka as the best student of the Technical Faculty as well as Truffle Award for Excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities from the town of Buzet. After finishing his studies he got a job in the Istrian waterworks, and in the same time enrolled in the postgraduate studies on the Rijeka Faculty of Economics which he finished in year 2000 acquiring a scientific master's degree in Economics.[1]
After 2001 local elections Flego became the Mayor of Buzet. After 2005 local elections he was unanimously re-elected mayor by the city council. At the first direct local elections that were held in 2009 Flego received over 84% of the voters, thus achieved the best result of all candidates for mayor in Croatia.
In 2013 local elections Flego, who had support from IDS-HNS-LD-Green party, ran against Damir Kajin, who had support of SDP-HSU-SDSS-HSLS, for the position of Prefect of Istrian county. Eventually he won with 47,25% to 36,24% of votes.[2]
Flego is married since 2002 to Branka Flego, an elementary school teacher. They have two sons, Dinko and Ivo.