Josip Leko

Josip Leko
Justice of the Constitutional Court of Croatia
Assumed office
7 June 2016
9th[a] Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
In office
10 October 2012 – 28 December 2015
Preceded by Boris Šprem
Succeeded by Željko Reiner
Chairperson of the Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System of the Croatian Parliament
In office
22 December 2011 – 12 October 2012
Preceded by Vladimir Šeks
Succeeded by Peđa Grbin
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 Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb[1]
Profession Lawyer
^a In order counting from the 1990 parliamentary election. 19th speaker of parliament overall.

Josip Leko (born 19 September 1948[1]) is a Croatian politician who served as a 9th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament.

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]

On June 3, 2016, Croatian Parliament appointed him as a justice of the Constitutional Court of Croatia and he will take his position on June 7th.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Speaker of Parliament". sabor.hr. Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/dogovoreni-kandidati-za-ustavne-suce-jasna-omejec-nije-dobila-nijedan-glas/897290.aspx


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.