Nermin Purić (born 15 May 1981) is a politician in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

. He served in the

House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina The House of Representatives ( Bosnian: ''Predstavnički Dom'', Croatian: ''Zastupnički Dom'' and Serbian Cyrillic: Представнички Дом) is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with ...

from 2010 to 2014 as a member of the

Democratic People's Union The Democratic People's Union ( Bosnian: ''Demokratska narodna zajednica'', DNZ) is a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded in 1993 and first led by Fikret Abdić. In 2014 the Democratic People's Union saw a major split when ...

( Bosnian: ''Demokratska narodna zajednica'', DNZ).

Early life

Purić was born in

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, then part of the

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. He was a journalist for the Public Company Radio Television

Velika Kladuša Velika Kladuša ( sr-cyrl, Велика Кладуша, ; lit. "Great Kladuša") is a town and municipality located in Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the far n ...

from 2001 to 2004 and a spokesperson for the Democratic People's Union from 2004 to 2006. Purić is an

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; his parliamentary biography indicates that he taught at

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. I ...

College until 2009, and his

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profile indicates that he holds a

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in International Business Management from the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences.

Parliamentary career

Purić was elected to the

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of the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists ...

(one of the two entities that makes up the country Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the 2006 general election, taking the second of two seats won by the Democratic People's Union in the Federation's first electoral division. He served in this legislature for four years. He was elected to the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2010 general election, again winning a seat in the first electoral division of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The only member of his party to win election to the legislature in 2010, he served in a mixed caucus that also included members of the

Croatian Democratic Union 1990 The Croatian Democratic Union 1990 ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica 1990, abbreviated HDZ 1990) is a political party of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It split from the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is led by Ili ...

–

Croatian Party of Rights The Croatian Party of Rights ( hr, Hrvatska stranka prava or HSP) is an extra-parliamentary nationalist political party in Croatia. The "right(s)" in the party's name refer to the legal and moral reasons that justify the independence and autonom ...

alliance. In October 2011, Purić was appointed to a legislative committee mandated to facilitate implementation of the

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decision in the case of

Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina ''Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina'' (27996/06 and 34836/06) was a case (merged from two) decided by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in December 2009, in the first judgment finding a violation of Article 14 of ...

. The DNZ underwent a significant split in 2013, with several members joining the newly formed

Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Laburistička stranka Bosne i Hercegovine) is a political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina based in Velika Kladuša, Una-Sana Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which serves as its main ...

. Purić seems to have remained with the DNZ during this period. He was not a candidate in the 2014 general election. His

profile indicates that he continued to work for the Bosnian parliament until 2015 and has since worked in management consulting in

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Electoral record

References

External links

Nermin Purić
(biographical entry), Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{DEFAULTSORT:Puric, Nermin 1981 births Members of the House of Representatives (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Living people Politicians from Ljubljana Democratic People's Union politicians