Perica Bukić (born 20 February 1966) is a Croatian former professional

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player and

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. He represented Yugoslavia at the

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and

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. Bukić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the

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of the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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, becoming the 17th water polo player to be a

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at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Bukić was educated at the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...

, from which he received a degree in

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. During his active water polo years, he played for Solaris Šibenik, Mladost Zagreb, and

Jadran Split Vaterpolski klub Jadran Split ( en, Jadran Split Water Polo Club), commonly referred to as Jadran Split or simply Jadran, is a professional water polo club based in Split, Croatia. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Croatian Leag ...

. He later became the sports director of "Mladost" Zagreb. Bukić is a member of the

Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croa ...

. In the

2003 Croatian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections to elect all 151 members of the Croatian Parliament were held on 23 November 2003. They were the fifth parliamentary elections to take place since the first multi-party elections in 1990. Voter turnout was 61.7%. The result ...

he attained a seat in the

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. In the 2007 Croatian parliamentary election he retained his seat. His term of office in the Parliament ended in January 2008. In 2004 he was elected as the president of the

Croatian Water Polo Federation The Croatian Water Polo Federation (HVS) ( hr, Hrvatski vaterpolski savez) is the governing body of water polo in Croatia. It is based in Zagreb. League system It also organizes the Croatian Cup of Water Polo as well as the Croatian national w ...

, the sport's governing body in Croatia. In July 2008 Bukić was inducted into the

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. His son is

Luka Bukić Luka Bukić (born 20 April 1994) is a water polo player from Croatia. He was part of the Croatian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team won the silver medal. Club: Mladost (2011-2018,2019-2021) Honours: Regional Waterpolo League(1) ...

, who is also a water polo player.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bukic, Perica 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Šibenik Yugoslav male water polo players Croatian male water polo players Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo Olympic water polo players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Water polo players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Franjo Bučar Award winners Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb alumni Croatian Democratic Union politicians Croatian sportsperson-politicians Croatian sports executives and administrators

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