Zvonko Jurišić (born 15 October 1961) is a

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politician.

Early life

Jurišić was born in

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near the town of

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. He attended the first 7 classes of elementary school in Posušje, and finished the eighth class in

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because his parents moved to

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. He finished Second High School in Mostar in 1980, and graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the larges ...

in 1987.

Medical career

He worked as a dentist in a hospital in Posušje from 1988 until 1992. In 1995 he became director of the Posušje hospital. He served as director until 1997. In 1999 he specialized in oral surgery in Mostar and

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. From 1999 until 2006 he led the dentist service. He owns Dental Practice "Dr. Zvonko Jurišić".

Political career

In 1998, he joined the

Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Croatian Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( hr, Hrvatska stranka prava Bosne i Hercegovine or HSP BiH) is an extra-parliamentary party in Bosnia and Herzegovina that represents the ideology of Ante Starčević. The main goals of the ...

. In 2000 he entered the Presidency of the Party and in 2004 he was named the party's president. In the 2000 election he was candidate for the Assembly of the West Hercegovina Canton but he didn't enter the Assembly. From 2002 until 2006 he served as a member of the Assembly. On the general election held in 2002 he won 443 votes. At the presidential elections held in 2006 he won 20,350 votes; which wasn't enough for him to become president. In that year he was named Prime Minister of West Herzegovina Canton. On the general election held in 2010 he became a member of the

Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Parlamentarna skupština Bosne i Hercegovine, Парламентарна скупштина Босне и Херцеговине, separator=" / ") is the Bicameralism, bicamera ...

with 7,497 votes.

Personal life

He is married to Tonka Jurišić and has four children, son Ivan and daughters Anđela, Antonija and Mia.

Sources

Biografija za Zvonko Jurišić
CIN. Retrieved 25 November 2011. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jurisic, Zvonko 1961 births Living people People from Posušje Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Politicians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Sarajevo alumni