Ivan Čehok () (born 13 September 1965) is a Croatian politician who served as mayor of

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from 2001 to 2011, and is currently serving since 2017. He was a prominent member of the

Croatian Social Liberal Party The Croatian Social Liberal Party ( hr, Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka or HSLS) is a conservative-liberal political party in Croatia. The HSLS was formed in 1989 as the first Croatian political party formed after the reintroduction of mult ...

(HSLS). Čehok was born in Korenjak (part of Maruševec), in

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. He obtained a degree in philosophy and comparative literature from the Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy, and later also earned a PhD in philosophy from the same faculty. He wrote several philosophy and ethics high school textbooks. Between 2004 and 2006, Čehok was president of the HSLS. He was elected to the

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, 2003, and 2007 parliamentary elections. He left the Croatian Social Liberal Party in 2010. In June 2011, Čehok was arrested and questioned by USKOK on criminal charges, after his parliamentary immunity was stripped by the Parliament. In July 2011, while in custody, Čehok resigned as the mayor of Varaždin. In the same year, he went into retirement. In the 2017 local election, Čehok was re-elected as the mayor of Varaždin. In the 2021 local election, Čehok lost and took over the leadership of his independent list in The City Council of Varaždin.

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1965 births Living people People from Maruševec Croatian Social Liberal Party politicians Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Mayors of places in Croatia Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni {{Croatia-mayor-stub