Živko Vrcelj ( sr-Cyrl, Живко Врцељ; born 19 July 1959) is a medical doctor and politician in

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. He was a member of the

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from 2012 to 2016 and briefly served in the

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in 2016 as a member of the

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. Vrcelj is currently the director of the

Sremska Mitrovica Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava, Sava river. , the city has a total population of 36,764 inhabitants, while its adminis ...

General Hospital.

Early life and career

Vrcelj was raised in

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in what was then the

Socialist Republic of Croatia The Socialist Republic of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, Социјалистичка Република Хрватска), commonly abbreviated as SR Croatia and referred to as simply Croatia, was a ...

in the

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. He graduated from the

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in 1983 and subsequently worked as a surgeon in

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and Ogulin until the outbreak of the

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. From 1991 to 1995, he was a war surgeon in the Republika Srpska Krajina. He has worked in

since 1996 and became head of the surgical department of medicine at the Sremska Mitrovica General Hospital in 2013.

Political career

Vrcelj was elected to the Assembly of Vojvodina for Sremska Mitrovica's constituency seat in the 2012 provincial election as a candidate of the Progressive Party's Let's Get Vojvodina Moving coalition. The election was won by the Democratic Party and its allies, and Vrcelj served in opposition for the next four years. He was subsequently awarded the ninety-fourth position on the Progressive Party's ''

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in the

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and was elected when the list won a majority victory with 131 out of 250 mandates. His term in the National Assembly was brief. He resigned on 12 August 2016, after being appointed to a six-month term as acting director of the Sremska Mitrovica General Hospital by the

government of Vojvodina The Provincial Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina () is the executive organ of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, within the Republic of Serbia. For its actions it is accountable to the Assembly of Vojvodina. The rights and duti ...

. In January 2017, he was confirmed in the role for a four-year term. Vrcelj was also elected to the Sremska Mitrovica municipal assembly in the 2016 local elections but resigned in September 2016 following his appointment as hospital director."Sanader novi gradonačelnik Sremske Mitrovice"
Radio Television of Vojvodina, 28 September 2016, accessed 1 August 2018.

Electoral record

Provincial

References

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