Mario Kordić (born 28 June 1972) is a
Bosnian Croat
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politician and physician serving as the 34th
mayor of Mostar since February 2021. He is a member of the
Croatian Democratic Union
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.
Born in
Ludwigshafen
Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ludwig's Port upon the Rhine"; Palatine German dialects, Palatine German: ''Ludwichshafe''), is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the German state of Rh ...
in 1972, Kordić graduated from the
University of Zagreb
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's
School of Medicine
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. He worked as a practising physician for over twenty years. Following the
2020 municipal elections in Mostar, Kordić was elected mayor in the third round of the city council voting on 15 February 2021.
Early life and education
Kordić was born on 28 June 1972 in
Ludwigshafen
Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ludwig's Port upon the Rhine"; Palatine German dialects, Palatine German: ''Ludwichshafe''), is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the German state of Rh ...
, West Germany.
He graduated with a
MB degree from the
School of Medicine
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at the
University of Zagreb
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in 1996.
He earned his
master's degree
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in 2011, and his
doctorate
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in 2019.
Medical career
Kordić specialized in
urology
Urology (from Ancient Greek, Greek wikt:οὖρον, οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and ''wiktionary:-logia, -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of t ...
, and first started working at the
Clinical Hospital Dubrava
Clinical Hospital Dubrava () is a public teaching hospital in Zagreb, Croatia.
History
Clinical Hospital Dubrava was originally planned and built for the needs of the Yugoslav People's Army to be a large military hospital with up to 800 beds. ...
in
Zagreb
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following his graduation.
He started working at the
University Clinical Hospital in
Mostar
Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina.
Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...
in 2003.
Kordić was the director of the Mostar
Community health center
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from 2016 until 2021.
Political career
The first local elections after a twelve-year intermission were held in
Mostar
Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina.
Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...
on 20 December 2020, after the
Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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amended the election regulations relating to the city. The
Croatian Democratic Union
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(HDZ BiH) nominated Kordić as their mayoral candidate.
The city council was constituted on 5 February 2021, and the first round of elections for
mayor
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was held, in which none of the candidates received the required majority. After the first round,
High Representative
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Valentin Inzko
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sent a message to the councilors that the election in the first round was invalid due to the voting being held in public, which is contrary to the city's statute, which provides for
secret voting. For this reason, on February 10, the first round of elections was repeated, which enabled new candidacies. Kordić with 14 votes and
Party of Democratic Action
The Party of Democratic Action (; abbr. SDA) is a Bosniak nationalist, conservative political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) was founded on 26 May 1990 in Sarajevo, as a "party of Muslim cultural ...
member Zlatko Guzin with 12 went to the second round, while the other candidates were eliminated. With no clear majority in the second round, Kordić would ultimately get elected mayor in the third round on 15 February, earning 17 votes opposed to Guzin's 16. This marked the end of Kordić's fellow HDZ BiH member
Ljubo Bešlić
Ljubo Bešlić (27 July 1958 – 3 September 2021) was a Bosnian Croat politician who served as the 33rd mayor of Mostar from 2004 to 2021. He was a member of the Croatian Democratic Union.
Early life and career
Bešlić was born on 27 July 195 ...
's seventeen-year mayorship.
Personal life
Kordić is married and has two children.
He lives with his family in
Mostar
Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina.
Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...
.
References
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1972 births
Living people
People from Ludwigshafen
Politicians from Mostar
University of Zagreb alumni
Bosnia and Herzegovina physicians
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians
Mayors of Mostar