Nermin Purić (born 15 May 1981) is a politician in

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. He served in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2010 to 2014 as a member of the Democratic People's Union ( Bosnian: ''Demokratska narodna zajednica'', DNZ).

Early life

Purić was born in

Ljubljana {{Infobox settlement , name = Ljubljana , official_name = , settlement_type = Capital city , image_skyline = {{multiple image , border = infobox , perrow = 1/2/2/1 , total_widt ...

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, then part of the

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. He was a journalist for the Public Company Radio Television

Velika Kladuša Velika Kladuša ( sr-Cyrl, Велика Кладуша, ; literal translation, lit. "Great Kladuša") is a town in the Una-Sana Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the far northwest of Bosnia, located on the border with Croatia. As o ...

from 2001 to 2004 and a spokesperson for the Democratic People's Union from 2004 to 2006. Purić is an

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; his parliamentary biography indicates that he taught at

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city in Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is the tr ...

College until 2009, and his

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profile indicates that he holds a

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in International Business Management from the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences.

Parliamentary career

Purić was elected to the

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of the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: ''Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine'' / ''Федерација Босне и Херцеговине'') is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities composing Bo ...

(one of the two entities that makes up the country Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the 2006 general election, taking the second of two seats won by the Democratic People's Union in the Federation's first electoral division. He served in this legislature for four years. He was elected to the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2010 general election, again winning a seat in the first electoral division of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The only member of his party to win election to the legislature in 2010, he served in a mixed caucus that also included members of the

Croatian Democratic Union 1990 The Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (, abbreviated HDZ 1990) is a political party of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It split from the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is led by Ilija Cvitanović. In 2006, it was the lea ...

–

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alliance. In October 2011, Purić was appointed to a legislative committee mandated to facilitate implementation of the

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decision in the case of Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina. The DNZ underwent a significant split in 2013, with several members joining the newly formed Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Purić seems to have remained with the DNZ during this period. He was not a candidate in the 2014 general election. His

profile indicates that he continued to work for the Bosnian parliament until 2015 and has since worked in management consulting in

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.Nermin Purić: LinkedIn
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Electoral record

References

External links

Nermin Purić
(biographical entry), Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{DEFAULTSORT:Puric, Nermin 1981 births Members of the House of Representatives (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Living people Politicians from Ljubljana Democratic People's Union politicians