Ljubo Jurčić

Ljubo Jurčić
Minister of Economy
In office 30 July 2002 – 23 December 2003
Prime Minister	Ivica Račan
Preceded by	Hrvoje Vojković
Succeeded by	Branko Vukelić
Member of Parliament
In office 11 January 2008 – 22 December 2011
Constituency	III electoral district
In office 22 December 2003 – 11 January 2008
Constituency	VI electoral district
Personal details
Born	(1954-03-20) 20 March 1954 (age 70) Ružići, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Children	1
Parents	Vlado Jurčić Milka Jurčić
Alma mater	University of Zagreb
Occupation	Economist

Ljubo Jurčić (pronounced [ʎǔːbɔ jûːrtʃitɕ]; born 20 March 1954) is a Croatian economist, current president of the Croatian Association of Economists since 2006 and former Minister of Economy from 2002 to 2003.^[1][2][3]

Biography

Ljubo Jurčić is a Herzegovinian Croat born in the village of Ružići near Grude, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. Three of his uncles died in World War II, including one Maksimilijan Jurčić, a Franciscan friar who was killed by Yugoslav Partisans in 1945.^[4] He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Zagreb and became a doctor of economic science.

From July 2002 to December 2003 he served as Economy Minister in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Ivica Račan.^[3]

Although he was not a member of the ruling Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) party, he was closely aligned with them as a non-partisan economic expert. As head of SDP's Council for Economy and Development, Jurčić formulated SDP's economic strategy that would be implemented should the party win the 2007 elections.^[5] The Social Democrats' Main Committee, following a proposal by party chairman Zoran Milanović, named Jurčić as SDP's candidate for the office of Prime Minister.^[6]

On 30 November 2007, this decision was reverted, with the election still running, and he was substituted with Zoran Milanović.^[7]

Ljubo Jurčić remained in SDP ranks while still showing his definite non-partisan attitude by publicly defending singer Marko Perković Thompson from accusations that arose after his successful May 2008 concert in Ban Jelačić Square.^[8] At the same time, he had been published in and is a member of the editorial board of the left-wing magazine Novi Plamen.^[9]

On 12 July 2009, Jurčić contended a party primary to be nominated the SDP candidate for the December 27 presidential elections, but was defeated by the Law professor and musician Ivo Josipović.^[10]

In May 2011, Jurčić left SDP and became an independent representative in the Parliament.^[11] In September 2011, Jurčić announced that his new party Croatian Economic Initiative (Hrvatska ekonomska inicijativa) would enter into a pre-election coalition with the Bloc Pensioners Together (Blok Umirovljenici zajedno).^[12] On 6 October 2011, he signed a formal pre-election coalition agreement with the representatives of the Party of Pensioners and the Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar.^[13] By November, they named their coalition "Znati kako" and extended it to include another small party, the Croatian Labour Party.^[14] Their election lists failed to enter the parliament.

References

1. "Organizacijska struktura" (in Croatian). Hrvatsko društvo ekonomista. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
2. "Ljubo Jurčić u misiji povezivanja ekonomista biznisa i politike". Poslovni dnevnik (in Croatian). 2006-04-14.
3. "Vlada Republike Hrvatske - kronologija - Vlada: 8" (in Croatian). Croatian Information-Documentation Referral Agency. Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
4. "Ljubo Jurčić o partizanskom zločinu: Moja obitelj zbog straha dugo nije govorila o ujakovoj likvidaciji" (in Croatian). 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
5. "Jurčić umirovljenicima nudi recept za 10 posto više mirovine" [Jurčić offers retired persons a recipe for 10 percent increase of income]. Vjesnik (in Croatian). 2011-05-25. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
6. "Milanović želi biti šef Sabora, Jurčić premijer". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 2007-07-10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
7. "Preokret u SDP-u: Milanović mijenja Jurčića!". Business.hr (in Croatian). 2007-11-30. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
8. "Neke više smeta hrvatska zastava nego sam Thompson" (in Croatian). Javno.com. 2008-05-31. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
9. "O Novom Plamenu (About Novi Plamen)". Novi Plamen. Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
10. "Ivo Josipović je kandidat SDP-a za predsjednika RH" (in Croatian). Nova TV. 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
11. "Ljubo Jurčić napušta SDP! O odlasku nije obavijestio Milanovića". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
12. "Jurčić s Blokom umirovljenika cilja na mjesto u Vladi". Večernji list (in Croatian). 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
13. Ljubo Jurčić, SU i PGS zajedno na izbore Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, Nova TV, 2011-10-06, accessed 2011-11-26.
14. "Ljubo Jurčić: Moj koncept države je država blagostanja, a ne neoliberalistička država". Novi list (in Croatian). 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-11-14.

External links

• Ljubo Jurčić - 5th assembly of the Croatian Parliament (in Croatian)
• Ljubo Jurčić - 6th assembly of the Croatian Parliament (in Croatian)
• Ljubo Jurčić - Personal Portfolio (in Croatian)

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