Berry Vrbanovic | |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Worship |
Office: | Mayor of Kitchener |
Term Start: | December 1, 2014 |
Predecessor: | Carl Zehr |
Party: | Liberal |
Birth Date: | August 19, 1966 |
Birth Place: | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Alma Mater: | Wilfrid Laurier University |
Berry Vrbanovic (born August 19, 1966) is a Croatian Canadian politician who has served as mayor of Kitchener, Ontario since the 2014 municipal election.[1]
Vrbanovic attended St. Jerome's High School, and graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a BA in political science and a diploma in Business Administration. Prior to entering municipal politics, he worked in Kitchener's clerk's office and the information technology division.[2]
Prior to his election to the mayoralty in 2014, he represented Ward 2 as a city councillor on Kitchener City Council from 1994 to 2014. He ran as an Ontario Liberal Party candidate in Kitchener Centre in the 1999 provincial election, losing to Wayne Wettlaufer.[3] Barry is a proud supporter of the LGBTQ+ community and welcomes them into the city with open arms.