Boris Miletić Explained

Boris Miletić
Office:Prefect of Istria County
Term Start:11 June 2021
Predecessor:Fabrizio Radin
Office1:Mayor of Pula
Term Start1:June 2006
Term End1:4 June 2021
Predecessor1:Valter Drandić
Successor1:Filip Zoričić
Parliament2:Croatian
Constituency Mp2:8th electoral district
Term Start2:28 December 2015
Term End2:7 December 2018
Successor2:Emil Daus
Term Start3:11 January 2008
Term End3:22 December 2011
Alma Mater:Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
Birth Date:2 September 1975
Birth Place:Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Spouse:Lara Miletić
Children:1

Boris Miletić (pronounced as /ˌbôːris ˈmîletit͡ɕ/; born 2 September 1975) is a Croatian economist and politician who has been prefect of Istria County since 2021 and president of the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) from 2014 to 2021.[1]

Miletić did his undergraduate studies at the Pula Faculty of Economics and Tourism "Dr. Mijo Mirković" in 1999, and would return to get his master's degree in 2002. He has also pursued further education at the Cleveland State University as well as the Faculty of Economics in Split and Zagreb.

From 2000 to 2006 Miletić served in various civil service positions in Istria County, including an internship with the Department for the Economy (2000–2001) and with the Istrian Development Agency (2001–2006), where he would eventually become CEO.

Miletić became the mayor of Pula in June 2006, and would win subsequent elections in 2009, 2013 and 2017.[2] He served in the Croatian Parliament from 2008 to 2011 as a member of the IDS.

In 2014, after the expulsion of Damir Kajin from the IDS, Miletić became party's leader.[3] In the 2015 parliamentary election, Miletić and party leaders decided to leave the Kukuriku coalition (afterwards known as the Croatia is Growing coalition) and have the party contest the election on its own.[4] The party would go on to win three seats.

After the local elections in 2021, Miletić resigned as party president after the heavy defeat of the IDS in Istria County.[5]

In 2022, the IDS presidency initiated disciplinary proceedings against Miletić, after which he left the party.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Životopis - Grad Pula. www.pula.hr . 8 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Boris Miletić kandidat IDS-a za župana Istarske županije. 12 February 2021. Glas Istre. hr. 5 May 2021.
  3. Book: Political Handbook of the World 2015. 9781483371559. Lansford. Tom. 2015-03-24.
  4. Web site: Croatia Elections 2015: Overview of the Parties - IDS and HDSSB . Total-croatia-news.com . 2016-07-09 . 2020-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200807094406/https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/1116-croatia-elections-2015-overview-of-the-parties-ids-and-hdssb . dead .
  5. Web site: Tomičić. Tihana. 5 February 2022. Posljedice izbornog poraza u Puli i lošeg rezultata stranke: Boris Miletić više neće biti predsjednik IDS-a. Consequences of the election defeat in Pula and the party's poor results: Boris Miletić will no longer be the president of the IDS. 5 February 2022. Novi List. hr.
  6. Web site: 5 February 2022. Potres u najvećoj regionalnoj stranci, Miletić istupio iz IDS-a: Nakon 29 godina i prvi put otkako postoje županije, IDS je izgubio istarskog župana. Earthquake in the largest regional party, Miletić withdrew from IDS: "After 29 years and for the first time since the existence of counties, IDS has lost its Istrian prefect". 5 February 2022. Dnevnik.hr. hr.