Davorko Vidović | |
Office: | President of the Social Democrats |
Term Start: | 9 July 2022 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Office1: | Leader of the Opposition |
Term Start1: | 9 July 2022 |
Term End1: | 17 May 2024 |
Primeminister1: | Andrej Plenković |
Office2: | Member of Parliament |
Term Start2: | 22 July 2020 |
Term End2: | 16 May 2024 |
Constituency2: | VI electoral district |
Office3: | Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament |
Term Start3: | 15 December 2021 |
Term End3: | 16 May 2024 |
Office4: | Member of Health and Social Policy Committee |
Term Start4: | 31 July 2020 |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1956 |
Birth Place: | Sisak, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
Party: | Socijaldemokrati (2021–present) |
Alma Mater: | University of Zagreb |
Davorko Vidović (born 26 June 1956) is a Croatian politician, the current president of Social Democrats (Croatian: Socijaldemokrati) and a member of Croatian Parliament.[1]
Vidović previously served as a Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from 2000 to 2003 and was elected a mayor of Sisak in 2005.[2] In 2021, Vidović, along with several high ranking members of Social Democratic Party of Croatia including previous party leader Davor Bernardić were expelled from party on charges of doing damage to party or refusing to respect the decisions of the party.[3] On July 9, 2022, they founded the Social Democrats party.[4]