Elvira Abdić-Jelenović Explained

Elvira Abdić-Jelenović
Office:Member of the Municipal Council of Velika Kladuša
Term Start:October 2016
Office2:President of the
Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Term Start2:28 December 2013
Predecessor2:Office established
Office3:Croat delegate
in the Federal House of Peoples
Term Start3:25 January 2007
Term End3:15 January 2015
Birth Date:7 September 1967
Birth Place:Karlovac, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Party:Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 2013)
Democratic People's Union (1993–2013)
Spouse:Robert Jelenović[1]
Relations:Fikret Abdić (father)
Residence:Croatia
Alma Mater:University of Rijeka
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Engineer

Elvira Abdić-Jelenović (born 7 September 1967) is a Bosnian politician. She is the president of the Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded in 2013. Prior to that, she was a long-year member of the Democratic People's Union, a party founded by her father Fikret Abdić, from which she and her father were banned after internal changes within the party.

Biography

Abdić-Jelenović was born in Karlovac.[2] Her father is the Bosnian politician, businessman and convicted war criminal Fikret Abdić.[3]

Abdić Jelenović studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Rijeka. In 2006 she was elected to the Federal Parliament as a Croat representative in the House of Peoples.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Soldić-Arar. Zdravka. Kći Fikreta Abdića: Nisam prihvatila Lagumdžijinu nemoralnu ponudu. Slobodna Dalmacija. 23 March 2011. 13 September 2014. Croatian.
  2. Web site: Izaslanik - Elvira Abdić Jelenović . House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Croatian . https://web.archive.org/web/20130101133737/http://www.parlamentfbih.gov.ba/bos/dom_naroda/organizacija/biografije/abdic_elvira.htm . 1 January 2013 . 29 August 2012 . dead .
  3. News: Elvira Abdić-Jelenović ide za načelnika Velike Kladuše: Abdić vuče konce iz Opatije. Velikakladusa.com. Bosnian. 13 March 2012. 2 September 2012.