| Ivan Čehok | |
| Office: | Mayor of Varaždin |
| Term Start: | 2017 |
| Term End: | 2021 |
| Term Start2: | 2001 |
| Term End2: | 2011 |
| Term Start3: | 2004 |
| Term End3: | 2006 |
| Birth Date: | 13 September 1965 |
| Party: | Croatian Social Liberal Party (1989–2010)[1] |
| Nationality: | Croatian |
Ivan Čehok (born 13 September 1965) is a Croatian politician who served as mayor of Varaždin from 2001 to 2011, and from 2017 to 2021.[2] He was a prominent member of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS).
Čehok was born in Korenjak (part of Maruševec), in Varaždin County. He obtained a degree in philosophy and comparative literature from the Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy, and later also earned a PhD in philosophy from the same faculty. He wrote several philosophy and ethics high school textbooks.[3]
Between 2004 and 2006, Čehok was president of the HSLS.[4]
He was elected to the Croatian Parliament in 2000, 2003, and 2007 parliamentary elections.[5] [6] [7] He left the Croatian Social Liberal Party in 2010.
In June 2011, Čehok was arrested and questioned by USKOK on criminal charges, after his parliamentary immunity was stripped by the Parliament.[8]
In July 2011, while in custody, Čehok resigned as the mayor of Varaždin.[9] In the same year, he went into retirement.[3]
In the 2017 local election, Čehok was re-elected as the mayor of Varaždin.
In the 2021 local election, Čehok lost and took over the leadership of his independent list in The City Council of Varaždin.