Milan Kujundžić Explained

Milan Kujundžić
Office1:Member of Parliament
Term Start1:29 January 2020
Term End1:5 July 2020
Primeminister1:Andrej Plenković
Constituency1:X electoral district
Office2:Minister of Health
Term Start2:19 October 2016
Term End2:28 January 2020
Primeminister2:Andrej Plenković
Predecessor2:Dario Nakić
Successor2:Vili Beroš
Birth Date:27 April 1957
Birth Place:Ivanbegovina near Imotski, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Otherparty:
    Children:2
    Residence:Zagreb, Croatia
    Alma Mater:University of Zagreb
    Occupation:Politician
    Profession:Physician (gastroenterologist)

    Milan Kujundžić (in Croatian pronounced as /mǐlan kujǔndʒitɕ/; born 27 April 1957) is a Croatian physician and politician who held the position of Minister of Health in the Cabinet of Andrej Plenković between 2016 and 2020.

    Career

    Kujundžić was born in the village of Ivanbegovina near Imotski, Croatia. He graduated from the University of Zagreb School of Medicine in 1982 and obtained his Ph.D. in medicine in 1992.[1]

    Since 2005, Kujundžić serves as a head-master of Clinical Hospital Dubrava.

    Political career

    From 2004 to 2005, Kujundžić served as assistant of the Minister of Health and Social Welfare.

    A longtime member of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), he resigned from the party following his defeat in party chairmanship election in May 2012, which was won by Tomislav Karamarko. Kujundžić then founded a right-wing political party Croatian Dawn, established in July 2013 but returned to HDZ in 2016.

    In 2012, Kujundžić was a candidate for the president of the Croatian Democratic Union, and in the 20 May 2012 election he came in second after Tomislav Karamarko. In the presidential election in 2014, he was a candidate for the president, but was defeated with conquered 6.3 percent of the vote.

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Milan Kujundžić, životopis (biografija) . 30 November 2014 . Croatian . https://archive.today/20141111112013/http://www.dnevno.hr/zivotopis/121766-milan-kujundzic-zivotopis-biografija.html . 11 November 2014 . dead .