Boris Miletić

Boris Miletić
Boris Miletić in 2006
Prefect of Istria County
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 June 2021
Preceded byFabrizio Radin
Mayor of Pula
In office
June 2006 – 4 June 2021
Preceded byValter Drandić
Succeeded byFilip Zoričić
Member of the Croatian Parliament
for 8th electoral district
In office
28 December 2015 – 7 December 2018
Succeeded byEmil Daus
In office
11 January 2008 – 22 December 2011
Personal details
Born (1975-09-02) 2 September 1975 (age 49)
Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyIndependent (2022–present)
IDS (1996–2022)
SpouseLara Miletić
Children1
Alma materJuraj Dobrila University of Pula

Boris Miletić (pronounced [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 municipal elections in Pula.[5]

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

References

  1. ^ "Životopis - Grad Pula". www.pula.hr. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Boris Miletić kandidat IDS-a za župana Istarske županije". Glas Istre (in Croatian). 12 February 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ Lansford, Tom (2015-03-24). Political Handbook of the World 2015. ISBN 9781483371559.
  4. ^ "Croatia Elections 2015: Overview of the Parties - IDS and HDSSB". Total-croatia-news.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  5. ^ 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]. Novi List (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ^ "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"]. Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
Preceded by Mayor of Pula
2006–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prefect of Istria County
2021–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent