Ivan Vilibor Sinčić

Ivan Vilibor Sinčić
MEP
Sinčić in 2015
Member of the European Parliament for Croatia
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Member of the Croatian Parliament for the 7th electoral district
In office
28 December 2015 – 2 July 2019
Chairman of Živi zid/Key of Croatia
In office
2 June 2011 – 3 March 2024
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1990-08-28) 28 August 1990 (age 34)
Karlovac, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party
Spouse
Vladimira Palfi
​
(m. 2016)​
Children2
Alma materZagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Occupation
ProfessionElectrical engineer

Ivan Vilibor Sinčić (born 28 August 1990), or simply Ivan Sinčić, is a Croatian politician and anti-eviction activist. He served as chairman of the Key of Croatia party (formerly known as Human Shield) and is currently serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2019.

Biography

Sinčić was born in Karlovac. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Zagreb.[1]

In 2016, he married fellow Human Shield activist and former party co-chairwoman Vladimira Palfi. They have a son named Ksaver and a daughter called Iskra.[citation needed]

Along with former-fellow MP Ivan Pernar, Sinčić was one of the founders of Human Shield in 2011.

Sinčić was a candidate in the first round of the 2014 Croatian presidential election, coming in third with 16.42% of the vote.[2]

He was first elected a Member of the Croatian Parliament in the 2015 parliamentary election, from the 7th electoral district, and took office on 28 December 2015.[3] He was reelected to Parliament in the 2016 parliamentary election.

On 26 May 2019, he was elected to the European Parliament but announced he would not take up his seat.[4] On 4 June 2019, the presidency of his party decided that Sinčić would still occupy his seat in the European Parliament because he won the most preferential votes in the elections held on 26 May 2019.

Views

It has been stated that he "believes in abolishing private banks".[5] Sinčić was against Croatian government decision to grant 3600 HRK (approx. 486€) of monthly financial aid to Ukrainian refugees arriving to Croatia.[6]

References

  1. ^ "9th Term – Ivan Sinčić". Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Potpuni rezultati izbora za predsjednika Republike Hrvatske, 28. Prosinca 2014". izbori.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. ^ "8th Term – Ivan Sinčić". Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ Sinčić dao naslutiti svoju zamjenu: Tihomir Lukanić moj je izbor za EU parlament, 28 May 2019
  5. ^ Oltermann, Philip; Walker, Shaun; Giuffrida, Angela (27 May 2019). "An NBA star, a TV chef and a comedian: meet some of the new MEPs". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Sinčić: Ukrajinci dobivaju 3600 kuna, ne mogu shvatiti one koji to podržavaju". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 August 2022.