Ivan_Čehok

Ivan Čehok

Ivan Čehok

Croatian politician

Ivan Čehok (listenⓘ) (born 13 September 1965) is a Croatian politician who served as mayor of Varaždin from 2001 to 2011, and is currently serving since 2017. He was a prominent member of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS).

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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.[2]

Between 2004 and 2006, Čehok was president of the HSLS.[3]

He was elected to the Croatian Parliament in 2000, 2003, and 2007 parliamentary elections.[4][5][6] 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.[7]

In July 2011, while in custody, Čehok resigned as the mayor of Varaždin.[8] In the same year, he went into retirement.[2]

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.

References

  1. [1]
    Odlazi i Štern: HSLS izabrao loš tajming za napuštanje koalicije Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Jutarnji list
  2. [2]
    "Čehok piše 'Filozofiju za početnike' i kuha na placu". Večernji list (in Croatian). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Povijest i program" (in Croatian). Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS). Archived from the original on 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  4. [4]
    "Ivan Čehok - HSLS". Zastupnici 6. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  5. [5]
    "Ivan Čehok - HSLS". Zastupnici 5. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  6. [6]
    "Ivan Čehok - HSLS". Zastupnici 4. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  7. [7]
    "Sabor odobrio uhićenje i pritvaranje Ivana Čehoka" [Parliament approved the arrest and detention of Ivan Čehok]. Poslovni dnevnik. HINA. 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  8. [8]
    "Čehok više nije gradonačelnik, podnio je ostavku iz pritvora". 24 sata (in Croatian). 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
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