Davorko Vidović

Davorko Vidović (born 26 June 1956) is a Croatian politician, the current president of Social Democrats (Croatian: Socijaldemokrati) and a member of Croatian Parliament.^[1]

Davorko Vidović
President of the Social Democrats
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 July 2022
Preceded by	Position established
Leader of the Opposition
In office 9 July 2022 – 17 May 2024
Prime Minister	Andrej Plenković
Preceded by	Peđa Grbin
Succeeded by	Peđa Grbin
Member of Parliament
In office 22 July 2020 – 16 May 2024
Constituency	VI electoral district
Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
In office 15 December 2021 – 16 May 2024
Member of Health and Social Policy Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 July 2020
Personal details
Born	(1956-06-26) 26 June 1956 (age 68) Sisak, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Political party	Socijaldemokrati (2021–present)
Alma mater	University of Zagreb

Vidović previously served as a Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from 2000 to 2003 and was elected a mayor of Sisak in 2005.^[2] In 2021, Vidović, along with several high ranking members of Social Democratic Party of Croatia including previous party leader Davor Bernardić were expelled from party on charges of doing damage to party or refusing to respect the decisions of the party.^[3] On July 9, 2022, they founded the Social Democrats party.^[4]

References

1. "Davorko Vidović". Hrvatski sabor. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
2. "Davorko Vidović - Životopis - SDP". SDP. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
3. "Predsjedništvo SDP-a izbacilo Bernardića i još šestero zastupnika" [The presidency of SDP expelled Bernardić and six other members]. Večernji List (in Croatian). Publitzer. Večernji List. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
4. "Izbačeni SDP-ovci osnovali Klub socijaldemokrata, javio se Grbin" [The expelled SDP members founded the Club of Social Democrats, Grbin replied]. Novi List (in Croatian). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.