Josip Leko [SEP] date of birth
Josip Leko
Josip Leko (born 19 September 1948) is a Croatian politician who served as the 19th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament since independence.
Career.
Leko was deputy speaker from 23 December 2011 to 30 September 2012, when he succeeded Boris Šprem, who died in office, as interim speaker. He had already been acting as speaker during Šprem's absence due to cancer treatment in Houston, Texas.
He was proposed as the permanent Speaker of the Parliament by the ruling coalition and was confirmed on 10
number of votes received by any elected Croatian President to date. Grabar-Kitarović was sworn in as the fourth President of Croatia on 15 February 2015, becoming the youngest person to take office as President of the Republic of Croatia, aged 46 years and 295 days.
Background and rules.
In mid-October 2014 the SDP-led government proposed adopting a new electoral law by February 2015. SDP's parliamentary speaker Josip Leko stated that the party's position in consultation with the Venice Commission was that the electoral law