Elvira Abdić-Jelenović

Elvira Abdić-Jelenović (born 7 September 1967) is a Bosnian politician and Croat representative in the House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is the president of the Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded in 2013. Prior to that, she was a long-year member of the Democratic People's Union, a party founded by her father Fikret Abdić, from which she and her father were banned after internal changes within the party.

Elvira Abdić-Jelenović
Member of the Municipal Council of Velika Kladuša
Assumed office
October 2016
President of the
Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Assumed office
28 December 2013
Preceded byOffice established
Croat delegate
in the Federal House of Peoples
In office
25 January 2007 – 15 January 2015
Personal details
Born (1967-09-07) 7 September 1967
Karlovac, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyLabour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 2013)
Democratic People's Union (1993–2013)
Spouse(s)Robert Jelenović[1]
RelationsFikret Abdić (father)
ResidenceCroatia[1]
Alma materUniversity of Rijeka
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEngineer
WebsiteOfficial website

Biography

Abdić-Jelenović was born in Karlovac.[2] Her father is a prominent Bosnian politician and businessman, Fikret Abdić.[3]

Abdić Jelenović studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Rijeka. In 2006 she was elected to the Federal Parliament as a Croat representative in the House of Peoples.[2]

References
  1. Soldić-Arar, Zdravka (23 March 2011). "Kći Fikreta Abdića: Nisam prihvatila Lagumdžijinu nemoralnu ponudu". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. "Izaslanik - Elvira Abdić Jelenović" (in Croatian). House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. "Elvira Abdić-Jelenović ide za načelnika Velike Kladuše: Abdić vuče konce iz Opatije" (in Bosnian). Velikakladusa.com. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
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