Ivan Čehok
Mayor of Varaždin
Assumed office
2017
In office
2001–2011
President of the Croatian Social Liberal Party
In office
2004–2006
Personal details
Born (1965-09-13) 13 September 1965
Korenjak near Maruševec, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyCroatian Social Liberal Party (1989–2010)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb

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).

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. ↑ Odlazi i Štern: HSLS izabrao loš tajming za napuštanje koalicije Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Jutarnji list
  2. 1 2 "Čehok piše 'Filozofiju za početnike' i kuha na placu". Večernji list (in Croatian). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Povijest i program" (in Croatian). Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS). Archived from the original on 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  4. ↑ "Ivan Čehok - HSLS". Zastupnici 6. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  5. ↑ "Ivan Čehok - HSLS". Zastupnici 5. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  6. ↑ "Ivan Čehok - HSLS". Zastupnici 4. saziva Hrvatskoga sabora (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  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. ↑ "Čehok više nije gradonačelnik, podnio je ostavku iz pritvora". 24 sata (in Croatian). 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-08-23.


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