Academician Željko Reiner |
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10thSpeaker of the Croatian Parliament | |
In office 28 December 2015 – 14 October 2016 |
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Preceded by | Josip Leko |
Succeeded by | Božo Petrov |
Minister of Health and Social Welfare | |
In office 14 May 1998 – 27 January 2000 |
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President |
Franjo Tuđman Vlatko Pavletić (acting) Zlatko Tomčić (acting) |
Prime Minister | Zlatko Mateša |
Preceded by | Andrija Hebrang |
Succeeded by | Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina |
Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 22 December 2011 |
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President |
Ivo Josipović (2011-2015) Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (2015-) |
Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
Personal details | |
Born |
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
28 May 1953
Citizenship | Croatian |
Nationality | Croat |
Political party | Croatian Democratic Union |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater |
University of Zagreb (School of Medicine) |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Physician |
Military service | |
Years of service | 1991 - 1995 |
Rank | Colonel |
^a In order counting from the 1990 parliamentary election. 19th speaker of parliament overall. |
Željko Reiner (born 28 May 1953) is a Croatian physician, politician and university professor, member of The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, former Minister of Health and Social Welfare who served as the 10th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from December 2015 until October 2016.
Reiner was born in Zagreb on 28 May 1953. He attended a Zagreb elementary school and then the Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb. He graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb in 1976. In 1978 he received his master's degree, and in 1982 doctorate. From 1979 to 1983 he specialized internal medicine at the Sisters of Charity Hospital and at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany. He obtained his habilitation in Oklahoma City from 1984 to 1985.
In 1986 Reiner was appointed as docent at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, and in 1988 as a professor. From 1997 he is regular professor of internal medicine, and from 2009 regular professor at the University of Rijeka. In 1986 he was employed as the Chief Medical Officer of the "Clinical department of medical Oncology clinic", University Hospital Centre Zagreb. Reiner remained in this position until 1995 when he was appointed head officer of the "Department of Internal Medicine" at the University Hospital Centre, Zagreb. He worked there until 2003 and in 2011 he was again elected to that position. He is also head officer of the "Institute for Metabolic Diseases" at the same hospital. From 2004 to 2012 Reiner was the hospital's Chief executive officer. During his tenure the University Hospital Centre Zagreb was expanded and received modern equipment, and is now one and a half times the size it was before Reiner stepped in. He has been a member of the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences since 1990, and from 2004 to 2012 he was the academy's president. From 1992 to 2006 he was a member-associate of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and from 2006 regular member and academician. In 2011 he was named an honorary member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 2000 to 2006 he was the chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb.