Božo Petrov
| Božo Petrov | |
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| 11th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament | |
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Assumed office 14 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Željko Reiner |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia | |
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In office 22 January 2016 – 14 October 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Tihomir Orešković |
| Preceded by | Branko Grčić, Ranko Ostojić and Milanka Opačić |
| Mayor of Metković | |
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In office 2 June 2013 – 22 January 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Stipo Gabrić |
| Succeeded by | Katarina Ujdur |
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16 October 1979 Metković, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Political party | Bridge of Independent Lists |
| Spouse(s) | Maša Petrov |
| Children | Jakov Dominik Andrija |
| Alma mater | University of Mostar |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Božo Petrov (Croatian pronunciation: [ˌbǒːʒo ˈpětroʋ]) (born 16 October 1979) is a Croatian politician and psychiatrist who serves as the 11th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament since 14 October 2016. Petrov previously served as the mayor of Metković and Deputy Prime Minister in the Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković from 22 January 2016 until his election as Speaker in October 2016.
He is the leader of Bridge of Independent Lists party.
Petrov was born in Metković on October 16, 1979 to locksmith Jakov Petrov and Marija Petrov, a bookkeeper. He has an elder sister, Nikolina, and two younger brothers, Branimir and Ivan. Petrov attended elementary school in his hometown and high school (classical (Christian) gymnasium) in Sinj. At age 14 he decided to join the Franciscan order, but eventually changed his mind.
Petrov graduated from the Medical Faculty of the University of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and specialized psychiatry in the Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče in Zagreb, after which he worked as a psychiatrist at the University Clinical Hospital in Mostar. He is married to Maša Petrov, a primary school teacher with whom he has three children.
Petrov began his political career as an independent candidate in the 2011 parliamentary election on the list of the conservative Croatian Growth (Hrast) party. He eventually ended his collaboration with Hrast because "they betrayed its members and sided with the HDZ", which he didn't approve.
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