Stipe Petrina
| Stipe Petrina | |
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| Mayor of Primošten | |
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Assumed office June 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 October 1954 Primošten, FPR Yugoslavia, now Croatia |
| Spouse(s) | Anita Vidović |
Stipe Petrina (born October 5, 1954) is a Croatian politician. He is known for his controversial public appearances and statements, and has been described as enfant terrible of Croatian politics.
He was born in Primošten. After finishing primary school in 1969 in Primošten, he went to Zagreb to study engineering, graduating high school in 1974. In the period 1976-1990 he worked as a seaman in various domestic and foreign shipping companies. In January 1990 he organized the first democratic elections in the local community of Primošten, becoming its secretary. He is a volunteer and a veteran of the Croatian War of Independence, retiring in 1995.
In 2001 at the local elections he organized the Independent Municipal List, becoming president of the Municipal Council of Primošten. In 2005 The resubmitted his candidacy in local elections with the Independent List, winning 80% of the seats and becoming a mayor of the municipality of Primošten. In 2009 at the local elections in Primošten he won his second consecutive term as a mayor, with the support of 80% of voters. He won his third term in 2013, with the support of 68% of voters. Since 2001 to date Petrina has been doing all of the duties in the municipality of Primošten voluntarily and free of charge.
In 2009 he founded the Independent County List that has received the support of 9,500 voters, winning eight seats in the Šibenik-Knin County assembly, which turned it into the second most powerful political entity in the county.
in 2011 in the Italian city of Lecce he was awarded the international tourism award for contribution to the development of Primošten tourism - Lifetime Achievement Award for Tourism (Per il turismo alla carriera).
Petrina is known for his harsh statements against the Croatian right-center party Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and country's institutions and bureaucracy. He has denounced the first Croatian president Franjo Tuđman for impoverishing the Croatian people during the privatization, renaming a street in Primošten that bore his name. HDZ has criticized his actions as "barbaric".
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