Nermin Purić (born 15 May 1981) is a politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He served in the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2010 to 2014 as a member of the Democratic People's Union (Bosnian: Demokratska narodna zajednica, DNZ).
Early life Purić was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was a journalist for the Public Company Radio Television Velika Kladuša from 2001 to 2004 and a spokesperson for the Democratic People's Union from 2004 to 2006. Purić is an economist; his parliamentary biography indicates that he taught at Banja Luka College until 2009,Nermin Purić (biographical entry), Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, accessed 14 November 2012. and his LinkedIn profile indicates that he holds a master's degree in International Business Management from the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences.Nermin Purić: LinkedIn, accessed 6 March 2016.]
Parliamentary career Purić was elected to the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (one of the two entities that makes up the country Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the 2006 general election, taking the second of two seats won by the Democratic People's Union in the Federation's first electoral division. He served in this legislature for four years.
He was elected to the House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2010 general election, again winning a seat in the first electoral division of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The only member of his party to win election to the legislature in 2010, he served in a mixed caucus that also included members of the Croatian Democratic Union 1990–Croatian Party of Rights alliance.Caucuses in the House of Representatives, Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, accessed 14 November 2012.
In October 2011, Purić was appointed to a legislative committee mandated to facilitate implementation of the European Court of Human Rights decision in the case of Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina."Bosnian parliament divided over constitution amendments, minority rights - TV," BBC Monitoring European [Text of report by Bosnia-Hercegovina Federation public TV, on 10 October 2011], 11 October 2011, 09:27.
The DNZ underwent a significant split in 2013, with several members joining the newly formed Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Purić seems to have remained with the DNZ during this period. He was not a candidate in the 2014 general election. His LinkedIn profile indicates that he continued to work for the Bosnian parliament until 2015 and has since worked in management consulting in Austria.Nermin Purić: LinkedIn, accessed 6 March 2016.]
Electoral record 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina State House of Representatives election results: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Division OnePartyVotes%MandatesSocial Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina32,75723.871Party of Democratic Action27,92520.351Democratic People's Union14,23810.381Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina10,8617.91Party of Democratic Activity10,7827.86Union for a Better Future of BiH8,9396.51Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina8,0805.89People's Party For Work And Betterment7,1765.23Croatian Coalition HDZ 1990–HSP BiH7,1235.19Alliance of Independent Social Democrats4,9983.64Democratic People's Alliance1,1470.84Our Party–New Socialist Party1,0650.78Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović8720.64Bosnian Party4230.31Social Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina3570.26Democratic Party of the Disabled2560.19Party for the People of Bosnia and Herzegovina2250.16Total valid votes137,224100.00
Party of Democratic Action candidate preference votesSenad Šepić (elected)13,637Husein Nanić (incumbent)6,924Sanjin Halimović6,595Asima Husetić4,175Šefik Štulanović3,286Zejna Kadirić2,917Suada Dilaver1,753
Democratic People's Union candidate preference votesNermin Purić (elected)8,244Almir Pajazetović2,604Emina Keserović1,607Nura Kekić1,587Safet Huskić1,540Vera Došenović1,295Jasmin Durmić1,279Milenko Došen1,139
Source: Verified results of the 2010 General Election, Central Election Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, accessed 3 October 2012 and 19 March 2016. 2006 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives election results: Division OneParty ResultsVotes%Direct mandatesParty of Democratic Action32,90736.254Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina16,75118.452Democratic People's Union15,20616.752Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina–Socijaldemokrati BiH13,46214.831Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović2,2372.46Alliance of Independent Social Democrats1,7671.95Evropska ekološka stranka E-51,5371.69Patriotski Blok: Bosnian Party–Social Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina1,2831.41People's Party For Work And Betterment1,1451.26Pensioners' Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina1,1261.24Bosanskohercegovačka stranka prava5690.63Liberal Democratic Party4840.53Pokret za promjene Bosne i Hercegovine4590.51Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina—Croatian Coalition: HNZ–HSP BiH4110.45Politički pokret mladih Bosne i Hercegovine3510.39Democratic Party of the Disabled2490.27Socialist Party2120.23Citizens' Democratic Party2110.23Narodna bošnjaka stranka1980.22Croats Together: HDZ 1990–HSS–HKDU–HDU–Demokrŝćani1590.18HSP Đapić–Jurišić and the New Croatian Initiative–Koalicija za jednakopravnost580.06Total valid votes90,782100.00
Party of Democratic Action candidate preference votesSenad Šepić (elected) (incumbent)9,950Edham Veladžić (elected)9,615Jasminka Durić (elected)9,523Ibrahim Nadarević (elected) (incumbent)7,214Sead Jusić6,511Amela Hadžić6,287Atif Hodžić5,334Jasmin Husetić4,437Mira Bjelac (elected to compensatory list seat)2,439
Democratic People's Union candidate preference votesHafeza Sabljaković (elected)7,905Nermin Purić (elected)3,717Fatma Koštić1,705Dino Miljković1,583Husein Keranović1,568Edin Kekić1,474Raska Ćerimović1,400Vojo Šljivar1,334Mersud Topić1,222Jasmin Durmić1,185Haseba Mokni-Miljković1,095
Source: Verified results of the 2006 General Election, Central Election Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, accessed 12 November 2012 and 23 March 2016.
References
External links Nermin Purić (biographical entry), Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina