Elvira Abdić-Jelenović | |
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Member of the Municipal Council of Velika Kladuša | |
Assumed office October 2016 | |
President of theLabour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Assumed office 28 December 2013 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Croat delegatein the Federal House of Peoples | |
In office 25 January 2007 – 15 January 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Karlovac, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | 7 September 1967
Political party | Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 2013)Democratic People's Union (1993–2013) |
Spouse | Robert Jelenović[1] |
Relations | Fikret Abdić (father) |
Residence | Croatia[1] |
Alma mater | University of Rijeka |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Engineer |
Website | Official website |
Elvira Abdić-Jelenović (born 7 September 1967) is a Bosnian politician. She is the president of the Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded in 2013. Prior to that, she was a long-year member of the Democratic People's Union, a party founded by her father Fikret Abdić, from which she and her father were banned after internal changes within the party.
Abdić-Jelenović was born in Karlovac.[2] Her father is the Bosnian politician, businessman and convicted war criminal Fikret Abdić.[3]
Abdić Jelenović studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Rijeka. In 2006 she was elected to the Federal Parliament as a Croat representative in the House of Peoples.[2]