Nikola Vuljanić
Nikola Vuljanić (born 25 June 1949) is a Croatian politician, member of the left-wing Croatian Labour Party, and former member of the European Parliament. Early life Nikola Vuljanić was born in Karlovac, and graduated at the University of Zagreb with an MA in philology. He started to work in education as an English language school teacher. Afterwards, he became a university teacher of technical English. Political career In 2003, he joined Croatian People's Party (HNS), being elected member of Croatian Parliament, staying in office until 2007. After the first deputy term, he left HNS and joined Croatian Labour Party (HL). In 2011, Vuljanić was re-elected as member of Croatian Parliament on HL ticket. In 2012, he resigned his seat in Sabor, and was elected euro-observer in the European Parliament. On 1 July 2013, after Croatia joins the European Union, he was sworn in as full MEP. In the Croatian Sabor In the 5th legislature (2003-2008), he was a member of the Committee on Legislation, Judiciary Committee, Interparliamentary Cooperation, and a deputy member of the Croatian Parliament Delegation to the Joint Parliamentary Committee EU-Croatia and the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation. Vuljanić was a