Vilim Herman
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Vilim Herman is prominent Croatia
Croatia
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n university professor at University of Osijek
University of Osijek
The Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek is a university located in Osijek, Croatia. It was founded in 1975 and is organized in 11 faculties.-History:...

, attorney at law, politician and former representative in the Croatian Parliament.

Early life

Herman was born in Osijek
Osijek
Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 83,496 in 2011. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county...

 to a Jewish family. The first written records of his family date back to the 1832, when his Great-grandfather moved to Osijek from Warsaw
Warsaw
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, Poland
Poland
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. Herman Great-grandfather was a merchant who owned a trade business "S. Weiss & D. Herrmann" in Osijek district Donji grad
Donji grad (Osijek)
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. His father, Maks Herman, advised him to study law
Law
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Political career

In the 2nd assembly of Sabor, Herman was elected to fill a minority quota as a Jewish representative, on the Croatian Social Liberal Party
Croatian Social Liberal Party
Croatian Social Liberal Party or HSLS is a conservative liberal political party in Croatia. The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. Its current president is Darinko Kosor, elected to that post in November 2009.-Chronology:The HSLS was...

 (HSLS) electoral list.

In the 4th assembly of Sabor, Herman was a member of the HSLS, and after that the Party of Liberal Democrats (LIBRA). In the 5th assembly of Sabor, he was a member of LIBRA, then of HNS-LD, and since 2005 the Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party
Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party
Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party was a regional political party in Croatia.It was founded in early 1990s in Slavonia. It was usually allied with Social Democratic Party of Croatia.From 1995 to 2003 it was represented in the Croatian Parliament....

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