# Nermin Purić

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, and his LinkedIn profile indicates that he holds a master's degree in International Business Management from the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences.

## 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.
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.
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.

## Electoral record

2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina State House of Representatives election results: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Division One :
| Party | Votes | % | Mandates |
| Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32,757 | 23.87 | 1 |
| Party of Democratic Action | 27,925 | 20.35 | 1 |
| Democratic People's Union | 14,238 | 10.38 | 1 |
| Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,861 | 7.91 | |
| Party of Democratic Activity | 10,782 | 7.86 | |
| Union for a Better Future of BiH | 8,939 | 6.51 | |
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8,080 | 5.89 | |
| People's Party For Work And Betterment | 7,176 | 5.23 | |
| Croatian Coalition HDZ 1990–HSP BiH | 7,123 | 5.19 | |
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 4,998 | 3.64 | |
| Democratic People's Alliance | 1,147 | 0.84 | |
| Our Party–New Socialist Party | 1,065 | 0.78 | |
| Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović | 872 | 0.64 | |
| Bosnian Party | 423 | 0.31 | |
| Social Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 357 | 0.26 | |
| Democratic Party of the Disabled | 256 | 0.19 | |
| Party for the People of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 225 | 0.16 | |
| Total valid votes | 137,224 | 100.00 | |
Party of Democratic Action candidate preference votes :
| Senad Šepić (elected) | 13,637 |
| Husein Nanić (incumbent) | 6,924 |
| Sanjin Halimović | 6,595 |
| Asima Husetić | 4,175 |
| Šefik Štulanović | 3,286 |
| Zejna Kadirić | 2,917 |
| Suada Dilaver | 1,753 |
Democratic People's Union candidate preference votes :
| Nermin Purić (elected) | 8,244 |
| Almir Pajazetović | 2,604 |
| Emina Keserović | 1,607 |
| Nura Kekić | 1,587 |
| Safet Huskić | 1,540 |
| Vera Došenović | 1,295 |
| Jasmin Durmić | 1,279 |
| Milenko Došen | 1,139 |
2006 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives election results: Division One :
| Party Results | Votes | % | Direct mandates |
| Party of Democratic Action | 32,907 | 36.25 | 4 |
| Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16,751 | 18.45 | 2 |
| Democratic People's Union | 15,206 | 16.75 | 2 |
| Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina–Socijaldemokrati BiH | 13,462 | 14.83 | 1 |
| Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilović | 2,237 | 2.46 | |
| Alliance of Independent Social Democrats | 1,767 | 1.95 | |
| Evropska ekološka stranka E-5 | 1,537 | 1.69 | |
| Patriotski Blok: Bosnian Party–Social Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,283 | 1.41 | |
| People's Party For Work And Betterment | 1,145 | 1.26 | |
| Pensioners' Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,126 | 1.24 | |
| Bosanskohercegovačka stranka prava | 569 | 0.63 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 484 | 0.53 | |
| Pokret za promjene Bosne i Hercegovine | 459 | 0.51 | |
| Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina—Croatian Coalition: HNZ–HSP BiH | 411 | 0.45 | |
| Politički pokret mladih Bosne i Hercegovine | 351 | 0.39 | |
| Democratic Party of the Disabled | 249 | 0.27 | |
| Socialist Party | 212 | 0.23 | |
| Citizens' Democratic Party | 211 | 0.23 | |
| Narodna bošnjaka stranka | 198 | 0.22 | |
| Croats Together: HDZ 1990–HSS–HKDU–HDU–Demokrŝćani | 159 | 0.18 | |
| HSP Đapić–Jurišić and the New Croatian Initiative–Koalicija za jednakopravnost | 58 | 0.06 | |
| Total valid votes | 90,782 | 100.00 | |
Party of Democratic Action candidate preference votes :
| Senad Šepić (elected) (incumbent) | Senad Šepić (elected) (incumbent) | Senad Šepić (elected) (incumbent) | 9,950 |
| Edham Veladžić (elected) | Edham Veladžić (elected) | Edham Veladžić (elected) | 9,615 |
| Jasminka Durić (elected) | Jasminka Durić (elected) | Jasminka Durić (elected) | 9,523 |
| Ibrahim Nadarević (elected) (incumbent) | Ibrahim Nadarević (elected) (incumbent) | Ibrahim Nadarević (elected) (incumbent) | 7,214 |
| Sead Jusić | Sead Jusić | Sead Jusić | 6,511 |
| Amela Hadžić | Amela Hadžić | Amela Hadžić | 6,287 |
| Atif Hodžić | Atif Hodžić | Atif Hodžić | 5,334 |
| Jasmin Husetić | Jasmin Husetić | Jasmin Husetić | 4,437 |
| Mira Bjelac (elected to compensatory list seat) | Mira Bjelac (elected to compensatory list seat) | Mira Bjelac (elected to compensatory list seat) | 2,439 |
Democratic People's Union candidate preference votes :
| Hafeza Sabljaković (elected) | Hafeza Sabljaković (elected) | Hafeza Sabljaković (elected) | 7,905 |
| Nermin Purić (elected) | Nermin Purić (elected) | Nermin Purić (elected) | 3,717 |
| Fatma Koštić | Fatma Koštić | Fatma Koštić | 1,705 |
| Dino Miljković | Dino Miljković | Dino Miljković | 1,583 |
| Husein Keranović | Husein Keranović | Husein Keranović | 1,568 |
| Edin Kekić | Edin Kekić | Edin Kekić | 1,474 |
| Raska Ćerimović | Raska Ćerimović | Raska Ćerimović | 1,400 |
| Vojo Šljivar | Vojo Šljivar | Vojo Šljivar | 1,334 |
| Mersud Topić | Mersud Topić | Mersud Topić | 1,222 |
| Jasmin Durmić | Jasmin Durmić | Jasmin Durmić | 1,185 |
| Haseba Mokni-Miljković | Haseba Mokni-Miljković | Haseba Mokni-Miljković | 1,095 |