Branko Hrg

{{Short description|Croatian politician (born 1961)}}

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|office = Mayor of Križevci

|term_start = 20 June 2001

|term_end = 09 June 2017

|deputy = Dragutin Guzalić{{-}}Stjepan Peršin

|predecessor = Roko Bašić

|successor = Mario Rajn

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|office2 = President of the Croatian Peasant Party

|term_start2 = 28 January 2012

|term_end2 = 19 March 2016

|vicepresident2 = Krešo Beljak{{-}}Marijana Petir{{-}}Darko Rukavina{{-}}Marina Kolaković{{-}}Vlasta Hubicki

|predecessor2 = Josip Friščić

|successor2 = Krešo Beljak

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|09|26|df=y}}

|birth_place = Kalnički Potok near Križevci, Croatia, Yugoslavia

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|nationality = Croat

|party = Croatian Peasant Party (1992–2016)
Independent (2016–)

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|residence = Križevci, Croatia

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|occupation = Politician

|profession = Pedagogue

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|website = {{Official website|http://brankohrg.com/}}

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Branko Hrg (born 26 September 1961) is a Croatian politician and former leader of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS). He was a member of HSS from 1992 to 2016 and served as a mayor of Križevci from 2001 to 2017.

In January 2012 intra-party elections, Hrg beat former Croatian Minister of Tourism Damir Bajs with 555 votes over 374.{{cite news | url = http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/branko-hrg-novi-predsjednik-hss-a.html | language = Croatian | work = Dnevnik.hr | title = Branko Hrg novi predsjednik HSS-a: Više nećemo biti trgovačka stranka | date = 2012-01-28 | accessdate = 2012-01-28}}

On March 19 2016 he lost, with 188 votes, in the first round of intra-party elections, against Krešo Beljak who got 339 votes and Nenad Matić who got 225 votes, making him no longer the President of HSS, or politically relevant.{{cite news | url = http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/hrg-vise-nije-predsjednik-hssa-u-drugom-krugu-beljak-i-matic/882086.aspx | language = Croatian | work = Index.hr | title = Hrg više nije predsjednik HSS-a | date = 2016-03-19 | accessdate = 2016-03-19}}

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title=President of Croatian Peasant Party |

before=Josip Friščić |

after= Krešo Beljak|

years=January 2012 – March 2016

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