Tomislav Šuta

Tomislav Šuta
74th Mayor of Split
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 June 2025
Preceded byIvica Puljak
Member of the Croatian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2024
Prime MinisterAndrej Plenković
Constituency10th electoral district
Personal details
Born (1982-09-07) 7 September 1982
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyCroatian Democratic Union
Spouse
Matilda Šuta
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(m. 2008)​
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Split
Websitetomislavsuta.hr

Tomislav Šuta (born 7 September 1982) is a Croatian politician and economist serving as the 74th mayor of Split since 2025 and as a representative in the Croatian Parliament since 2024.

Biography

Šuta was born in Split in 1982 where he graduated from Marko Marulić High School in 2001. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Split, majoring in Finance. In 2010, he passed the forensic accounting course (RRIF) organized by the Ministry of Finance.[1]

He first worked in the Ministry of Finance at the tax administration in Split until 2014 when he became the director of the Regional Center for Clean Environment in Lećevica. In 2018, he became the director of the Split Waterworks and Sewerage. He held this position until 2023 when he was replaced.[2]

Political career

Šuta has been a member of HDZ since 2001. In 2022 he was elected the president of HDZ Split, beating the other candidate, Andrija Čaljkušić, by a vote of 972-700.[3]

In the 2022 Split local elections he was elected to the City Council of Split but did not become a councilor due to provisions of the new Act on the Prevention of Conflict of Interest. After he was replaced as director of Split Waterworks and Sewerage, he was allowed to become a councilor.[3][4]

In the 2024 Croatian parliamentary election he was elected to the Croatian Parliament from the 10th constituency. HDZ won 34.42% of the vote, gaining 61 seats, and would go on to form a government with the Homeland Movement. While in parliament, he served as a member of the Finance and Central Budget Committee, Environment and Nature Conservation Committee and Committee on Maritime Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure.[5][6]

Mayor of Split

In the 2025 Split local elections Šuta ran as a candidate for mayor of Split and won 30.54% of the vote, advancing into the second round against incumbent mayor Ivica Puljak. He won the second round with 53.19% of the vote, defeating Puljak who announced he was retiring from politics. Šuta officially became mayor on 9 June 2025.[7][8][9]

While Šuta won the mayoral election, HDZ won only 10 seats out of 31 on the Split City Council. HDZ formed a coalition with the Croatian Civic Party (HGS) which had 4 seats and councilor Marijo Popović (HSP) but still needed 1 vote for the majority. While the first attempt to constitute a city council was unsuccessful, the second vote was successful and Igor Stanišić from the Croatian Civic Party was elected president of the city council on 18 July 2025. The vote was held in secret so it is unknown who the 16th vote for Stanišić was.[10][11]

Šuta was present at the ceremonial opening of the new Žnjan plateau and called it "a great day for Split and its citizens."[12] On 24 June 2025 he dismissed Ivica Karoglan, the director of Split's utility contractor Čistoća, and replaced him with Andrija Čaljkušić.[13] He also canceled the tender for the reconstruction of the Poljud stadium after a storm damaged the roof and said the people of Split would vote in a referendum on what kind of reconstruction they want.[14]

On 28 July 2025 Šuta announced a series of new measures to support families which included: free kindergartens for all children residing in Split, free textbooks for high school students residing in Split and the introduction of free public transport tickets for pupils and students.[15]

On July 29, 2025, a protest was held in Split after it was revealed that the MS Moby Drea would be entering the Split shipyard to remove asbestos panels. Brodosplit announced that the removal would take around 2 months. City councilor Igor Skoko, from the party Centre, accused Šuta of knowing about the boat because he held a meeting with representatives of Brodosplit. Šuta later said that "a shipyard like this has no place in Split". He also said: "the space that Brodosplit occupies today must be reduced and repurposed for new modern technologies that have a future".[16][17][18] After consultations with experts, the Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition said that the waste that would be generated on board by removing partitions containing asbestos cannot be disposed of in Croatia.[19][20]

Personal life

He has been married to Matilda Šuta since 2008. She also graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Split and was employed in the city Finance Department for 16 years. The couple has 3 children.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tomislav Šuta". lokalnavizija.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Tko je Tomislav Šuta? Splićani: HDZ-ov adut grad 'dišpeta' osvaja pristojnošću" (in Croatian). www.vecernji.hr. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Dogodila se demokracija, ali s moćnim igračima u pozadini: Tko je Tomislav Šuta i kako je s čela splitskog vodovoda došao na čelo splitskog HDZ-a" (in Croatian). www.tportal.hr. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  4. ^ "ZAKON O SPRJEČAVANJU SUKOBA INTERESA" (in Croatian). Narodne novine. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  5. ^ "11th term of the Croatian Parliament (16 May 2024)". www.sabor.hr. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  6. ^ "HDZ i DP dogovorili parlamentarnu većinu i strukturu buduće Vlade" (in Croatian). dnevnik.hr. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  7. ^ "XVII. SPLITSKO-DALMATINSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF). State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Trijumf u Splitu i veliki politički preokret: HDZ ponovno preuzeo drugi najveći grad" (in Croatian). www.vecernji.hr. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Primopredaja vlasti: Tomislav Šuta preuzeo dužnost gradonačelnika Splita". split.hr (in Croatian). 9 June 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Propao prvi pokušaj konstituiranja Gradskog vijeća Splita" (in Croatian). www.index.hr. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Veliko iznenađenje u Splitu: Gradsko vijeće konstituirano na tajnom glasovanju, ne zna se tko je bio presudan glas!" (in Croatian). www.tportal.hr. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  12. ^ "SVEČANO OTVOREN ŽNJANSKI PLATO". znjan.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Šuta smijenio šefa splitske Čistoće: "Stanje na računu je oko 400.000 eura u minusu"" (in Croatian). www.index.hr. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Šuta poništio natječaj za obnovu Poljuda, o budućnosti stadiona izjasnit će se Splićani" (in Croatian). dalmatinskiportal.hr. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Šuta najavio nove mjere za mlade obitelji: Besplatne vrtiće, udžbenike i prijevoz" (in Croatian). n1info.hr. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Kakav je to brod krcat azbestom koji je došao u Split?" (in Croatian). www.index.hr. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Centar o brodu s 250 tona azbesta: "Šuta i HDZ znali su sve što se događa"" (in Croatian). www.index.hr. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Brod s azbestom je nadomak Splita. Šuta: Ovakvom brodogradilištu nije mjesto u Splitu" (in Croatian). www.index.hr. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  19. ^ "Ministarstvo zaštite okoliša: Brod Moby Drea ne smije skidati dijelove u Hrvatskoj!" (in Croatian). www.24sata.hr. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Mišljenje Ministarstva zaštite okoliša i zelene tranzicije u vezi slučaja broda Moby Drea" (in Croatian). mzozt.gov.hr. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  21. ^ "Tko je supruga novog splitskog gradonačelnika Tomislava Šute?" (in Croatian). www.index.hr. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
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