Damir Kajin

Damir Kajin is a Croatian politician.
Born in Koper, he grew up in Buzet where he completed elementary school subsequently attending high school in Rijeka. Before starting his political career as the president of the Istria County Assembly in 1993, Kajin worked in Istrian water supply company for 12 years. He remained president of the assembly until 2001.;In 1995 he was elected member of the Croatian Parliament where he served multiple mandates.
Kajin was the Istrian Democratic Assembly candidate in the 2009 Croatian presidential election. He won 3.87% of the vote in the first round and was eliminated.
In 2013, Kajin was expelled from IDS. In 2014, he founded a new party, Istrian Democrats. In 2016, he left the Istrian Democrats. In 2021, he joined the Social Democratic Party and successfully ran on their list in the local elections, getting elected as the mayor of his hometown Buzet.