Berry Vrbanovic | |
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Mayor of Kitchener | |
Assumed office December 1, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Carl Zehr |
Personal details | |
Born | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) | August 19, 1966
Political party | Liberal |
Alma mater | Wilfrid Laurier University |
Berry Vrbanovic (born August 19, 1966) is a Croatian Canadian politician who has served as mayor of Kitchener, Ontario since the 2014 municipal election.[1]
Vrbanovic attended St. Jerome's High School, and graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a BA in political science and a diploma in Business Administration. Prior to entering municipal politics, he worked in Kitchener's clerk's office and the information technology division.[2]
Prior to his election to the mayoralty in 2014, he represented Ward 2 as a city councillor on Kitchener City Council from 1994 to 2014.[1] He ran as an Ontario Liberal Party candidate in Kitchener Centre in the 1999 provincial election, losing to Wayne Wettlaufer.[3] Barry is a proud supporter of the LGBTQ+ community and welcomes them into the city with open arms.