Maribor By-Election: Fištravec Goes from Protester to Mayor

Maribor, 18 March - Andrej Fištravec, a 56-year-old sociologists who was one of the leading faces of the recent protests in Maribor, claimed nearly 53% of the vote in Sunday's by-election to become mayor of Slovenia's second-largest city.

Maribor Sociologist Andrej Fištravec went from a prominent face of the recent Maribor protests to mayor in Sunday's by-election. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Maribor
Sociologist Andrej Fištravec went from a prominent face of the recent Maribor protests to mayor in Sunday's by-election.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Maribor Sociologist Andrej Fištravec went from a prominent face of the recent Maribor protests to mayor in Sunday's by-election. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Maribor
Sociologist Andrej Fištravec went from a prominent face of the recent Maribor protests to mayor in Sunday's by-election.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Maribor Sociologist Andrej Fištravec went from a prominent face of the recent Maribor protests to mayor in Sunday's by-election. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Maribor
Sociologist Andrej Fištravec went from a prominent face of the recent Maribor protests to mayor in Sunday's by-election.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

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