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Ivica Puljak

Ivica Puljak is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ivica Puljak rather than just read about it. In short: Ivica Puljak (born 27 August 1969) is a Croatian politician, particle physicist and professor at University of Split's FESB division. He served as mayor of Split from 2021 to 2025 and is the president of the Centre political party.

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Reference excerpt

Ivica Puljak (born 27 August 1969) is a Croatian politician, particle physicist and professor at University of Split's FESB division. He served as mayor of Split from 2021 to 2025 and is the president of the Centre political party.

Life

Early life and education Puljak was born in 1969 in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. His parents are from the Dalmatian Hinterland with his father, Zdravko, being from Zagvozd and mother, Jaka, from Drniš. Growing up in Split and attending primary and high school in his hometown, he dreamed of becoming a footballer for the local club, Hajduk.

Personal life Puljak is married to Marijana Rakuljić, the founder of Pametno and a member of Croatian Parliament. They have two daughters and a son together. He is an atheist.

Scientific career He has been working for his PhD thesis at Laboratory Leprince Ringuet (LLR) at Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, and got his PhD on search for Higgs boson from University Paris VI in 2000 for which he was awarded the best CMS thesis award in 2001. He is a member of CMS collaboration since 1994 and MAGIC collaboration since 2009. He was a co-coordinator of more than a hundred scientists from all over the world working on the most sensitive and precise of all physical processes through which the Higgs boson was discovered and measured. His research interests are the construction of the electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS detector, development and implementation of algorithms for the electron reconstruction of the CMS detector, physics of the Higgs boson and astroparticle physics. He was awarded the Annual Award for Science in 2013.

Political career Puljak ran for and won the 2021 Split mayoral elections. After about one year, a special election was summoned due to the dissolution of the city council, where Puljak had lost his majority. Adding to the commotion, his deputy mayor, Bojan Ivošević, was charged with threatening a journalist. On 8 April, Mayor Puljak and both his deputies resigned. Ivica Puljak won the special election becoming the first mayor of Split to win more than one election and his party Centre won 15 seats out of 31 in the city council. On 18 May 2025, he won a plurality of 4,72% of votes; in the runoff election he won 46,81% of the votes, losing to HDZ's Tomislav Šuta. Upon losing the re-election, Puljak announced that he will retire from politics and resume his scientific career.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ivica Puljak

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ivica Puljak claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Ivica Puljak before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Ivica Puljak ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Ivica Puljak

In research: Ivica Puljak appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ivica Puljak in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ivica Puljak is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1969 births, Academic staff of the University of Split, Croatian physicists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ivica Puljak outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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