[1][2][3] Ljubo Jurčić is a Herzegovinian Croat born in the village of Ružići near Grude, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia.

[5] The Social Democrats' Main Committee, following a proposal by party chairman Zoran Milanović, named Jurčić as SDP's candidate for the office of Prime Minister.

[7] Ljubo Jurčić remained in SDP ranks while still showing his definite non-partisan attitude by publicly defending singer Marko Perković Thompson from accusations that arose after his successful May 2008 concert in Ban Jelačić Square.

[9] On 12 July 2009, Jurčić contended a party primary to be nominated the SDP candidate for the December 27 presidential elections, but was defeated by the Law professor and musician Ivo Josipović.

[11] In September 2011, Jurčić announced that his new party Croatian Economic Initiative (Hrvatska ekonomska inicijativa) would enter into a pre-election coalition with the Bloc Pensioners Together (Blok Umirovljenici zajedno).