100 Notable alumni of
University of Belgrade
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The University of Belgrade is 85th in the world, 26th in Europe, and 1st in Serbia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Belgrade sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Marina Abramović
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied in 1970
- Occupations
- photographerperformance artistvideo artistuniversity teacherfilm director
- Biography
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Marina Abramović is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, the relationship between the performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Being active for over four decades, Abramović refers to herself as the "grandmother of performance art". She pioneered a new notion of identity by bringing in the participation of observers, focusing on "confronting pain, blood, and physical limits of the body". In 2007, she founded the Marina Abramović Institute (MAI), a non-profit foundation for performance art.
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Aleksandar Vučić
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- 1988-1994 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
- Biography
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Aleksandar Vučić is a Serbian politician serving as the president of Serbia since 2017. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as the president of the SNS from 2012 to 2023, first deputy prime minister from 2012 to 2014, and prime minister of Serbia from 2014 to 2017.
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Miloš Biković
- Occupations
- actormodeltelevision actor
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Miloš Biković is a Serbian and Russian actor and producer. His best known films are box office hits Serf, Serf 2, The Challenge and South Wind.
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Laurent-Désiré Kabila
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Laurent-Désiré Kabila or more succinctly, Laurent Kabila (US: pronunciation), was a Congolese revolutionary and politician who served as the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassination in 2001.
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Fahreta Jahic-Zivojinovic
- Occupations
- singeractormodel
- Biography
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Fahreta Živojinović, known by her stage name Lepa Brena (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Лепа Брена), is a Yugoslav singer, actress, and businesswoman. With around 25 million sold records, she is regarded as the commercially most successful recording artist from the former Yugoslavia. Brena is also often credited with creating the turbo-folk genre with her first two albums Čačak, Čačak (1982) and Mile voli disko (1982).
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Gojko Mitić
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actorscreenwriterdirectorstunt performer
- Biography
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Gojko Mitić is a German-Serbian actor and director. He gained great popularity in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as the leading actor in historical and fictional Indian (that is, Native American) personalities in numerous DEFA Indian films. His popularity may be recognizable from the fact that both in the GDR and later in the Federal Republic of Germany attempts were made to attach labels to him: "DEFA bosses" on the one hand, "Winnetou of the East" on the other. However, Gojko Mitić never portrayed the latter role in a film (although he did later at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg). This Winnetou formulation refers more to the popularity of Gojko Mitić compared to the actor of the role from the West, the Frenchman Pierre Brice.
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Stefan Kapičić
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Stefan Kapičić is a Serbian actor best known for his role of Colossus in Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). He is also one of three members of the Council for Film Industry of Montenegro.
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Milorad Dodik
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied in 1978-1983
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Milorad Dodik is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as the 8th president of Republika Srpska since 2022. Previously, he served as the 7th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022.
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Zoran Đinđić
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied in 1970-1974
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianphilosopherpedagogue
- Biography
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Zoran Đinđić was a Serbian politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2001 until his assassination in 2003. He was the mayor of Belgrade in 1997. Đinđić was a long-time opposition politician and held a doctorate in philosophy.
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Branislav Nušić
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1884 studied law
- Occupations
- novelistplaywrightcivil servantwriterpoet lawyer
- Biography
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Branislav Nušić was a Serbian playwright, satirist, essayist, novelist and founder of modern rhetoric in Serbia. He also worked as a journalist and a civil servant.
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Branko Ćopić
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied in 1940
- Occupations
- writerscreenwriterpoetchildren's writerplaywright
- Biography
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Branko Ćopić was a Yugoslav writer. He wrote poetry, short stories and novels, and became famous for his stories for children and young adults, often set during World War II in revolutionary Yugoslavia, written with characteristic Ćopić's humor in the form of ridicule, satire and irony.
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Boris Tadić
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied psychology
- Occupations
- politicianpsychologist
- Biography
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Boris Tadić is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012.
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Ivica Dačić
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- 1984-1989 graduated with Bachelor of Journalism in journalism
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ivica Dačić is a Serbian politician serving as first deputy prime minister of Serbia and minister of foreign affairs since 2022, roles which he previously served under governments of Mirko Cvetković, Aleksandar Vučić, and Ana Brnabić. He has been the leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) since 2006.
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Vojislav Koštunica
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- politicianjuristpedagogue
- Biography
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Vojislav Koštunica is a Serbian former politician who served as the last president of FR Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2003 and as the prime minister of Serbia from 2004 to 2008.
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Igor Kokoškov
- Occupations
- basketball coach
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Igor Stefan Kokoškov is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Sergej Trifunović
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoractorpoliticianstage actor
- Biography
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Sergej Trifunović is a Serbian actor, comedian, singer, politician and citizen activist.
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Meša Selimović
- Occupations
- university teacherwriter
- Biography
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Mehmed "Meša" Selimović was a Yugoslav writer, whose novel Death and the Dervish is one of the most important literary works in post-World War II Yugoslavia. Some of the main themes in his works are the relations between individuality and authority, life and death, and other existential problems.
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Desanka Maksimović
- Occupations
- children's writertranslatorwriterpoetprofessor
- Biography
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Desanka Maksimović was a Serbian poet, writer and translator. Her first works were published in the literary journal Misao in 1920, while she was studying at the University of Belgrade. Within a few years, her poems appeared in the Serbian Literary Herald, Belgrade's most influential literary publication. In 1925, Maksimović earned a French Government scholarship for a year's study at the University of Paris. Upon her return, she was appointed a professor at Belgrade's elite First High School for Girls, a position she would hold continuously until World War II.
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Janko Tipsarević
- Occupations
- tennis player
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Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian politician and former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one ATP doubles title, three Futures, and 15 Challenger titles. Tipsarević also won the 2001 Australian Open junior title. He holds notable victories over former world No. 1 players Carlos Moyá, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Andy Roddick, his compatriot Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray. His best results at a Grand Slam tournament have been reaching the quarterfinals at the US Open in 2011 and 2012.
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Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- 1936-1942 studied theology
- Occupations
- university teacherpriest
- Biography
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Pavle was the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1990 to his death. His full title was His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch Pavle. Before his death, he was the oldest living leader of an Eastern Orthodox church. Because of poor health, he spent his last years in the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, while his duties were carried out by Metropolitan Amfilohije.
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Milovan Đilas
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianpoet lawyerpolitical scientistpolitical commissar
- Biography
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Milovan Djilas was a Yugoslav communist politician, theorist and author. He was a key figure in the Partisan movement during World War II, as well as in the post-war government. A self-identified democratic socialist, Djilas became one of the best-known and most prominent dissidents in Yugoslavia and all of Eastern Europe. During an era of several decades, he critiqued communism from the viewpoint of trying to improve it from within; after the revolutions of 1989 and the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, he critiqued it from an anti-communist viewpoint of someone whose youthful dreams had been disillusioned.
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Nikola Pašić
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Nikola Pašić was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat. During his political career, which spanned almost five decades, he served five times as prime minister of Serbia and three times as prime minister of Yugoslavia, leading 22 governments in total. He played an instrumental role in the founding of Yugoslavia and is considered one of the most influential figures in Serbian twentieth-century history. Pašić was the longest-serving prime minister of Serbia, though Ana Brnabić broke the record in 2024.
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Predrag Bjelac
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Predrag Bjelac is a Serbian actor. He portrayed Igor Karkaroff in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Lord Donnon in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. He is a graduate of the Belgrade University's Faculty of Dramatic Art, class of 1986, and studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (1988) in New York City.
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Neda Arnerić
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1980 studied history of art
- Occupations
- film actorpoliticianstage actor
- Biography
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Neda Arnerić was a Serbian film, stage and television actress, and politician. A graduate art historian, she was considered a sex symbol of Yugoslav cinematography.
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Vuk Drašković
- Occupations
- novelistpolitician
- Biography
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Vuk Drašković is a Serbian writer and politician. He is the leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, and served as the war-time Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999 during the rule of Slobodan Milošević and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of both Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia from 2004 to 2007.
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Ivan Stambolić
- Occupations
- political commissarpolitician
- Biography
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Ivan Stambolić was a Serbian politician who served as the president of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS) from 1984 to 1986. A prominent member of SKS, he also served as prime minister of Serbia from 1978 to 1982 and as president of Serbia from 1986 to 1987.
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Milorad Pavić
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- 1949-1953 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in literary studies
- Occupations
- linguistliterary criticuniversity teacherpoetprose writer
- Biography
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Milorad Pavić was a Serbian novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary historian. Born in Belgrade in 1929, he published a number of poems, short stories and novels during his lifetime, the most famous of which was the Dictionary of the Khazars (1984). Upon its release, it was hailed as "the first novel of the 21st century." Pavić's works have been translated into more than thirty languages. He was vastly popular in Europe and in South America, and was deemed "one of the most intriguing writers from the beginning of the 21st century." He won numerous prizes in Serbia and in the former Yugoslavia, and was mentioned several times as a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in Belgrade in 2009.
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Tamara Vučić
- Occupations
- First Lady
- Biography
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Tamara Vučić is the wife of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.
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Irinej
- Occupations
- university teacherpriest
- Biography
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Irinej was the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 2010 until his death in 2020.
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Koča Popović
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianpoetpolitical commissarsoldier
- Biography
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Konstantin "Koča" Popović was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and communist volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, 1937–1939 and Divisional Commander of the First Proletarian Division of the Yugoslav Partisans. He is on occasion referred to as "the man who saved the Yugoslav Partisans", because it was he who anticipated the weakest point in the Axis lines on the Zelengora–Kalinovik axis, and devised the plan for breaking through it during the Battle of Sutjeska, thus saving Josip Broz Tito, his headquarters and the rest of the resistance movement. After the war, he served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army, before moving to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs and spent the final years of his political career as Vice President of Yugoslavia.
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Porfirije Perić
- Occupations
- Eastern Orthodox bishop
- Biography
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Porfirije is the current and 46th patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was the metropolitan bishop of Zagreb and Ljubljana, from 2014 to 2021. Before that, he was titular bishop of Jegra between 1999 and 2014. He is also a university professor and author of theological works.
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Jovan Cvijić
- Occupations
- university teachergeographergeomorphologistgeologistdiplomat
- Biography
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Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer and ethnologist, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences and rector of the University of Belgrade. Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia. He began his scientific career as a geographer and geologist, and continued his activity as a human geographer and sociologist.
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Miloš Crnjanski
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied in 1919-1922
- Occupations
- writerjournalistliterary criticplaywrightart critic
- Biography
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Miloš Crnjanski was a Serbian writer and poet of the expressionist wing of Serbian modernism, author, and a diplomat.
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Rambo Amadeus
- Occupations
- singerjazz musiciansongwriter
- Biography
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Antonije Pušić, known professionally as Rambo Amadeus (Cyrillic: Рамбо Амадеус) is a Montenegrin and Serbian author and performer. A self-titled "musician, poet, and media manipulator", he is a noted artist across the countries of former Yugoslavia.
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Dušan Kovačević
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1973 graduated with bachelor's degree in dramaturgy
- Occupations
- writerdirectorplaywrightscreenwriterdiplomat
- Biography
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Dušan Kovačević is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Konstrakta
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterarchitectlyricist
- Biography
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Ana Đurić, known professionally as Konstrakta (Serbian Cyrillic: Констракта), is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She had risen to prominence as the lead vocalist of the indie pop band Zemlja gruva!, which was founded in 2007, before pursuing her solo career in 2019. She gained more significant recognition by representing Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "In corpore sano", finishing in fifth place.
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Lazar Ristovski
- Occupations
- writercomposeractorfilm producerfilm director
- Biography
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Lazar "Laza" Ristovski is a Serbian retired actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4,000 times, and starred in over 40 films, TV series and TV dramas, mostly in lead roles. He briefly served as a member of the National Assembly from 1 August 2022 until his resignation on 9 August 2022.
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Mirjana Karanović
- Occupations
- film actoruniversity teacherscreenwriteractorfilm director
- Biography
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Mirjana Karanović is a Serbian actress, film director and screenwriter. Considered one of the best Serbian and Yugoslavian actresses of all time, she is probably the best known for her performance in her debut film Petria's Wreath (Petrijin venac), as well as for her frequent collaborations with film directors Emir Kusturica and Jasmila Žbanić. Karanović received international acclaim and a nomination for European Film Award for Best Actress for her role in Žbanić's Grbavica.
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Filip Vujanović
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Filip Vujanović is a Montenegrin politician who served as the 3rd president of the Republic of Montenegro under Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 to 2006, and the 1st president of independent Montenegro from 2006 to 2018.
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Dragan Đilas
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied aerospace engineering
- Occupations
- politicianengineer
- Biography
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Dragan Đilas is a Serbian businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 2008 to 2013.
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Zdravko Krivokapić
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Zdravko Krivokapić is a Montenegrin professor and former politician who served as Prime Minister of Montenegro from 2020 to 2022.
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Branislav Lečić
- Occupations
- actorpoliticiantelevision actor
- Biography
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Branislav Lečić is a Serbian actor, director, academic, writer, politician. Known for his versatile portrayals of emotionally vulnerable characters with strong senses of moral justice, Lečić rose to prominence for his role as the rebellious Crni in twelve-episode mini-series Sivi dom (1986).
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Kiro Gligorov
- Occupations
- lawyerjuristpoliticianpolitical commissar
- Biography
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Kiro Gligorov was a Macedonian politician who served as the first President of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from 1991 to 1999. He was born and raised in Štip, where he was also educated. He continued his education in Skopje and Belgrade, where he graduated in law. After World War II, he served in various important positions in Yugoslavia. Gligorov later played a pivotal role in Macedonia's peaceful secession from Yugoslavia and its international recognition. In 1995, he survived an assassination attempt, which has remained unresolved. For his role in its independence and political development, he has been regarded as the father of the Macedonian state.
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John of Shanghai and San Francisco
- Occupations
- Eastern Orthodox priestEastern Orthodox monk
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John of Shanghai and San Francisco was a prominent Eastern Orthodox ascetic and hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) who was active in the mid-20th century. He was a pastor and spiritual father of high reputation and a reputed wonderworker to whom were attributed powers of prophecy, clairvoyance and healing. He is often referred to as "St. John the Wonderworker".
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Nikola Kalabić
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Nikola Kalabić was a Serb and Yugoslav surveyor and Chetnik commander during World War II.
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Matija Bećković
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1958 studied world literature
- Occupations
- literary criticpoettranslatorwriter
- Biography
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Matija Bećković is a Serbian poet, writer and academic.
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Đorđe Marjanović
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Đorđe Marjanović was a Serbian and Yugoslav singer.
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Borislav Pekić
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- 1954-1958 studied experimental psychology
- Occupations
- prose writerwriterscreenwriterplaywrightscience fiction writer
- Biography
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Borislav Pekić was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer and political activist.
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Haris Silajdžić
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Haris Silajdžić is a Bosnian politician and academic who served as the 5th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2010. He was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1993 to 1996.
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Petar Stambolić
- Occupations
- political commissarpolitician
- Biography
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Petar Stambolić was a Serbian communist politician who served as the President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia from 1963 to 1967 and as President of the Presidency from 1982 until 1983.
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Zorana Mihajlović
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1993 studied economics
- In 1998 graduated with Master of Arts in economics
- 1988-2001 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in Economics in economics
- In 2001 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economics
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Zorana Mihajlović is a Serbian politician who served as deputy prime minister of Serbia from 2014 to 2022 and as minister of mining and energy from 2012 to 2014, and again from 2020 to 2022. A former member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), she previously served as minister of construction, transport and infrastructure from 2014 to 2020.
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Mihailo Petrović
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied in 1889
- Occupations
- university teachercomputer scientistinventoracademicmathematician
- Biography
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Mihailo Petrović Alas, was a Serbian mathematician and inventor. He was also a distinguished professor at Belgrade University, an academic, fisherman, philosopher, writer, publicist, musician, businessman, traveler and volunteer in the Balkan Wars, the First and Second World Wars. He was a student of Henri Poincaré, Paul Painlevé, Charles Hermite and Émile Picard. Petrović contributed significantly to the study of differential equations and phenomenology, founded engineering mathematics in Serbia, and invented one of the first prototypes of a hydraulic analog computer.
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Marinika Tepić
- Occupations
- philologistpolitician
- Biography
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Marinika Tepić is a Serbian politician and former journalist. A prominent figure in opposition to Aleksandar Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), she has served as one of the vice-presidents of the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) since 2019.
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Milan Stojadinović
- Occupations
- juristeconomistpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Milan Stojadinović was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 1935 to 1939. He also served as Foreign Minister from 1935 to 1939 and as Minister of Finance three times (1922–1924, 1924–1926, 1934–1935).
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Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied mathematics
- Occupations
- musicologistconductorcomposerethnomusicologist
- Biography
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Stevan Stojanović, known as Stevan Mokranjac (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Мокрањац, pronounced [stêʋaːn mokrǎːɲats]) was a Serbian composer and music educator. Born in Negotin in 1856, Mokranjac studied music in Belgrade, Munich, Rome and Leipzig while in his twenties. Later, he became the conductor of the Belgrade Choir Society and founder of the Serbian School of Music and the first Serbian string quartet, in which he played the cello. He left Belgrade at the beginning of World War I and moved to Skopje, where he died on 28 September 1914.
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Dušan Makavejev
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1955 studied psychology
- Occupations
- university teacherfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Dušan Makavejev was a Serbian film director and screenwriter, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s—many of which belong to the Black Wave. Makavejev's most internationally successful film was the 1971 political satire W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism, which he both directed and wrote.
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Borisav Stanković
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Graduated with law degree
- Occupations
- poet lawyerwriterplaywright
- Biography
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Borisav "Bora" Stanković was a Serbian writer belonging to the school of realism. His novels and short stories depict the life of people from South Serbia. He belongs to an exceptional group of storytellers that appeared at the turn of the 20th century, Ivo Ćipiko, Petar Kočić, Milutin Uskoković, and others.
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Philip Zepter
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Philip Zepter is a Serbian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the president of the Zepter International Group.
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Ivo Lola Ribar
- Occupations
- partisanpolitician
- Biography
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Ivan Ribar, known as Ivo Lola or Ivo Lolo, was a Yugoslav communist politician and military leader of Croatian descent. In the 1930s, he became one of the closest associates of Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Yugoslav Communist Party. In 1936, Ribar became secretary of the Central Committee of SKOJ (Young Communist League of Yugoslavia). During World War II in Yugoslavia, Ribar was among the main leaders of the Yugoslav Partisans and was a member of the Partisan Supreme Headquarters. During the war, he founded and ran several leftist youth magazines. In 1942, Ribar was among the founders of the Unified League of Anti-Fascist Youth of Yugoslavia (USAOJ). He was killed by a German bomb in 1943 near Glamoč while boarding an airplane for Cairo, where he was to become the first representative of Communist Yugoslavia to the Middle East Command.
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Milan Milutinović
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianpolitical commissar
- Biography
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Milan Milutinović was a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 1997 to 2002.
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Amfilohije Radović
- Occupations
- university teacherEastern Orthodox monkhistorianOrthodox theologianstring player
- Biography
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Amfilohije was a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, theologian, university professor, author and translator. He was first the Bishop of Banat between 1985 and 1990, and then the Metropolitan Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral from 1990, until his death. As the metropolitan bishop, he was the primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro. He was one of the most influential leaders of the Serbian Church, and was among the three candidates for the Serbian patriarchate both in 1990 and 2010.
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Mirjana Joković
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Mirjana Joković is a Serbian film and stage actress, best known for her role as Natalija Zovkov in Emir Kusturica's Underground (1995). She currently is Director of Performance for Acting and an acting teacher in the Theater Faculty of the California Institute of the Arts near Los Angeles.
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Boško Obradović
- Occupations
- politicianwriterlibrarian
- Biography
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Boško Obradović is a Serbian politician. He is the co-founder and former president of the right-wing political party Dveri. He was the party's nominee for the 2017 and 2022 presidential elections.
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Vladeta Jerotić
- Occupations
- psychiatristwriterphysicianphilosopher
- Biography
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Vladeta Jerotić was a Serbian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, philosopher and writer.
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Borisav Jović
- Occupations
- economistwriterpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Borisav Jović was a Serbian economist, diplomat and politician who served as the President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1990 to 1991.
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Milan Panić
- Occupations
- businesspersonphilanthropistpoliticianentrepreneur
- Biography
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Milan Panić is a Serbian-American businessman, humanitarian and former politician. He served as the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1993. During and after his time as prime minister, he campaigned for peace and democracy in the Balkan region. He ran for President of Serbia in 1992, ultimately coming in second to Slobodan Milošević in an election marked by allegations of media and vote tampering by the ruling party. Panić became Prime Minister of Yugoslavia while an American citizen. The legality of retaining US citizenship while accepting this office has been questioned based on a Constitutional prohibition of a US citizen accepting office on behalf of a foreign nation. Panić is the first US citizen to occupy a high-level political position in a foreign country since Golda Meir. Panić is also the first civilian to serve as Defence Minister in the history of Serbia.
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Ivan Miljković
- Occupations
- volleyball playerbeach volleyball player
- Biography
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Ivan Miljković is a former Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team in 1998–2012, Olympic Champion 2000, European Champion (2001, 2011), medalist of World Championship, World Grand Champions Cup, World Cup and World League.
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Branko Milanović
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1987 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economics
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Branko Milanović is a Serbian-American economist. He is most known for his work on income distribution and inequality.
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Siniša Mali
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1998 graduated with magister degree
- In 2013 graduated with Doctor of Economics
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Siniša Mali is a Serbian economist and politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia since 2022 and as minister of finance since 2018. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as mayor of Belgrade from 2014 to 2018, and as the president of the Temporary Council of Belgrade from 2013 to 2014. Following the dismissal of Rade Basta in June 2023, he also served as acting minister of economy.
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Džemal Bijedić
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical commissarjurist
- Biography
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Džemal Bijedić was a Bosnian and Yugoslav politician who served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from July 1971 until his death in a plane crash in January 1977. He additionally served as Secretary of the Interior from July to December 1971. Bijedić was also President of the People's Assembly of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1967 to 1971.
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Miroslav Mišković
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- politicianentrepreneur
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Miroslav Mišković is a Serbian oligarch, business magnate, investor and owner of Delta Holding.
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Momo Kapor
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1961 studied art of painting
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- writerscreenwriterpoetpainterjournalist
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Momčilo "Momo" Kapor was a Serbian novelist and painter.
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Vanja Udovičić
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- water polo player
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Vanja Udovičić is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who served as minister of youth and sports from 2013 to 2022. An independent politician, he is aligned with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
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Danilo Türk
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- university teacherjuristdiplomathistorianpolitician
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Danilo Türk is a Slovenian diplomat, professor of international law, human rights expert, and political figure who served as President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012. He was the first Slovene ambassador to the United Nations, from 1992 to 2000, and was the UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs from 2000 to 2005.
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Mladen Ivanić
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- politicianuniversity teacher
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Mladen Ivanić is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 6th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2014 to 2018. He is the founder, member and former president of the Party of Democratic Progress.
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Cvijetin Mijatović
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- political commissarpolitician
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Cvijetin "Majo" Mijatović was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1980 to 1981. He also served as President of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1965 to 1969.
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Blaže Koneski
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- writerpoliticianuniversity teacherpoettranslator
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Blaže Koneski was a Macedonian poet, writer, literary translator, and linguistic scholar.
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Svetozar Cvetković
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- film produceractor
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Svetozar Cvetković is a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1980 and played the lead role in Do Not Forget Me Istanbul together with Mira Furlan.
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Petar Živković
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- politicianmilitary personnel
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Petar Živković was a Serbian military officer and political figure in Yugoslavia. He was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 7 January 1929 until 4 April 1932.
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Krste Petkov Misirkov
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- writerhistorian
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Krste Petkov Misirkov was a philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer from the region of Macedonia.
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Ljubivoje Ršumović
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in philology
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- writerpoet
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Ljubivoje Ršumović is a Serbian poet and writer.
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Laza Lazarević
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1871 graduated with Doctor of Medicine in medicine
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- psychiatristwriterneurologistpoet lawyer
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Lazar "Laza" Lazarević was a Serbian writer, psychiatrist, and neurologist.
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Stevan Sremac
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- In 1878 studied history and philosophy
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- screenwriterwriter
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Stevan Sremac was a Serbian realist and comedy writer. He is considered one of the best truly humorous Serbian writers.
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Borislav Stanković
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Borislav "Bora" Stanković was a Serbian basketball player and coach, as well as a longtime administrator in the sport's various governing bodies, including FIBA and the International Olympic Committee. He played 36 games for the Yugoslavian national basketball team internationally.
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Velibor Vasović
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- association football playerassociation football managerlawyer
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Velibor Vasović was a Serbian footballer and manager, also one of the legendary players of Partizan Belgrade and Ajax and one of greatest defenders of his generation. A sweeper who could play in midfield, Vasović was renowned for his defensive positioning, never-say-die attitude and tactical awareness.
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Slavica Đukić Dejanović
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- ministerpoliticianpsychiatrist
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Slavica Đukić Dejanović is a Serbian politician serving as minister of education since 2023. A long-time member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, she previously served as minister of family care in the transitional government of Milomir Minić, president of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2008 to 2012, acting president of Serbia after the resignation of Boris Tadić, minister of health from 2012 to 2014, and minister without portfolio in charge of demography and population policy from 2016 to 2020.
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Vasko Popa
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- writerpoet
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Vasile "Vasko" Popa was a Yugoslav and Serbian poet.
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Dragoslav Mihailović
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- playwrightacademicwriterscreenwriter
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Dragoslav Mihailović was a Serbian writer.
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Marko Đurić
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied in 2002-2010
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- diplomatpoliticianjurist
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Marko Đurić is a Serbian politician and diplomat serving as the Ambassador of Serbia to the United States of America since 8 October 2020, and the non-resident Ambassador of Serbia to Colombia since 3 July 2021.
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Patriarch German of Serbia
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- Eastern Orthodox priest
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German was the 43rd Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1958 to 1990. He was successful in revitalizing the Serbian Orthodox Church to a certain extent during the Communist period, despite two schisms that occurred during his tenure.
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Saša Janković
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied in 1989-1996
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- human rights activistlawyerjurist
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Saša Janković is a Serbian lawyer, journalist, human rights activist and politician who served as the National Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia between 2007 and 2017. He resigned his post in February 2017 in order to run at the 2017 Serbian presidential election, where he came second with 16.36% of the vote. He was one of the founders and leader of Movement of Free Citizens, a centre-left political organization in Serbia before leaving it in January 2019.
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Ljubodrag Simonović
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- basketball playerbasketball coachwriterphilosopher
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Ljubodrag "Duci" Simonović; born 1 January 1949) is a Serbian philosopher, author and retired basketball player.
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Milan St. Protić
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied in 1980
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- historianpoliticianuniversity teacherdiplomat
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Milan St. Protić is a Serbian historian, politician and diplomat who served as the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the United States, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. He was also the Mayor of Belgrade in 2000/01.
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Nebojša Čović
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- politicianengineer
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Nebojša Čović is a Serbian businessman, basketball executive, and politician. Since 2011, he has been serving as the president of Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade.
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Senad Hadžifejzović
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- writerjournalist
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Senad Hadžifejzović is a Bosnian journalist, news anchor and TV host. He is best known for founding and running Face TV.
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Srđan Dragojević
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- film directorscreenwriterpoliticiandirector
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Srđan Dragojević is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, who emerged in the 1990s as a significant figure in Serbian cinema.
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Radoje Domanović
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- 1890-1894 studied history and philology
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- writerscience fiction writerteachereditorjournalist
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Radoje Domanović was a Serbian writer and teacher, most famous for his satirical short stories. His adult years were a constant fight against tuberculosis. This circumstance of his life, and the affection which he inspired in all who knew him, created an aura of romanticism and sentimentality which stand in contrast to his literary accomplishments as a satirist and a powerful critic of the contemporary Serbian society.
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Svetozar Marković
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- writerliterary criticeconomistpoliticianphilosopher
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Svetozar Marković was a Serbian political activist, literary critic and socialist philosopher. He developed an activistic anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change. He was called the Serbian Nikolay Dobrolyubov.
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David Albahar
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- 1948-2023 (aged 75)
- Enrolled in the University of Belgrade
- Studied English studies
- Occupations
- linguisttranslatorwriter
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David Albahari was a Serbian writer. Albahari wrote mainly novels and short stories in the Serbian language. He was also an established translator from English into Serbian. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and a University of Belgrade graduate. Albahari was awarded the prestigious NIN Award for the best novel of 1996 for Mamac (Bait). He was among the award's finalists on seven other occasions.
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Milutin Mrkonjić
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- civil engineerpolitician
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Milutin Mrkonjić was a Serbian politician. He co-founded the Socialist Party of Serbia, together with Slobodan Milošević.
