10 Notable alumni of
University of Rijeka
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The University of Rijeka is 3005th in the world, 948th in Europe, and 4th in Croatia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from the University of Rijeka sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Korado Korlević
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- physicistastronomer
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Korado Korlević is a Croatian teacher and prolific amateur astronomer, who ranks among the world's top 20 discoverers of minor planets. As of 2016, he is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 1162 numbered minor planets he made at Višnjan Observatory during 1996–2001. In addition, he is credited with the co-discovery of another 132 minor planets. His discoveries include the slowly-rotating outer main-belt asteroid 10415 Mali Lošinj, and 10645 Brač, a member of the Eunomia family of asteroids. He has also discovered two comets, namely 183P/Korlević-Jurić and 203P/Korlević.
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Zlatko Komadina
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- politician
- Biography
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Zlatko Komadina is a Croatian politician who has been prefect of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County since 2013.
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Željko Jovanović
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- politicianphysician
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Željko Jovanović is a Croatian politician and physician who served as Minister of Science, Education and Sports from 2011 until 2014. He is a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party of Croatia.
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Boris Milošević
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- juristpolitician
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Boris Milošević is a Croatian Serb lawyer and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia between 2020 and 2022. He is a member of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS). He previously served as the president of the Serb National Council from July 2019 until July 2020.
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Oleg Butković
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- engineerpolitician
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Oleg Butković is a Croatian politician serving as Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure since 2016. He assumed the position in the cabinet of Tihomir Orešković and continued to hold the position in the first and second cabinet of Andrej Plenković. He is also serving as one of deputy prime ministers, assuming office following Zdravko Marić's 2022 resignation.
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Valter Flego
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- politician
- Biography
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Valter Flego is a Croatian politician who was a Member of the European Parliament for Croatia from 2 July 2019 to 15 July 2024. Previously he had served as the 4th prefect of Istria County from 2013 to 2019, as well as serving three terms as mayor of the town of Buzet. He is a member of the liberal Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) party.
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Slavko Linić
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- politicianeconomist
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Slavko Linić is a Croatian politician and economist. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics on the University of Rijeka. From 1990 to 2000, he was the Mayor of Rijeka. From 2000 to 2003, he served as deputy prime minister under Ivica Račan. Between December 2011 sndd May 2014, he was the Minister of Finance in the government of Zoran Milanović.
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Monika Herceg
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- 1990-.. (age 35)
- Occupations
- poetwriter
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Monika Herceg is a poet, playwright, editor, feminist and activist from the small village Pecki near Petrinja, Croatia. She was awarded multiple literature prizes. She is known for being a prominent young poet of the new generation and the most awarded young author in recent Croatian history, sometimes called a "literary sensation". She explores the topics of poverty, domestic violence, immigration, and class and gender inequalities.
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Dušan Zelenbaba
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- politicianphysicianradiologist
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Dušan Zelenbaba is a Serb physician and politician who was active prior to the Croatian War of Independence as a member of the Executive Committee of the Serb Democratic Party in Croatia.
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Romana Jerković
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- politicianphysician
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Romana Jerković is a Croatian politician of the Social Democratic Party currently serving her second term as a Member of the European Parliament for Croatia since February 2020, when Croatia gained one more EP seat due to Brexit. She was re-elected at the 2024 European Parliament election.
