12 Notable alumni of
University of Split
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The University of Split is 2614th in the world, 836th in Europe, and 2nd in Croatia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from the University of Split sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Slaven Bilić
- Occupations
- association football coachassociation football playermusician
- Biography
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Slaven Bilić is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.
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Mario Ančić
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Mario Ančić is a Croatian former professional tennis player who currently works as a private equity vice president in New York City. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Ančić's career-high singles ranking came in 2006, when he reached world No. 7. Ančić helped Croatia to win the 2005 Davis Cup and claimed a bronze medal for the country at the 2004 Athens Olympics, in men's doubles partnering Ivan Ljubičić.
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Ranko Ostojić
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Ranko Ostojić is a Croatian lawyer and centre-left politician who served as the 11th Interior Minister in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović from December 2011 to January 2016.
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Ivica Puljak
- Enrolled in the University of Split
- 1990-1994 graduated with bachelor's degree in physics
- Occupations
- research fellowpoliticianphysicist
- Biography
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Ivica Puljak 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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Nadan Vidošević
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- politician
- Biography
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Nadan Vidošević is a Croatian politician, businessman, and entrepreneur. On 12 November 2013, he was arrested on the charge of misappropriating 32.9 million kunas (US$5.8 million at the time) from the Croatian Chamber of Economy. He was a long-time member of the Croatian Democratic Union, before launching an independent and ultimately unsuccessful candidacy for the 2009–10 Croatian presidential election.
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Branko Grčić
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- university teachereconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Branko Grčić is a Croatian politician and economist. In 1987 he graduated on the Faculty of Economics in the University of Split. He got his master's degree in economics in 1990 and received a Doctorate on the same university in 1996. Since 2005 he had been a regular professor and later became Dean of the Faculty of Economics in Split. He has published over 60 scientific works focusing on macroeconomics and regional economics. He is a member of the Croatian branch of the European Regional Science Association. From December 23, 2011, to January 22, 2016, he was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds in the centre left Cabinet of Zoran Milanović.
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Siniša Hajdaš Dončić
- Enrolled in the University of Split
- In 2012 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Siniša Hajdaš Dončić is a Croatian politician serving as president of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP), and as Leader of the Opposition, since September 2024.
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Pavao Žanić
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- Catholic bishopwriterCatholic priest
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Pavao Žanić was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Mostar-Duvno and apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1980 until his retirement in 1993. Previously, Žanić served as bishop coadjutor of Mostar-Duvno and titular Bishop of Edistania from 1970 until 1980. He also served as apostolic administrator of Dubrovnik from 1988 until 1990.
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Ingrid Antičević-Marinović
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ingrid Antičević-Marinović is a Croatian lawyer and former politician who serves as justice of the Constitutional Court of Croatia since 7 June 2016. She had previously served as a 9th Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Local Self-government in the center-left Cabinet of Ivica Račan II from 2001 to 2003. She was the first woman to serve as Justice Minister in Croatia as well as first woman lawyer in Zadar's history.
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Ivo Baldasar
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ivo Baldasar is a Croatian politician who served as Mayor of Split from 2013 until his resignation in March 2017. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) until he was thrown out of the party in 2016. After that, he joined forces with the Bandić Milan 365 party. In 2017 he formed his own party called The Split Party.
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Ante Šprlje
- Occupations
- juristlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Ante Šprlje is a Croatian lawyer who served as the Minister of Justice in the cabinets of Prime Ministers Tihomir Orešković and Andrej Plenković from 22 January 2016 until being dismissed by Plenković on 27 April 2017.
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Ivan Kuret
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ivan Kuret is a Croatian politician who served as the 69th Mayor of Split from 2007 to 2009.
