Božić
Božić is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The spelling Božič is found in Slovenia. It is derived from the name Božo. Božić is a common surname in Croatia, with 8,115 bearers (2011 census). It is the third most common surname in Vukovar-Srijem County, and among the most common in three other counties. In Slovenia, there are more than 3,500 people with the surname Božič, and more than 500 with the surname Božić (most of them are of Croatian or Serbian origin, since the letter "ć" doesn't exist in the Slovenian alphabet). It is the 13th most common surname in Slovenia. However, there are important regional differences: while it is the 2nd most common surname in the Lower Sava Statistical Region, and the 4th most common surname in the Coastal–Karst Statistical Region, it is extremely rare in eastern Slovenia. Around 54% of Slovenians with this surname live in Carniola, around 28% in the Slovenian Littoral, and around 13% in Slov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Milan Božić (politician)
Milan Božić ( sr-cyr, Милан Божић; born 30 March 1952) is an academic, administrator, and politician in Serbia. He was a cabinet minister in the Yugoslavian government in 1999, has served in the assemblies of Yugoslavia and Serbia, and at one time was the acting mayor of Belgrade. He now serves as chair of the supervisory board of ''Telekom Srbija''. A member of the Serbian Renewal Movement (''Srpski pokret obnove'', SPO) for most of his time as an elected official, Božić is now a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (''Srpska napredna stranka'', SNS). Early life and career Božić was born in Belgrade, in what was then the People's Republic of Serbia in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Science and Mathematics in 1975 with a focus on mathematics, received his master's degree in 1978, and earned a Ph.D. in 1983. He became an assistant professor in mathematics in 1984 and was promoted to associat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dobrivoje Božić
Dobrivoje Božić (, 23 December 1885 – 13 November 1967) was a Serbian mechanical engineer, inventor and constructor of the first air brakes for trains. Early life Dobrivoje Božić was born in Raška in the Kingdom of Serbia. He studied in Germany at the Technical University of Karlsruhe and Dresden. While at Karlsruhe, he was a student of Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of diesel engines. After graduation in 1911, Božić returned to Serbia. Career His engineering work began immediately upon his return to the railway workshop in Niš. He simultaneously started his research in the field of railway braking. Božić learned that the brake system that rail vehicles used was one of the most problematic parts of vehicle development, due to trains' increasing speed and mass. In 1869, George Westinghouse designed a brake on compressed air with direct action and improved it in 1872, producing a single-chamber, automatic brake with indirect effects. Božić's research was inte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elena Božić Talijan
Elena Božić Talijan ( sr-Cyrl, Елена Божић Талијан; born 7 September 1970) is a journalist and politician in Serbia. She has served in the City Assembly of Belgrade and the National Assembly of Serbia as a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (''Srpska radikalna stranka'', SRS) and was the party's secretary-general from 2008 to 2012. Journalist Božić Talijan worked for '' Radio Novosti'' in the 1990s, and in 2000 she worked for Studio B. For several years, she was the editor of ''Velika Srbija'', the Radical Party's journal. She has contributed to the newspaper '' Novosti'' since withdrawing from active political life in 2012. Election supervisor Božić Talijan was appointed to the election commission of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia prior to the 2000 general election. She was later appointed by the SRS to a multi-party committee entrusted with overseeing media coverage of the 2000 Serbian parliamentary election and was chosen by the committ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Čedomir Božić
Čedomir Božić ( sr-cyr, Чедомир Божић; born 19 October 1984) is a politician in Serbia. He has served as minister of agriculture, water management, and forestry in the government of Vojvodina since 2020. Previously, he was the mayor of Žabalj from 2012 to 2020. Originally a member of the Democratic Party (''Demokratska stranka'', DS), Božić has been a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (''Srpska napredna stranka'', SNS) since 2016. Early life and career Božić was born in Novi Sad, in what was then the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in the Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was educated in Čurug and Bečej and later graduated from the faculty of economics at the University of Novi Sad in Subotica (2008). He began working in the municipal administration of Žabalj in 2009. Politician Mayor of Žabalj Božić received the second position on the Democratic Party's electoral list for Žabalj in the 2012 Serbia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sandra Božić
Sandra Božić ( sr-Cyrl, Сандра Божић; born 15 October 1979) is a Serbian politician who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2018 and as the deputy leader of the '' For Our Children'' parliamentary group since 2020. Early life and private career Božić was born in Pančevo, Vojvodina, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She holds a degree in political science and was the head of the public utility ''Grejanje'' from 2015 to 2018. Political career Božić received the 186th position on the Progressive Party's ''Aleksandar Vučić — Future We Believe In'' electoral list in the 2014 parliamentary election. The list won a majority victory with 158 out of 250 seats; Božić was not elected and did not serve in assembly that followed. She received the 144th position on the successor ''Aleksandar Vučić — Future We Believe In'' electoral list in the 2016 election. The list ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ivan Božić (historian)
Ivan Božić ( sr-cyr, Иван Божић; 23 April 1915 — 20 August 1977) was a Yugoslavian historian and academic. He was expert in history of medieval Zeta and the Venetian Republic The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...'s policy toward its coastal areas. Works * * * ''Dubrovnik i Turska u XIV i XV veku '', Naučna knjiga, Belgrade, 1952. * ''Dohodak carski-povodom 198. člana Dušanovog zakonika '', Naučno delo, Belgrade, 1956. * ''Paštrovske isprave 16.-18. vijeka'', Naučno delo, Belgrade, 1959 * ''Pregled istorije jugoslovenskih naroda'', Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika Narodne Republike Srbije, Belgrade, 1960. * ''Istorija ljudskog društva i kulture od najstarijih vremena do XI veka za I razred gimnazije'', Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika Socijalističke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Željko Božić
Željko Božić (born September 29, 1974 in Belgrade, Serbia; died June 7, 2006) was a Serbian stuntman and actor. Božić became internationally famous after winning stunt awards in Moscow and Belgrade, and as the founder of the Koloseum stunt awards open source stunt project. His film career has been long both in his home country and elsewhere. His film work includes '' The Peacemaker'' (1997), ''Welcome to Sarajevo'' (1997), ''Gypsy Magic'' (1997), ''The Professional'' (2001), ''All the Invisible Children ''All the Invisible Children'' is a 2005 anthology film on the theme of childhood and exploitation. It is a collection of seven short films, each focused on a different child. The film has a total runtime of 116 minutes, averaging 16 minutes e ...'' (2005), ''We are not Angels 2'' (2004), ''Fade to Black'' (2005) and ''Made in YU'' (2004). His name is sometimes spelled Zeliko Bozich in film credits. Injured while performing dangerous stunt On 27 April 2006, Boži ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nenad Božić
Nenad Božić ( sr-cyr, Ненад Божић; born 1971) is a Serbian politician. He has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016. Božić was elected to the assembly as a member of the anti-establishment and reformist It's Enough – Restart (''Dosta je bilo'', DJB) association, better known in English by the name "Enough Is Enough." He was expelled from the association by its main board on March 29, 2018, in the context of a disagreement with its leader, Saša Radulović. He is now a member of the Party of Modern Serbia. Early life and career Božić was born and raised in Smederevska Palanka, then part of the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He received a bachelor of mechanical engineering degree in Belgrade (1987), worked in Slovenia and Germany from 2000 to 2004, and returned to Serbia to operate a design office in Kragujevac. He was not politically active before joining the "It's Enough – Restart" movement. Parliam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ana Božić
Ana Božić (born 25 February 1988 in Slavonski Brod, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...n basketball player. References External linksProfileat eurobasket.comat fibaeurope.com 1988 births Living people Point guards Sportspeople from Slavonski Brod Croatian women's basketball players Croatian Women's Basketball League players {{Croatia-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Radič Božić
Radič Božić ( sr, Радич Божић, hu, Radics Bosics ; fl. 1502 – September 1528) was titular Despot of Serbia, from 1527 until his death in September 1528. He was one of the most notable military commanders among Serbian nobility in the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, and fought against the Ottoman Empire in several battles, most notably the Battle of Mohács. Life By the end of the 15th century, he left Ottoman-occupied Serbia for Hungary, and received the towns of Solymos and Lippa by Hungarian king. He was part of the Hungarian-Serbian army that crossed into Serbia and Bulgaria in 1502 and burnt the Ottoman bases at Braničevo, Kladovo, Vidin and Nikopol. In 1522, shortly after the Siege of Belgrade (1521), he became the commander of a flotilla, with 500 chaiki. Together with Pál Tomori he defeated the Bosnian pasha Ferhat at Manđelos in Syrmia, on August 12, 1523. Although he already was elderly and sick, he defeated an Ottoman band at Petrovaradin in 1526 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Slobodni Tjednik
''Slobodni tjednik'', also known as ''ST'', is a defunct Croatian weekly magazine which was published in Zagreb in the early 1990s. Owned and edited by Marinko Božić, it was the first Croatian tabloid. History ''Slobodni tjednik'' ("Independent Weekly" in Croatian) appeared in February 1990, on the eve of first free elections in Croatia. While being one of many media outlets started in the final stages of Communism, ''Slobodni tjednik'' was the first to use sensationalist headlines and similar content, which wasn't available in mainstream media of the earlier times. As such, ''Slobodni tjednik'' quickly became one of the most popular, most influential but also one of the most controversial newspapers in Croatia. Controversy was its editorial policy. While its first issue was very critical of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and Croatian nationalism, in a matter of few weeks, ''Slobodni tjednik'' suddenly shifted towards the right, embracing Franjo Tuđman and his policies. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Borut Božič
Borut Božič (born 8 August 1980) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2018 for the , , , , , and teams. Considered a sprinter in the mold of Óscar Freire, Božič's career highlights include winning the 2007 Tour de Wallonie, victory in the first stage of the 2009 Tour de Pologne (plus two days in the leader's jersey), winning the sixth stage of the 2009 Vuelta a España, and winning stage five of the 2011 Tour de Suisse. Božič worked as a directeur sportif for the team up to October 2019 but in that month was issued with a 2-year ban for his links to the doping ring uncovered by '' Operation Aderlass''. Early life Born in Idrija, Božič got his start in cycling at age 10, despite growing up in a family with no connection to the sport. Though his friends cycled, his dad was a football player – so he looked to his compatriot Valter Bonca for inspiration. Božič is married to Klemintina, with whom he has a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |