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Mesić (surname)
Mesić is a Croatian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jasen Mesić (born 1972), Croatian politician * Marko Mesić (priest) (1640–1713), Croatian priest and soldier * Marko Mesić (soldier) (1901–1982), Croatian soldier * Matija Mesić (1826–1878), Croatian historian, the first rector of the University of Zagreb * Milka Mesić (born 1939), Croatian public person * Stjepan Mesić (born 1934), 2nd President of the Republic of Croatia * Zlatko Mesić (1946–2020), Croatian footballer Possible origins The surname Mesić, although relatively common amongst Christian people in Croatia, may have Islamic origins from the time of Turkish (Ottoman) occupation of the Balkans. Mesić is a patronymic from the Bosniak (Muslim Bosnian) personal name Meso, pet form of Mehmed (Muhammad) which is of Turkish and ultimately Arabic origin. Mesić is also known to be a nickname of someone who eats a lot of meat, deriving from the word "meso" (Croatian for "meat'). It has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasen Mesić
Jasen Mesić (born June 11, 1972) is a Croatian politician from the Croatian Democratic Union. He served as the Croatian Minister of Culture between 2010 and 2011. Mesić was born in Zagreb. He graduated in history and archeology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb in 1996 and later in submarine archeology at Accademia per metodologia e tecnica di archeologia subacquea in Italy. Subsequently, he attained his master's degree at the University of Siena. Jasen Mesić was the mayoral candidate of Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croa ... for the 2009 local elections in Zagreb. He received 39,623 votes or 13.17% and was eliminated in the first round. References Politicians from Zagreb Croatian Demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Mesić (priest)
Marko Mesić (1640? in Brinje – 2 February 1713 in Karlobag) was a Croatian priest and war hero from the Ottoman wars in Europe, Ottoman wars. Under his command, Croats and Serbs liberated the region of Lika in the 17th century. Biography In 1683 when Austro-Turkish war begun, Marko Mesić went to Ravni Kotari where he joined the local rebels against the Ottoman Empire, Turks. Soon afterwards he goes to Krbava and Lika and organizes uprising against the Turks from Brinje. On 15 June 1689 he captured Novi and a number of other villages who surrendered without a fight. Finally, Udbina was liberated on 21 July 1689. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mesic, Marko 1640 births 1713 deaths People from Brinje 17th-century Croatian Roman Catholic priests Croatian soldiers 18th-century Croatian Roman Catholic priests 17th-century Croatian military personnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Mesić (soldier)
Marko Mesić (30 September 1901 – 9 February 1982) was a decorated Artillery, gunnery officer who served in the armies of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Independent State of Croatia, and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is best known for being the final commander of Croatian Legion, Croatian legionnaires in World War II, serving in the Nazi Germany, German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front in the Battle of Stalingrad, and later joining Yugoslav People's Army. Early life Mesić was born in Bjelovar, Croatia (then part of the Austria-Hungary, Austrian-Hungarian Empire), to Franjo and Katarina Mesić (née Blau). He received eight years of schooling in Pécs, Hungary; Karlovac, Croatia; and Maribor, Slovenia, before graduating as an artillery, artillery/gunnery officer at the Royal Yugoslav military academy in Belgrade. He served as an active commissioned officer in Royal Yugoslav Army artillery units until 1941. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matija Mesić
Matija Mesić (Brod na Savi, February 19, 1826 – Zagreb, December 5, 1878) was a Croatian historian, university professor, the first rector of the University of Zagreb. He graduated philosophy at the Royal Academy of Science in 1844, and theology at the Vienna Pázmáneum in 1848. After being ordained and a short chapel service, he worked as a probationary professor of history and geography at the gymnasium in Zagreb. In the period 1851–1853 he studied history and geography in Vienna and Prague. He received a professorship at the Law Academy in Zagreb in 1854, working as a director of the same institution since 1871. He participated in the work of Croatian parliament and served as the president of Matica ilirska. He was a full member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1867. In 1874 he was selected as a full professor of Croatian history at the Faculty of Philosophy. In the academic year 1874/75 he had the honor to be the first rector of the Royal Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milka Mesić
Milka Mesić (; born September 1939) is the wife of Stjepan Mesić, the former President of Croatia (2000–10), Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (1992–94), President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1991), President of the Executive Council of SR Croatia (1990) and Mayor of Orahovica. Biography Milka Dudunić was born in September 1939 in Slabinja, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Croatia), near the modern-day border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. She met her future husband, Stjepan Mesić, after he had seen her in the jury of a dance competition in Zagreb and had asked his friend to introduce him to her because his friend's girlfriend was Milka's college roommate. The couple married in 1961 after Stjepan had earned a college degree and their first daughter, Saša, was born soon afterwards. Milka had been studying psychology at the University of Zagreb, but abandoned her studies after the birth of her first daughter and her husband's graduation. The couple moved from Zag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stjepan Mesić
Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić (; born 24 December 1934) is a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was prime minister of SR Croatia (1990) after the first multi-party elections, the last president of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1991) and consequently secretary general of the Non-Aligned Movement (1991), as well as speaker of the Croatian Parliament (1992–1994), a judge in Našice, and mayor of his hometown of Orahovica. Mesić was a deputy in the Croatian Parliament in the 1960s, and was then absent from politics until 1990 when he joined the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), and was named President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (then still a constituent republic of the SFR Yugoslavia) after HDZ won the elections. His cabinet is, despite holding office before Croatia's independence, considered by the Government of Croatia to have been t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlatko Mesić
Zlatko Mesić (13 April 1946 – 21 January 2020) was a Croatian footballer who had a notable tenure with Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League. Career Mesić played at the youth level with Dinamo Zagreb, and began his professional career in 1963 in the Yugoslav First League. He made his debut in 1964 against NK Metalac Osijek. Throughout his time with Dinamo he won the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 1964–65 Yugoslav Cup, and 1968–69 Yugoslav Cup. In 1971, he went abroad to play in the National Soccer League with Toronto Croatia Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor .... In his debut season he won the NSL Championship. Personal life Death He died on January 21, 2020. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mesic, Zlatko 1946 births 2020 deaths Footballers from Zagr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Surname conventions and laws vary around the world. This article gives an overview of surnames around the world. English-speaking countries Gaelic Surnames Spanish-speaking countries Argentina In Argentina, normally only one family name, the father's paternal family name, is used and registered, as in English-speaking countries. However, it is possible to use both the paternal and maternal name. For example, if ''Ana Laura Melachenko'' and ''Emanuel Darío Guerrero'' had a daughter named ''Adabel Anahí'', her full name could be '' Adabel Anahí Guerrero Melachenko''. Women, however, do not change their family names upon marriage and continue to use their birth family names instead of their husband's family names. However, women have traditionally, and some still choose to use the old Spanish custom of adjoining "''de''" and her husband's surname to her own name. For example, if Paula Segovia marries Felipe Cossia, she might keep her birth name or become ''Paula Segovia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mešić
Mešić is a Bosnian surname, a patronymic derived from the masculine given name '' Meša'', itself a diminutive of '' Mehmed''. It may refer to: * Ademaga Mešić (1868—1945), Bosnian politician and military officer * Elvis Mešić (born 1981), Bosnian footballer * Kemal Mešić (born 1985), Bosnian athlete * Mirnes Mešić (born 1978), Bosnian footballer * Mirza Mešić (born 1980), Bosnian footballer See also *Mesić (other) Mesić may refer to: People * Mesić (surname) Places * Mesić (Vršac), a village in Banat, Vojvodina, Serbia * Mesić Monastery, a monastery in Banat, Vojvodina, Serbia See also * Mesic (other) {{disambiguation ... * Nešić {{DEFAULTSORT:Mesic Bosnian surnames Croatian surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
