Antun Vujić (born 14 July 1945) is a

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n politician, philosopher, political analyst, lexicographer and author serving as a director of the

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since 2012. He was a member of

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and

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in the

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from January 2000 to December 2003.

Overview

Vujić was born in

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in 1945. He graduated from the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...

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with major in philosophy and sociology. In 1967 he founded ''Omladinski tjednik'', the first Croatian underground magazine. In the post-

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purges in 1972 Vujić was branded a "

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

and

anarcho-syndicalist Anarcho-syndicalism is a political philosophy and anarchist school of thought that views revolutionary industrial unionism or syndicalism as a method for workers in capitalist society to gain control of an economy and thus control influence in b ...

" and lost his employment, but was recruited by

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two years later to work in the

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. In 1985 he earned a Ph.D. degree in

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. In 1989 he was one of the founding members of the centre-left political party

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(SDH), and ran at the 1992 presidential elections, coming in 8th with 0.70 percent of the votes. In 1994 SDH merged with the

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(SDP), led by

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, and Vujić soon became one of SDP's most prominent members. In 1995 he was elected to

on SDP's list, and was later appointed Minister of Culture when SDP won the 2000 parliamentary elections. After his term ended in December 2003 he was elected to the parliament at the

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and

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. Vujić contributes articles of political analysis to various magazines, he wrote encyclopedic articles and papers covering philosophy and liberal arts, and he contributed to comprehensive lexicons and encyclopedias. He was the main editor of the first general

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for which he was awarded the State Award for Science in 1998. From 2005 to 2009 he was the editor-in-chief of

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. Since 2012, he is the director of the

. Additionally, he is the director of the social-democratic political academy ''Novo društvo'', and a member of the advisory board of the left-wing magazine ''

Novi Plamen ''Novi Plamen'' ( en, New Flame) was a left-wing journal for political, social and cultural issues primarily aimed at intellectual audiences in the former Yugoslavia and the related diaspora. It was a leading publication of its kind in the region, ...

''.

Works

*''Otvorena znanost i otvoreno društvo'' (1987) (Open Science and Open Society) *''Otvorena kultura'' (2003) (Open Culture) *''Hrvatska i ljevica - Prilog socijaldemokratskom gledištu'' (2014) (Croatia and the Left - A Contribution to the Social Democratic Point of View)- analytical, chronological and autobiographical book that talks about past and future of the social democracy in Croatia * ''Dostava rasutog tereta'' (2016) (Bulk Cargo Delivery, short story collection)

References

External links

Antun Vujić - Croatian Parliament - 5th assembly

Antun Vujić - Croatian Parliament - 6th assembly
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vujic, Antun 1945 births Living people People from Dubrovnik Social Democratic Party of Croatia politicians Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Candidates in the 1992 Croatian presidential election Culture ministers of Croatia Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni Croatian lexicographers