Denis Avdić (born 31 January 1982) is a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

n comedian, former police officer and radio host, most known for impersonating politicians in

, including

Janez Janša Ivan Janša (; born 17 September 1958), baptized and best known as Janez Janša (), is a Slovenian politician who served three times as a prime minister of Slovenia, a position he had held from 2004 to 2008, from 2012 to 2013, and from 2020 to 2 ...

and Zoran Janković.Denis Avdić znova na pohodu
Dnevnik, 28 December 2010.

Life

He was born in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

and relocated to Slovenia at age 10 to live with his father. Prior to this he was raised by his grandmother and his aunt, after his mother left him when she remarried.Mama ga je zapustila. Denis: Morala bi me že prej
Dnevnik, 28 December 2010.Sivka, Alenka (2010
Denis Avdić - življenjska zgodba!
, Stop Magazine, Ljubljana. After finishing school, he worked as a policeman during the day and as a radio host during the night.

Work

He is most known for his impersonations of Slovenian politicians published both on radio and on YouTube. In 2010, he called

Jadranka Kosor Jadranka Kosor (; born 1 July 1953) is a Croatian politician and former journalist who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011, having taken office following the sudden resignation of her predecessor Ivo Sanader. Kosor was the fi ...

, at the time the Prime minister of Croatia, pretending to be

and talked to her while impersonating him.Avdič phoned Kosor pretending to be Janez Janša
, Jana Magazine, October 2010.

Awards

In 2010, 2011 and 2012, he received the Slovenian popular media Viktor Award for the radio personality of the year.

References

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