Milorad Vučelić ( sr-Cyrl, Милорад Вучелић; born 17 June 1948) is a Serbian journalist and businessman. He is the president of

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

, editor-in-chief of '' Večernje novosti'', president of the Partizan Sports Society and owner of Serbian weekly magazine ''

Pečat ''Pečat'' ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Печат; English: Seal) is a weekly Serbian news magazine. The magazine has been founded by Milorad Vučelić in 2007. The ''Media Ownership Monitor'' of Reporters without borders describes the business structur ...

''.

Early life

Vučelić was born into a family originating from

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that, after the end of the

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, settled in the northern Serbian village of

Sivac Sivac () is a village located in the municipality of Kula, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority with a sizable Montenegrin minority, with its population numbering 7,895 inhabitants (as of 2011 census). History The existence of Sivac ...

in the municipality of

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in what was then

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. After finishing elementary school in

Crvenka Crvenka () is a small town located in the municipality of Kula in the West Bačka District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a Serbian ethnic majority, and it had a population of 9,001 in 2011. Name In Serbian, th ...

and high school in Vrbas, he moved to

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to study law at the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...

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Career

Vučelić is a former vice-president of the

Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia ( sr, Социјалистичка партија Србије, Socijalistička partija Srbije, SPS) is a political party in Serbia. It is led by Ivica Dačić. It was founded in 1990 as the direct successor to t ...

. He was the general director of the

Radio Television of Serbia Radio Television of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Радио-телевизија Србије, sr-Lat, Radio-televizija Srbije, italics=yes; abbr. RTS/PTC) is Serbia's public broadcaster. It broadcasts and produces news, drama, and sports programming thro ...

from 1992 to 1995. Vučelić was detained during

Operation Sabre Operation Sabre was a Royal Navy military operation in World War II. It involved cutting the Japanese submarine communications cable linking Saigon and Singapore. operating from an X-Craft midget submarine in the Saigon River delta on 31 July 1 ...

in 2003 but was quickly released.

FK Partizan

In 2014, he became the vice-president of

. In 2016, he was selected as president of FK Partizan. His predecessor was

Ivan Ćurković Ivan Ćurković (, ; born 15 March 1944) is a Serbian sports executive and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his playing career that spanned 21 seasons from 1960 to 1981, Ćurković made over 700 official appearances for three ...

who took on the role of honorary president.

Personal life

He was married to actress with whom he has a son named Branislav and a daughter named Ana. By descent, Vučelić is a member of the

Bratonožići The Bratonožići ( sr-Cyrl, Братоножићи, ) is a historical tribe (''pleme'') of Albanian origin in the Brda region of Montenegro. It appeared during the Ottoman period and was a captaincy of the Principality of Montenegro in the 19th ...

clan. Vučelić's father was one of the upper-echelon members of the Yugoslav State Security Administration stationed in

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References

External links

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FK Partizan profile

Politika Online profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vucelic, Milorad 1948 births Living people People from Kula, Serbia Serbian businesspeople Serbian journalists Serbian socialists Serbian politicians Socialist Party of Serbia politicians Democratic Socialist Party (Serbia) politicians Serbian sports executives and administrators University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni FK Partizan presidents Serbian people of Montenegrin descent