Trivo Inđić, (1938 — 10 May 2020) was a Serbian academic, diplomat, and political advisor who served as an official Advisor to the
President of Serbia
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The curr ...
for political issues, appointed by
Boris Tadić.
Early life and education
Inđić was born in
Lušci Palanka near
Sanski Most
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,
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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(modern
Bosnia & Herzegovina
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), orphaned during
WW2
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. After the war, he spend some time in orphanage in
Split before moving to live with a relative in
Belgrade
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. He wanted to study chemistry, building a small lab in the basement of Čika Ljubina Street 17, but family insisted that he read law for better employment prospects. He was a graduated lawyer, and earned a master's degree in social studies. He reached the upper echelons of Yugoslav Youth politics, travelling to Latin America in early 1960s. He was expelled from the Communist Party after joining the student protests in 1968 and became a member of a dissident group
Praxis School
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Prominent school's theorists include Gajo Petrović and Milan Kangr ...
, with
Ljubomir Tadić
Ljubomir "Ljuba" Tadić ( sr-cyr, Љубомир "Љуба" Тадић; 14 May 1925 – 31 December 2013) was a Serbian academic and politician.
He was born in Smriječno village near Plužine, then in the Kingdom Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. H ...
, for which he was expelled from the
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy in 1975, along with seven other professors (Tadić, Nebojša Popov,
Zagorka Golubović
Zagorka Golubović (8 March 1930 – 13 March 2019) was a Serbian philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.
Golubović was among the group of eight university professors, members of the Praxis school (Mihailo Marković, Ljubomir Tadić, Sve ...
, Miladin Životić,
Dragoljub Mićunović
Dragoljub Mićunović ( sr-Cyrl, Драгољуб Мићуновић ; born 14 July 1930) is a Serbian politician and philosopher. As one of the founders of the Democratic Party, he served as its leader from 1990 to 1994, and as the president of ...
, Sveta Stojanović, and
Mihailo Marković). Therefore, he was unable to complete his PhD on
Pound's legal theory and surprisingly was the only Praxis group member excluded from the founding team o
Institute for Social Theory and Philosophyhosting all other members.
Career
He worked as a sociologist researcher at the Institute for Studying Cultural Development, the Institute for International Politics and Economics and the Institute for European Studies in Belgrade. He was the assistant federal minister for education and culture of the
FR Yugoslavia
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A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...
from 1992 to 1994, and the ambassador of the FR Yugoslavia to
Spain
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, i ...
from 2001 to 2004.
He has published several papers in sociology, social theory and international relations, as well as books: "Culture and Cultural Politics", "The Cultural Life of the Working Youth", "Modern Spain", "The Rise of the Masses", "Market for Works of Visual Art", "For A New Enlightenment", "The Balkans - The Capabilities of the Regional Security System". He was editor of the magazine "Vidici" (Panorama), "Gledišta" (Views), "Sociološki pregled" (Sociological Review), "Kultura" (Culture), and of the "Libertas" edition on political philosophy issued by the "Filip Višnjić" publishing house from Belgrade.
Inđić spoke
English
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,
Spanish,
Russian,
Italian and
French
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. He became the political advisor to the President of the Republic of Serbia in 2004, serving until the president left office in 2012.
Death
Inđić died on 10 May 2020 in
Belgrade
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,
Serbia
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at the age of 82.
References
Biography of Trivo InđićGeneral Secretariat of the President of the Republic
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1938 births
2020 deaths
People from Sanski Most
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian politicians
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni
Ambassadors of Serbia and Montenegro to Spain