Čedomir Čupić ( sr-cyr, Чедомир Чупић, born 1947 in

Sivac Sivac () is a village located in the municipality of Kula, Serbia, Kula, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority with a sizable Montenegrins of Serbia, Montenegrin minority, with its population numbering 6,950 inhabitants (as of 2022 censu ...

near

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) is a Serbian

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and professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences in

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. He became known to the wider public in 2001, when he became a member, and later president, of the national Anti-Corruption Council.

Biography

Čupić was born in

in 1947, where he completed the primary school. He completed

gymnasium and studied at the Faculty of Political Sciences in

, where he received MA and PhD degrees. After graduation, he worked at

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, which he left in protest in 1992, as a sign of solidarity with colleagues who got sacked for political reasons. Čupić participated in opposition groups against policy of

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Милошевић, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugos ...

, and he was particularly active in the Belgrade student protests 1996–97. In 1999, he joined the

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movement and became a member of its council. After democratic changes in the country, Čupić became a member of various anti-corruption government bodies. In 2001, he was the Serbian Government's Chair of Anti-Corruption Council. Since its establishment in 2009, he has been the Chair of the Council of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Serbia. At these positions, he often encountered clashes: In 2002, Čupić criticized media mogul Željko Mitrović for the way he made money under Milošević's rule, and advocated razing illegally constructed building of his

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. Later, Čupić won the lawsuit against Mitrović for an insult. In 2013, tabloid

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accused Čupić for sexual harassment of his female students; several NGOs and media said the accusation was an attempt of a "media lynch". Čupić won this lawsuit as well. On the Faculty of Political Sciences, Čupić teaches Sociology, Political Anthropology and Ethics in Media. He also taught on the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade and Faculty of Political Sciences in Montenegro. He is married and has one son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cupic, Cedomir Serbian political scientists 1947 births Living people People from Kula, Serbia Academic staff of the University of Belgrade University of Belgrade alumni