Milorad Vučelić ( sr-Cyrl, Милорад Вучелић; born 17 June 1948) is a Serbian journalist and businessman.
He is the editor-in-chief of ''
Večernje novosti''
and owner of Serbian weekly magazine ''
Pečat''.
Early life
Vučelić was born into a family originating from
Montenegro
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that, after the end of the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, settled in the
northern Serbian village of
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 ...
in the municipality of
Kula in what was then
PR Serbia
The Socialist Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / " ...
,
FPR Yugoslavia.
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 19 ...
clan. Vučelić's father was one of the upper-echelon members of the
Yugoslav State Security Administration stationed in
Subotica
Subotica (, ; , , ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Central Europe and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Sub ...
.
After finishing elementary school in
Crvenka and high school in
Vrbas, Vučelić moved to
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
to study law at the
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, 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 me ...
's
Faculty of Law
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.
Career
Vučelić is a former vice-president of the
Socialist Party of Serbia
The Socialist Party of Serbia (, abbr. SPS) is a populist political party in Serbia. Ivica Dačić has led SPS as its president since 2006.
SPS was founded in 1990 as a merger of the League of Communists of Serbia and Socialist Alliance ...
. He was the general director of the
Radio Television of Serbia
The Serbian Broadcasting Corporation, more commonly referred to as Radio Television of Serbia (), or RTS (), is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Serbia. RTS has four organizational units – radio, television, music pro ...
from 1992 to 1995. Vučelić was detained during
Operation Sabre in 2003 but was quickly released.
FK Partizan
In 2014, he became the vice-president of
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...
. In 2015, he became the president of the
Partizan Sport Society and in 2016, he was selected as president of FK Partizan. In 2022, he was replaced by
Ostoja Mijailović
Ostoja Mijailović ( sr-Cyrl, Остоја Мијаиловић; born 25 May 1979) is a Serbian entrepreneur, sports administrator, and politician.
Private career
An economist and entrepreneur based in Čačak, Mijailović is the owner and ge ...
as president of the Sport Society and he resigned as club president in 2023.
Personal life
He was married to actress with whom he has a son named Branislav and a daughter named Ana.
References
External links
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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