Milorad Vučelić

Milorad Vučelić
Born Milorad Vučelić
(1948-06-17) 17 June 1948
Sivac, Yugoslavia
Residence Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality Serbian
Alma mater University of Belgrade
Known for President of FK Partizan

Milorad Vučelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Вучелић; born 17 June 1948) is a Serbian businessman, journalist and president of FK Partizan.

He is also editor-in-chief of Večernje novosti,[1] JSD Partizan and owner of Serbian weekly magazine Pečat.

Early life

Vučelić was born into a family of Montenegrin origin post-war settlers in the northern Serbian village of Sivac in the municipality of Kula in what was then PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia. After finishing elementary school in Crvenka and high school in Vrbas, he moved to Belgrade to study law at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Law.[2]

Career

Vučelić is a former vice-president of the Socialist Party of Serbia. He was detained during Operation Sabre in 2003 but was quickly released.

FK Partizan

In 2014, he became the vice-president of FK Partizan. In 2016, he was selected as president of FK Partizan. His predecessor was Ivan Ćurković.

Personal life

He was married to actress Ljiljana Dragutinović with whom he has a son named Branislav and a daughter named Ana. By descent, Vučelić is a member of the Bratonožići clan. Vučelić's father was one of the upper-echelon members of the Yugoslav State Security Administration stationed in Subotica.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Vučelić vodi Novosti
  2. ↑ Milorad Vučelić – predsednik FK Partizan
  3. ↑ Intervjui
Preceded by
Ivan Ćurković (acting)		 President of FK Partizan
2016–		 Succeeded by
incumbent


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