Milorad Vučelić

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

Milorad Vučelić
Born (1948-06-17) 17 June 1948
Sivac, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade Faculty of Law

He is the president of FK Partizan, editor-in-chief of Večernje novosti[1], president of the Partizan Sports Society and owner of Serbian weekly magazine Pečat.

Early life

Vučelić was born into a family originating from Montenegro that, after the end of the Second World War, settled 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 the general director of the Radio Television of Serbia 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. In 2016, he was selected as president of FK Partizan. His predecessor was Ivan Ćurković who took on the role of honorary president.

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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