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

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that, after the end of the

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, 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

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, 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

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. After finishing elementary school in Crvenka and high school in Vrbas, Vučelić moved to

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to study law at the

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Career

Vučelić is a former vice-president of the

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. He was the general director of the

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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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vucelic, Milorad 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