Trivo Inđić, (1938 — 10 May 2020) was a Serbian academic, diplomat, and political advisor who served as an official Advisor to the

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for political issues, appointed by

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Early life and education

Inđić was born in

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near

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(modern Bosnia & Herzegovina), orphaned during

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. After the war, he spend some time in orphanage in

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before moving to live with a relative in

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. He wanted to study chemistry, building a small lab in the basement of Čika Ljubina Street 17, but family insisted that he read law for better employment prospects. He was a graduated lawyer, and earned a master's degree in social studies. He reached the upper echelons of Yugoslav Youth politics, travelling to Latin America in early 1960s. He was expelled from the Communist Party after joining the student protests in 1968 and became a member of a dissident group Praxis School, with Ljubomir Tadić, for which he was expelled from the

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in 1975, along with seven other professors (Tadić, Nebojša Popov, Zagorka Golubović, Miladin Životić,

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, Sveta Stojanović, and

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). Therefore, he was unable to complete his PhD on Pound's legal theory and surprisingly was the only Praxis group member excluded from the founding team o
Institute for Social Theory and Philosophy
hosting all other members.

Career

He worked as a sociologist researcher at the Institute for Studying Cultural Development, the Institute for International Politics and Economics and the Institute for European Studies in Belgrade. He was the assistant federal minister for education and culture of the

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from 1992 to 1994, and the ambassador of the FR Yugoslavia to

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from 2001 to 2004. He has published several papers in sociology, social theory and international relations, as well as books: "Culture and Cultural Politics", "The Cultural Life of the Working Youth", "Modern Spain", "The Rise of the Masses", "Market for Works of Visual Art", "For A New Enlightenment", "The Balkans - The Capabilities of the Regional Security System". He was editor of the magazine "Vidici" (Panorama), "Gledišta" (Views), "Sociološki pregled" (Sociological Review), "Kultura" (Culture), and of the "Libertas" edition on

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issued by the "Filip Višnjić" publishing house from Belgrade. Inđić spoke English,

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and French. He became the political advisor to the President of the Republic of Serbia in 2004, serving until the president left office in 2012.

Death

Inđić died on 10 May 2020 in

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at the age of 82.

References

Biography of Trivo Inđić
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