Ivan Đurić | |
Birth Date: | 30 October 1947 |
Birth Place: | Belgrade, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Nationality: | Serbian |
Occupation: | Writer, professor, historian and politician |
Education: | VIII Belgrade Gymnasium |
Alma Mater: | University of Belgrade |
Ivan Đurić (Serbian: Иван Ђурић; 30 October 1947 – 23 November 1997) was a Serbian writer, professor, historian and politician.[1]
Đurić was born on 30 October 1947 to parents Dušan S. Đurić (1920–1997) and Ivana (née Bogdanović; born 1925).[1] Both of them were university professors.[1] His father was nicknamed Zinaja after the footballer and cross-country skier.[1]
Đurić ran for President of Serbia in the 1990 Serbian general election as a joint candidate of the Association for Yugoslav Democratic Initiative and the Union of Reform Forces.[2] He finished in third place (behind Slobodan Milošević and Vuk Drašković) with 277,398 votes.[3]
He moved to Paris, France in November 1991[4] where he died on 23 November 1997.[5]
His paternal great-grandfather is Serbian Orthodox priest who was one of the founders of the People's Radical Party.[6]
His maternal grandfather is author Milan Bogdanović.[6] Bogdan Bogdanović, an architect and former mayor of Belgrade, was his maternal uncle.[6]