Ljubomir Tadic
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Ljubomir "Ljuba" Tadić (born 1925 in Smriječno village near Plužine
Plužine
Plužine is a town in northwesten Montenegro. It has a population of 1,494 .Plužine is the centre of the municipality and unofficial centre of Piva region, named after Piva River.-History:...
, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, present-day Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
) is a law graduate and a professor of philosophy
Philosophy
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at the University of Belgrade
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...
Faculty of Philosophy
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy
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as well as a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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. His father Pavle Tadic was a lieutenant of the Montenegrin Army in the wars against the Ottomans. Pavle opened the first school in Piva, during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Ljuba was one of the founders of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Serbia)
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in Serbia
Serbia
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in December 1989. Professor Tadić is one of the leaders of the pro-European movement in Serbia. He is of the Piva Herzegovinian clan.
Tadić is married to psychiatrist
Psychiatry
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Nevenka Tadić
Nevenka Tadic
Nevenka Tadić is a Serbian psychiatrist most noted for her work in the psychotherapy of children...
and has two children. His son Boris Tadić
Boris Tadic
Boris Tadić is the President of Serbia and leader of the Democratic Party. He was elected to a five-year term on 27 June 2004, and was sworn into office on 11 July. He was re-elected for a de facto second five-year term on 3 February 2008 and was sworn in on 15 February...
has served as the President of Serbia
President of Serbia
The President of Serbia is the head of state of Serbia. Presently serving as the head of state is Boris Tadić. He was elected with a narrow majority of 50.31% in the 2008 Serbian presidential elections.-Authority, legal and constitutional rights:...
since 2004.