Milovan Drecun
Encyclopedia
Milovan Drecun is a Serbia
n journalist of Montenegrin descent. He was a candidate for the presidency
of Serbia
in the Serbian presidential election, 2004
, as member of the Serbian Revival.
. Drecun was a war correspondent for RTS 1, the Serbian state television
network and was despatched to Bosnia
and Croatia during the Yugoslav Wars
.
He was banned from national TV after the Kosovo War
. He occasionally works for foreign corporations. He has written two books about the conflict in the Kosovo War
- The Second Battle of Kosovo (Други Косовски Бој) and Kosmet Legend (Косметска легенда), he also wrote "Brate gde je nasa Srbija"(Brother where is our Serbia), "Rat za Kosovo"(War for Kosovo), and his latest work "Alahovi ratnici" (Allah's warriors), is about global terrorism
.
in southern Serbia. He is married to Danijela and has two children by her, Dejan and Milica. He attended school in Vladicin Han
and graduated at Belgrade University.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n journalist of Montenegrin descent. He was a candidate for the presidency
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
in the Serbian presidential election, 2004
Serbian presidential election, 2004
Serbia held the first round of its 2004 elections for President of Serbia on Sunday, 13 June 2004, and the second round on Sunday, 27 June 2004. Boris Tadić, the pro-western Democratic Party's candidate, was the eventual victor...
, as member of the Serbian Revival.
Career
He has worked for "Narodna Armija" (People army), (later renamed to "Vojska") magazine and from 1993. on at RTS (national TV station) until the end of the Kosovo WarKosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
. Drecun was a war correspondent for RTS 1, the Serbian state television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
network and was despatched to Bosnia
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
and Croatia during the Yugoslav Wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
.
He was banned from national TV after the Kosovo War
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
. He occasionally works for foreign corporations. He has written two books about the conflict in the Kosovo War
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
- The Second Battle of Kosovo (Други Косовски Бој) and Kosmet Legend (Косметска легенда), he also wrote "Brate gde je nasa Srbija"(Brother where is our Serbia), "Rat za Kosovo"(War for Kosovo), and his latest work "Alahovi ratnici" (Allah's warriors), is about global terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
.
Private life
Drecun was born in VranjeVranje
Vranje is a city and municipality located in southern Serbia. In 2011 the city has total population of 82,782, while the urban area has 54,456...
in southern Serbia. He is married to Danijela and has two children by her, Dejan and Milica. He attended school in Vladicin Han
Vladicin Han
Vladičin Han is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 8,053, while population of the municipality is 20,938...
and graduated at Belgrade University.