Rašo Vučinić (Serbian Cyrillic: Рашо Вучинић; born 1 September 1982) is a Serbian former bobsledder and politician. He competed in the four man event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1][2]
Rašo Vučinić | |
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| Рашо Вучинић | |
.jpg) Vučinić in the City Assembly of Belgrade, 2011 | |
| Member of the City Assembly of Belgrade | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1982 Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Political party | Serbian Radical Party (until 2010) |
| Other political affiliations | Montenegrin-Herzegovinian Movement |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Occupation | Politician, bobsledder |
Life
editRašo Vučinić was born to a Montenegrin Serb family in Zenica[3] which at that time was a part of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina and SFR Yugoslavia. His family hails from Mojkovac.[4] He graduated from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education at the University of Belgrade.
He competed in the four man event in bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics, representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1][2]
Vučinić was a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS) and served as the Member of the City Assembly of Belgrade when he was elected at the 2008 Belgrade City Assembly election.[5][6] During his time with the Radicals, he claimed to have played gusle together with a convicted war-criminal Radovan Karadžić while he was a fugitive and even claimed that he would have offered him a shelter if he had known it was Karadžić.[7] He was arrested during the protests against Karadžić's arrest in 2008.[8] Vučinić received 165th position on SRS's electoral list for the 2008 Serbian parliamentary election, failing to get elected.[9] He left SRS in 2010.[10]
Vučinić is the President of the Institute for Gusle and Epic Poetry of Serbia as well as the founder and current President of the political organization called Montenegrin-Herzegovinian Movement which was founded to contribute to better relations between Serbia and Montenegro.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rašo Vucinić Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Raso VUCINIC - Olympic Bobsleigh | Yugoslavia". International Olympic Committee. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Radovan Karadžić uzeo identitet Sarajlije koga je ubila VRS | DW | 24 July 2008". DW.COM (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Vučinić: Ako su Srbi mogli u kosovsku vladu, zašto ne bi mogli i u crnogorsku". CdM. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Stadtverordnete des Parlaments der Stadt Belgrad". Град Београд - Званична интернет презентација | Stadtverordnete des Parlaments der Stadt Belgrad (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Rašo Vučinić je Funkcionera u Političke Stranke. Proverite kako je ocenjen(a) na KukuLele.com". KukuLele.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Sekularac, Ivana (23 July 2008). "Karadzic lived the good life with wine and song". Reuters. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "SRS in open support for Karadžić". B92.net. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Листа СРС за народне посланике". Српска радикална странка (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Bivši radikali osnovali grupu 'Odlučno za Beograd'". Vesti.rs. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "САОПШТЕЊЕ ЗА ЈАВНОСТ - ПОЗИВ НА ДИЈАЛОГ И СМИРИВАЊЕ ТЕНЗИЈА". Црногорско Херцеговачки Покрет (in Serbian). 13 November 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Skendžić, Vanja Marinović / foto: Oksana (5 July 2019). "INTERVJU RAŠO VUČINIĆ: Ako možemo u kosovsku vladu, zašto ne bismo i u Vladu Crne Gore". Ekspres.net. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
External links
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- Montenegrin-Herzegovinian Movement, official website