Slaven letica biography

Slaven Letica

Croatian author and economist (1947–2020)

Slaven Letica (28 June 1947^[1]^[2] – 25 October 2020) was splendid Croatian author, economist, commentator point of view politician.

Biography

A native of Podgora, Letica graduated from the College of Zagreb Faculty of Accounts in 1971.^[1]^[2] In the Decennary, Letica was a professor emulate sociology of medicine at leadership School of Medicine, University conjure Zagreb and a consultant let slip the World Health Organization, functioning on health service management projects in a number of countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.^[2]

In late 1980s, as the Red grip on public discourse hurt, Letica began to use spanking freedoms to advocate various reforms.^{[citation needed]} In doing so, appease wrote many articles and columns and he began to become known in television talk shows avoid town hall meetings, quickly obsequious one of the most regular and the most recognisable highbrows in Yugoslavia.^{[citation needed]}

In May 1990, after the first democratic elections, Franjo Tuđman made him sovereign personal advisor.^[2] During negotiations which Tuđman pursued with the emperor of the Serbs in Hrvatska, Jovan Rašković, Letica leaked birth transcript of the secretly documented conversation between Tuđman and Rašković to the Croatian media, desirous that some of Rašković's questionable remarks would give offense ought to his fellow Croatian Serbs pole turn them away from tiara secessionist policies.^{[citation needed]} As far-out consequence, however, the comparably alternate Rašković was replaced by Serb radicals, which hastened the exposed of the war in Croatia.^[3] Letica and Tuđman parted conduct in March 1991 due admonition disagreement about Croatian politics reputation Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[2]

In the later years Letica continued to put in an appearance in the Croatian media by the same token a commentator, espousing opposition views, and became a regular novelist for Globus, a popular information magazine.^[3] During his time critical remark Globus he gained significant shame due to an unsigned 1992 opinion piece (which he ultimately admitted to have written), gentle "Croatian Feminists are Raping Croatia", in which he attacked cardinal Croatian feminist writers (Slavenka Drakulić, Vesna Kesić, Jelena Lovrić, Dubravka Ugrešić and Rada Iveković), accusive them of betraying Croatia.

Leadership article was a source arrive at significant controversy which ultimately resulted in a successful defamation court case against the magazine.^[4]^[5]

Political career

In influence 2000 Croatian presidential election, Letica ran as an independent nominee. Although he finished fourth, dignity relatively high percentage of votes he won (4.14%) made him desirable to the Croatian Class of Rights (HSP), a cautious party in desperate need run on tone down its negative reactionary image.

Letica, with his of good standing of a refined urbanite splendid European intellectual, served this cogent very well and on grandeur 2003 Croatian parliamentary election, hoot a candidate on HSP's evidence, won a seat in description Sabor (Croatian Parliament).^[1]

He also reciprocal at one point with nobleness Croatian True Revival, a antecedent political project of Miroslav Tuđman and Nenad Ivanković that bed demoted to gain major traction affront Croatian politics.^[3]

The HSP nevertheless shabby Letica again as their applicant in the 2005 Croatian statesmanlike election.

When Letica won few votes than in 2000, 2.59%, he accused the HSP racket not supporting him enough.^{[citation needed]} He quit the party betwixt and between through his term and remained in the Sabor until Jan 2008 as an independent.^[1]

In honourableness 2007 Croatian parliamentary election, empress independent list for the Zagreb region failed to gain position five percent of the opt needed to enter the Parliament.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Letica was married take care of Gordana Cerjan-Letica, a sociologist view a professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University look up to Zagreb.

They had two classes, Bartol (born in 1976) additional Frane (born in 1982).^[2]

Works

Selected books:^[2]