Miroslav Škoro (pronounced:; born 29 July 1962) is a Croatian musician, television host and politician. He is the founder and the first president of the conservative Homeland Movement party, which he established in February 2020 and led until July 2021. As a musician, Škoro is best known for using the traditional Slavonian tamburica instrument in most of his compositions.

In the 2007 parliamentary election he was elected member of the Croatian Parliament for the Croatian Democratic Union party and held the office from January 2008 until his resignation in November of the same year. On 23 June 2019, he announced that he would contest the December presidential election as an independent candidate. He ended up finishing in third place with 24.45% of the vote – behind former prime minister Zoran Milanović (who ultimately won the election) and in*bent president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, and thus did not advance to the run-off in January 2020. On 29 February 2020, he announced that he would be forming, as well as personally chairing, a new political party called the Miroslav Škoro Homeland Movement, which contested the July 2020 parliamentary election as part of a wider coalition of conservative and right-wing parties. On 5 March 2021, Škoro launched a campaign to contest the 2021 Zagreb local elections, with himself as the Homeland Movement's candidate for mayor of Zagreb and with the party also presenting a candidate list for the Zagreb City *embly (in a coalition with the Green List).

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Music career
• 3 Political career
• 4 Music festival appearances
• 5 Discography
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life

Born in Osijek, Škoro completed a civil engineering degree at the University of Osijek. He subsequently spent some time in the United States where he attended the Community College of Allegheny County for two years. During his time in the United States, he co-wrote his first album Ne dirajte mi ravnicu with Pennsylvania native and tamburitza virtuoso Jerry Grcevich.

Music career

Škoro emerged onto the Croatian music scene with the debut album Ne dirajte mi ravnicu and produced a song of the same name which would go on to be one of the most famous Croatian songs. The tambura group Zlatni dukati released their own cover of the song that same year. In 2002, Škoro collaborated with Marko Perković on the song "Reci, brate moj" (Tell Me, My Brother). In the year after the collaboration was renewed in the single "Sude mi" ( Putting Me on Trial), dedicated to retired Croatian general Ante Gotovina.

Between 2001 and 2006, Škoro was the chairman of the board of Croatia Records, the largest record company in Croatia.

In 2003, Škoro was a judge in Story Supernova Music Talents, a reality show aired on Nova TV, and performed his song "Mata" at the funeral of general Janko Bobetko. In 2004, his song "Milo moje" (My Sweet) won the Croatian Musicians Union's annual award for hit song. His 2005 album, Svetinja (Shrine), sold over 20,000 copies.

Political career

Further information: 2019–20 Croatian presidential election and 2020 Croatian parliamentary election

From 1995 to 1997, Škoro was the Croatian general consul to Hungary.

On 30 October 2007, Škoro joined the Croatian Democratic Union, becoming a candidate on the 2007 parliamentary election and won seat in the parliament. Škoro took office on 11 January 2008, but resigned in November 2008 due to his disappointment over the way politicians were treated by Croatian media.

On 23 June 2019, Škoro announced his candidacy in the 2019–20 Croatian presidential election. In a video message on his Facebook page, Škoro said that changes to the Cons*ution are needed and that the president should have more powers. He came in third place with 24.45% of the vote and was eliminated from the second round. His campaign is supported by HKS, Hrast and Most.

On 29 February 2020, Škoro reported to the media the establishment of the new right-wing political party, the Miroslav Škoro Homeland Movement, four and a half months before the 2020 parliamentary election.

In March 2021, Škoro announced his candidacy for the mayor in the 2021 Zagreb local elections.

Music festival appearances

Festivals won are in bold.

• Daleko je kuća moja, Herzegovinian Radio Festival, 2007
• Šil, dil, daj, Croatian Radio Festival, 2007
• Golubica, Zlatne žice Slavonije, 2005
• Vrime, Split Festival, 2005
• Svetinja, Croatian Radio Festival, 2005
• Četri vitra, Split Festival, 2003
• Milo moje, Croatian Radio Festival, 2003
• Sve od Drave, pa do Jadrana, Zlatne Žice Požege, 2002
• Reci, brate moj, MHJ, 2002
• Dida, Etnofest Neum, 2001
• Maria de la Lovrez, Croatian Radio Festival, 2001
• Ptica samica, Etnofest Neum, 1999
• Što te imam, moj živote, Croatian Radio Festival, 1999
• Lako ćemo mi, Požega, 1998
• Čovjek sunčani, MHJ, 1994

Discography

• Ne dirajte mi ravnicu (1992)
• Miroslav Škoro i Ravnica (1993)
• Sitan vez (1996)
• Miroslav Škoro, uživo (1998)
• Ptica samica (1999)
• Slagalica (2001)
• Milo moje (2003)
• Svetinja (2005)
• Sve najbolje (2007)
• Moje boje (2008)
• Čudnovate pjesmice o moru i lavoru (2013)
• Putujem sam (2014)
• Hrvatski Božić (2015)

References

External links

• Miroslav Škoro at IMDb
• Official website (in Croatian)
• Miroslav Škoro at Discogs

By country
and ethnicity

• Albania (performers)
• Aromanians (stateless)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (performers)
• Bulgaria (performers)
• Croatia (performers)
• Cyprus (performers)
• Greece (performers)
• Kosovo (performers)
• Moldova (performers)
• Montenegro (performers)
• North Macedonia (performers)
• Romania (performers)
• Serbia (performers)
• Slovenia (performers)
• Turkey (performers)
• Yugoslavia (performers)

Folk dancesNotable musicians

• Aca Lukas
• Aco Pejović
• Adrian Sînă
• Aki Rahimovski
• Al' Dino
• Alban Skënderaj
• Alen Islamović
• Alexandra Stan
• Alka Vuica
• Ana Bekuta
• Ana Kokić
• Ana Nikolić
• Andreea Bănică
• Andrea
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• Anna Vissi
• Anxhela Peristeri
• Ardian Bujupi
• Arsen Dedić
• Aurela Gaçe
• Avni Mula
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• Boris Novković
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• Branimir Štulić
• Capital T
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• Daniel Popović
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