Božidar Delić
Božidar Delić (Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар Делић, pronounced:; born 20 February 1956) is a Serbian politician and retired general who served as vice president of the National *embly from 2007 to 2012.
Initially a member of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), Delić joined the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in 2008 and later returned to SRS in 2011. In 2020, Delić left SRS again and founded Love, Faith, Hope (LJVN) political organization along with Nemanja Šarović. He left LJVN in early 2022 and, shortly after, he was announced as the National Democratic Alternative coalition's ballot carrier for the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election.
Contents
- 1 Early life and education
- 2 Military career
- 2.1 Yugoslav Wars
- 2.2 Post war military career
- 3 Political career
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Early life and education
Delić was born on 20 February 1956 in Petrovac, a village near Đakovica, in the AR Kosovo and Metohija, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia.
He attended the first four grades of elementary school in Petrovac, and the second four grades in Đakovica. Later he moved to Belgrade, where he graduated from the Military Academy of the Yugoslav Ground Forces and the National Defence School.
Military career
After finishing his studies, he was *igned as an infantry lieutenant in Bileća, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, and worked there at the training center for the training of reserve officers.
Yugoslav Wars
As a major, Delić participated in the Siege of Dubrovnik and remained there from 1991 to 1992. There he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Then, with the consent of the superior command, he volunteered to go fight in Nevesinje, in the Bosnian War and was named Chief of Staff of the Bileća Brigade of the Army of Republika Srpska.
In 1995, he was re*igned to the position of commander of the 549th Motorized Brigade of the Yugoslav Army. He was a commander of this brigade during the Kosovo War and the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. His brigade also included a group of Russian volunteers, the most famous of whom were Anatoly Lebed and Albert Andiev. After the signing of the *anovo Agreement, the Yugoslav Army had to withdraw from Kosovo and Metohija. He spent some time with the brigade in Leskovac, where the demobilization of volunteers, reservists and ranks whose military service ended, was organized. He was later promoted to the rank of one-star general.
Post war military career
During the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević on 5 October 2000, Delić was the commander of the Belgrade Corps of the Yugoslav Army. His units did not intervene during the demonstrations.
From 2002 to 2005, he served in the Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army and the Army of Serbia and Montenegro. He was retired in 2005.
He appeared as a defense witness before the ICTY in the trials of Slobodan Milošević and Vladimir Lazarević.
Political career
Delić was originally a member of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) and was elected to the National *embly under its banner in the 2007 Serbian parliamentary election. Subsequently, he was elected Vice President of the National *embly. He was re-elected Vice President of the National *embly following the 2008 parliamentary elections.
In September 2008, when there was a split in the Serbian Radical Party, he sided with Tomislav Nikolić and together with him founded the parliamentary club "Go Forward Serbia", and then the Serbian Progressive Party. In December 2010, Delić stated that "there have been disagreements between him and the leadership of the Serbian Progressive Party". In February 2011, he announced that he was leaving the Serbian Progressive Party and returning to the Serbian Radical Party.
As a member of SRS, he served as a member of the main board of the party and was re-elected MP in the 2016 parliamentary elections.
After the 2020 parliamentary elections, when the Serbian Radical Party failed to p* the electoral threshold, together with the vice president of the party Nemanja Šarović, he entered into a conflict with the party's long time president Vojislav Šešelj, as a result of which they were expelled from party membership. Shortly after, they founded the Love, Faith, Hope (LJVN) political subject, with Šarović being elected president and Delić vice president. In January 2022, it was announced that Delić had left LJVN and founded his own political subject "There is no Going Back - Serbia is Behind".
In February 2022, National Democratic Alternative opposition coalition named Delić as their ballot carrier for the 2022 parliamentary election.
References
External links
- INTERVJU: Božidar Delić - Srbi su stari i ponosni narod, moramo čuvati našu tradiciju! (21.8.2021), Balkan Info
- BEZ USTRUČAVANJA - Božidar Delić: Mi imamo ludaka na čelu države koji je opasan po ceo narod!, Bez Cenzure - Zvanični k*