Miroslav Lazanski
Miroslav Lazanski | |
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Serbian Ambassador to Russia | |
In office 25 September 2019 – 3 August 2021 | |
President | Aleksandar Vučić |
Preceded by | Slavenko Terzić |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 3 June 2016 – 25 September 2019 | |
President | Maja Gojković |
Personal details | |
Born | Karlovac, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | 18 September 1950
Died | 3 August 2021 Belgrade, Serbia | (aged 70)
Citizenship | Serbia |
Political party | Nonpartisan (SNS-nominated) |
Education | University of Zagreb |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Miroslav Lazanski (
Early life
Born to a
Young Lazanski began his primary education in the town of his birth, attending the Dragojla Jarnević Elementary School and completing five grades. Following Karlovac, his father's job took the family to Trebinje where Lazanski completed final three grades of primary school before enrolling at the Jovan Dučić Gymnasium. Upon graduating from the gymnasium, he enrolled at the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Law and graduated. His mandatory JNA military service stint took place in Bitola in 1977, in the JNA's 41st infantry division.[3]
Journalist career
Vjesnik, Danas, and Start
Lazanski's first jobs in journalism were for the Zagreb-based Vjesnik daily newspaper as well as Danas and Start weekly news magazines.[5]
He reported from the scene of armed conflicts such as the
Other figures Lazanski interviewed included
While writing for different Balkan publications, Lazanski's articles were also published in the Greek newspaper Kathimerini and the Japanese newspapers Diamond Weekly and Securitarian.
Speaking in September 2014 about his methods of access to military officials on both sides of the
Politika
In February 1991, Lazanski took an offer from Politika to become their commentator and moved to Belgrade. He remained at the job until fall 1995.
He reported from the
Views
Regarding NATO exercises in the Baltic, Lazanski believed it to be part of an "anti-Russian hysteria" in the creation in the West, and that claims that Russia holds aggressive military plans for the Baltic, and at the same time NATO does not have these for Eastern Europe, is false.[8]
Television
Lazanski was interviewed in
Politics
On 4 March 2016, it was confirmed that he was a member of the electoral list of ministers to the National Assembly of Serbia as member of a group of independents in the coalition led by Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party.[20] Lazanski became a member of the Board on Defense and Internal Affairs, as chosen by the National Assembly by 22 June 2016.[21] He resigned from the assembly on 25 September 2019 after being appointed Serbia's ambassador to Russia.[22][23]
Personal life
Lazanski is related to former president of Republika Srpska Biljana Plavšić, his maternal grandmother and Plavšić's father being siblings (Lazanski's mother and Plavšić are cousins).[24]
Lazanski's spouse was from Belgrade [3] and they had a son.
Death
On 3 August 2021, Lazanski died of a
Honours
- Yugoslavia: Medal for Military Merits (1977)
- Republika Srpska: Order of Honor (2018)[26]
Work
- Books
- Jutarnja patrola [Morning Patrol] (1999)
- Uvek postoji sutra [There is Always Tomorrow] (2000)
- Bin Laden protiv Amerike [Bin Laden Against America] (2001)
- Istina o Srpskoj [Truth about Srpska] (2001)
- Komandosi [Commandos] (2002)
- Borbeni avioni [Fighter Planes] (2002)
- Hitler je pobedio [Hitler Won] (2003)
- Vreme izdaje [Time of Betrayal] (2008)
- Films
- Jugoslovenska narodna armija [Yugoslav People's Army], documentary
- Rat za Kosmet/Rat za Kosovo [War for Kosovo], documentary
- Komandosi [Commandos], documentary
- Titova soba tajni [Tito's Secret Room] (2014), documentary, director[27]
- Dnevnik iz Sirije [Diary from Syria] (2015), documentary[28]
References
- ^ "Preminuo Miroslav Lazanski". N1 Serbia. Belgrade. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "II. Country Assessments". State.gov. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ a b c Ona magazin.
- ^ a b "Događanje Jasenovca".
- ^ "Miroslav Lazanski". istinomer.rs.
- ^ Ćirilica;Happy TV, 1 September 2014
- ^ [1] Crimea Report on Politika Newspaper website
- ^ "Lazanski: Baltičke zemlje su samo komarac za Rusiju". b92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- IMDb
- ^ "Upitnik: Ukrajina: novi hladni rat?". RTS.
- ^ "Lazanski: Sirija, Alepo, Asad". RTS.
- ^ "Srbija na vezi: Miroslav Lazanski". RTS.
- ^ "Tako stoje stvari - Intervju - Miroslav Lazanski - 11.02.2016". Youtube: RTS Tako stoje stvari. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
- ^ "TV lica: Miroslav Lazanski". RTS.
- ^ "Kažiprst: Miroslav Lazanski". B92. 16 December 2016.
- ^ ""Terorizam-svijet u strahu", sagovornici RTRS o terorizmu danas (VIDEO)". RTRS.
- ^ "Otvoreno: Buka oko naoružavanja - samo medijska psihoza?". HRT.
- ^ TV Happy, Emisija "Ćirilica", 2014; 16 February 2015; 27 April 2015; 8 June 2015; 24 August 2015; 1 September 2015; 12 October 2015; 25 January 2016; 28 March 2016; 27 June 2016; 10 October 2016; 23 January 2017; 7 March 2017
- RTRS.
- ^ "Miroslav Lazanski na listi SNS". B92.
- ^ "Skupština: Ko je član kog odbora". B92.
- ^ Current Legislature, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 2 January 2020.
- ^ "MP and journalist becomes Serbia's new ambassador to Russia", B92 (source: Tanjug), 11 April 2019, accessed 2 January 2020.
- ^ "ЛАЗАНСКИ: Лепо сам јој рекао – тетка кад изгубиш власт, завршићеш у Хагу". 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Serbia's Ambassador To Russia Dies 'Suddenly' In Belgrade". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Dodik odlikovao Lazanskog Ordenom časti sa srebrnim zracima (FOTO)". РТРС (in Serbian).
- IMDb
- ^ "Dnevnik iz Sirije Miroslava Lazanskog". RTS.
Further reading
- "Istina se plaća" (PDF). Ona magazin. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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External links
- "Miroslav Lazanski". 2000. Archived from the original on 23 July 2001. (personal homepage)