Božina Ivanović Explained

Božina Ivanović
Office:	1st President of Matica crnogorska
Term Start:	22 May 1993
Term End:	23 January 1999
Predecessor:	Position established
Successor:	Branko Banjević
Office2:	14th President of the Presidency of SR Montenegro
Term Start2:	7 May 1988
Term End2:	13 January 1989
Predecessor2:	Radivoje Brajović
Successor2:	Slobodan Simović Branko Kostić
Birth Date:	1931 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Podgorica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Death Place:	Podgorica, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia
Party:	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)

Božina M. Ivanović (Serbian: Божина М. Ивановић; 31 December 1931 – 10 October 2002) was a Montenegrin anthropologist and politician.^[1] He served as General Secretary of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts and President of Matica crnogorska. He was a professor at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Montenegro.

Early life and education

Božina Ivanović was born on 31 December 1931 in Podgorica, where he graduated from elementary school, as well as lower and higher gymnasium. He graduated from the Higher Pedagogical School in Cetinje in 1952, studying in biology and chemistry. After that, Ivanović graduated in biology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo in 1958. He received his doctorate in biology from the Faculty of Science in Sarajevo in 1964 and his doctorate in philosophy (in physical anthropology) from Charles University in Prague in 1974.^[2]

Political career

Ivanović joined the Communist Party of Montenegro in 1949.^[3] He steadily moved up the ladder in the Montenegrin branch of League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Originally a teacher, Ivanović became Director of the Biological Institute in Titograd. From 1974 to 1982, he served as Education Secretary in SR Montenegro.^[4] He served as General Director of RTV Titograd.

From 1988 to 1989, he was the President of Presidency of SR Montenegro.^[5] He was forced out of power in January 1989 in the wake of the Anti-bureaucratic revolution.^[6]

Later life and death

Following his fall from power, Ivanović became the first President of Matica crnogorska in May 1993.^[7] He was a professor at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics at the University of Montenegro.

Ivanović died on 10 October 2002 in Podgorica.^[8]

Selected works

• Book: Vuković . Tihomir . Ivanović . Božina . Slatkovodne ribe Jugoslavije . 1971 . Zemaljski muzej BiH . Sarajevo.
• Book: Ivanović . Božina M. . Ontogenetski razvoj i antropološke karakteristike omladine Crne Gore . 1985 . Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti . Titograd.
• Book: Ivanović . Božina M. . Durmitorci – antropoekološke osobine . 1987 . Univerzitetska riječ . Titograd.
• Book: Ivanović . Božina M. . Morfološke osobine jugoslovenskih naroda . 1990 . Odeljenje za etnologiju Filozofskog fakulteta . Belgrade.
• Book: Ivanović . Božina M. . Dinasti Petrović-Njegoš – antropološko-kulturološki okvir . 1992 . Citadela . Cetinje.
• Book: Ivanović . Božina M. . Antropomorfološke sobine Petra II Petrovića Njegoša . 1994 . Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti . Podgorica.
• Book: Ivanović . Božina M. . Antropologija I – antropomorfologija . 1996 . Unireks . Podgorica.
• Book: Ivanović . Božina M. . Ćipur – cetinjska nekropola i skeletna populacija . 1998 . Univerzitet Crne Gore . Podgorica.
• Book: Ivanović . Božina M. . Njegoš – antropološki atlas . 2002 . Univerzitet Crne Gore . Podgorica.

References

1. Istorijski zapisi: organ Istoriskog instituta i Društva istoričara ... 2002- Volume 75 - Page 260 "Академик Божина М. Ивановић активно је судјеловао у раду више научних организација и институција у земљи: био је генерални секретар ЦАНУ, члан Предсједништва, секретар и предсједник Од- бора за међуакадемијску ..."
2. Book: Đurović . Momir . Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti 1971–2011 . 2011 . Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti . Podgorica . 114 . 7 March 2020.
3. Book: Jugoslovenski savremenici: Ko je ko u Jugoslaviji . 1970 . Hronometar . Belgrade . 374.
4. Web site: Istorijat ministarstva: Božina Ivanović . mps.gov.me . Ministarstvo prosvjete . 7 March 2020 . Montenegrin . 7 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200307014857/http://www.mps.gov.me/ministarstvo/istorijat_ministarstva/148970/Bozina-Ivanovic.html . dead .
5. Sabrina P. Ramet The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building And Legitimation, 1918-2005 - 2006 Page 353 "Bozina Ivanovic, president of the presidency in Montenegro, telephoned Dizdarevic and told him that the situation in [her] (sic) republic was "alarming." By 11 a.m., some 15,000 persons were on the streets, supporting a list of exclusively political ..."
6. Book: Morrison . Kenneth . Nationalism, Identity and Statehood in Post-Yugoslav Montenegro . 2018 . Bloomsbury Academic . London . 978-1-4742-3518-1 . 36.
7. Špadijer . Marko . Božina Ivanović - Prvi predśednik Matice crnogorske . Matica . Winter 2009 . 371 . Podgorica . Montenegrin.
8. News: Preminuo Božina Ivanović . 7 March 2020 . Glas javnosti . Tanjug . 12 October 2002 . Podgorica . Serbian.