Preceded by Zivorad Smiljanic Name Nenad Canak Succeeded by Bojan Kostres | Nationality Serbian Role Serbian Politician Spouse Marija Vasic (m. ?–2001) | |
Born November 2, 1959 (age 65) Pancevo, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1959-11-02 ) Similar People Bojan Kostres, Cedomir Jovanovic, Boris Tadic, Bojan Pajtic, Vojislav Kostunica | ||
Aleksandar Vučić i Nenad Čanak u pohodu na afričku grlicu
Nenad Čanak (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Чанак, [nɛ̂naːd tʃǎnak]; born November 2, 1959) is a Serbian writer, television personality and politician, the co-founder and leader of the centre-left League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. He was the President of the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2000 to 2004, and has since been a member of the Serbian Parliament.
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- Aleksandar Vui i Nenad anak u pohodu na afriku grlicu
- Early and personal life
- Political career
- Policies
- References
Early and personal life
Čanak was born in Pančevo, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia (now Serbia). His paternal ancestors were colonists from Zrmanja, Gračac in Lika (in modern Croatia). His father was born in Banat.
He was raised in a family of teachers, and went to the general and musical high school (Flute) in Novi Sad, graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Economics at Subotica and after that specialized in marketing and computer networks at the Executive Training Center in Brdo pri Kranju in 1989. Nenad Čanak was married to Marija Vasić until their divorce in 2001. They have a son together, born in 1999.
Political career
Čanak is the co-founder and leader of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV, est. 1990). In 1991 he was mobilized during the War in Croatia and sent to the front in Ilok. At the start of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, he requested to be mobilized but was turned down.
He was also the President of the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina from 2000 to 2004.
From 2004 he is member of Serbian parliament. In Spring 2009 he took part in regional edition of Big Brother reality show, Veliki Brat VIP All Stars.
Policies
The LSV actively seeks decentralization of Serbia with a higher autonomy for Vojvodina. He has said "We want a Vojvodina in which it will be order, civility and prosperity".