Christopher Cviić
Christopher Cviić ( Croatian Krsto Cviić ; born October 3, 1930 in Adžamovci ; † December 11, 2010 in London ) was a Croatian- British journalist and political advisor .
Life
He was born in 1930 in the Croatian village of Adžamovci near the town of Nova Gradiška , later the family moved to Zagreb , where his father was director of the National Bank of the Independent State of Croatia . He completed his German studies at the University of Zagreb . From 1954 he lived and worked in London. There he was a journalist with The Economist from 1969 (until 1999). In 1997 he was briefly editor-in-chief of the Croatian weekly newspaper Tjednik, published by Slavko Goldstein . He worked for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and advised Margaret Thatcher in the 1990s . Most recently he was also an advisor to Croatian President Ivo Josipović on foreign affairs.
Works
- Remaking the Balkans. 1991
- (with Peter Sanfey): In Search of the Balkan Recovery. The Political and Economic Reemergence of South-Eastern Europe. 2010
Web links
- Obituary in The Economist, December 16, 2010
- Obituary in the Daily Telegraph
- Obituary in Jutarnji List (Croatian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cviić, Christopher |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cviić, Krsto (Croatian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian-British journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adžamovci |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 2010 |
| Place of death | London |