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Nenad Ivanković (born March 18, 1948) is a Croatian author, journalist and politician. He is best known for his book about the first Croatian president Tuđman and the biography of General Ante Gotovina. He founded ''Samostalnost i napredak'', a Eurosceptic party, and was one of the founders of ''Croatian True Revival'', a right-wing political party. Ivanković received several awards and decorations, including the German Order of Merit and the Croatian Order of Danica Hrvatska. == Life and career == Ivanković was born in Zagreb. He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, with a BA in Philosophy and Comparative Literature, and got his MA from the Faculty of Political Science in 1980. He became a journalist in the Vjesnik consortium, where he worked as an editor and columnist in the daily ''Vjesnik'' and the weekly ''Danas''. In 1988, Ivanković went to Bonn to report for ''Vjesnik'', ''Večernji list'' and Croatian Radiotelevision. He was the co-founder of the German-Croatian Society with the seat in Bonn. After working as the minister counselor in the first Croatian embassy in Bonn in 1992, he went back to reporting until 1996. For his contributions to the development of the relationships between Croatia and Germany, he was awarded the greatest German decoration, Order of Merit, by the German president Roman Herzog in 1994. A year later, he was chosen as the journalist of the year by the Croatian Journalist Society for his articles about NATO. The Croatian president Franjo Tuđman awarded him the Order of Danica Hrvatska in 1995.〔(Decision awarding the Order of Danica Hrvatska ), Narodne novine No. 46, 28 May 1995 (in Croatian)〕 In spring 1996, Ivanković became editor-in-chief of ''Vjesnik'', host of the TV show ''Pressklub'' and editor of Croatia Weekly. In 2000, he resigned as editor-in-chief of ''Vjesnik'' and went into politics. Together with Miroslav Tuđman and others, he founded Croatian True Revival (HIP), a right wing political party that won five seats in the Zagreb City Assembly in 2001. After leading the HIP Representatives Club till late 2003, he left the party and founded the Eurosceptic party ''Samostalnost i napredak'' (and Progress ) (SIN) as its first president.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Nenad Ivanković has founded a new political party, ''Samostalnost i napredak'' ) (in Croatian)〕 The party had a nine-month campaign called ''Cheese and Cream''. He wrote several books of non-fiction, including the bestsellers ''Predsjedniče, što je ostalo?'', a psychological and political portrait of Franjo Tuđman, and ''Ratnik'', a biography of General Ante Gotovina, which has been translated into English as ''The Warrior''.〔(''The Warrior'' on Amazon )〕 Ivanković founded HONOS, the association for the protection of Homeland War and boxing club ''Šaka''. He was the director of the Croatian Nordic team and two-time world journalist champion in Nordic walking (in 1988 and 2000). He lives and works in Zagreb. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nenad Ivanković」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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