Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (b. 1949)
Aleksandar Tijanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Тијанић; 13 December 1949 – 28 October 2013) was a Serbian journalist and director of the country's public broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia from 2004 to 2013. During his career he was a star columnist for leading newspapers and magazines published in SFR Yugoslavia and Serbia, editor in chief of several prominent television stations, political advisor to prominent Serbian politicians, and Information Minister for four months in 1996 in the government headed by Mirko Marjanović during the rule of Slobodan Milošević.
He was very much a polarising figure in Serbian society and gathered a great deal of admirers as well as enemies throughout the years.
He died on October 28, 2013 from a heart attack.
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