Aleksandar Tijanić
Aleksandar Tijanić | |
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Tijanić in 2012 | |
| Minister of Information of Serbia | |
| In office 28 May 1996 – 17 December 1996 | |
| Succeeded by | Radmila Milentijević |
| Advisor to the President of FR Yugoslavia | |
| In office 2000–2002 | |
| General Director of the Radio Television of Serbia | |
| In office 18 March 2004 – 28 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Aleksandar Crkvenjakov |
| Succeeded by | Nikola Mirkov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1949 Đakovica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | 28 October 2013 (aged 63) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade (no degree) |
| Occupation | Journalist, columnist |
Aleksandar Tijanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Тијанић; 13 December 1949 – 28 October 2013) was a Serbian journalist and director-general 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 Minister of Information for four months in 1996 in the government headed by Mirko Marjanović during the rule of Slobodan Milošević.
A polarising figure in Serbian society, Tijanić gathered a great deal of admirers as well as enemies throughout the years.