Županić Family

## Mladen **Županić**

Mladen Županić (1960)

**Mladen Županić** (March 5, 1921 - December 15, 1984) was a Croatian actor and film director.

### Biography

#### Early Life

Mladen Županić was born on March 5, 1921 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which then was a part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, also called Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His father Tomislav Županić (1889-1968) was a soldier, and his mother Ivka (née Borković, 1894-1974) was a housewife and later started working as preschool teacher. Mladen had an older sister Verica (1919-2003) who was a lawyer and politician, and in 1992 candidated to be a President of Croatia, being only woman in elections, she lose with Joško Radovanović, but had second biggest support, with Radovanović won with 51% of votes, Verica had 43% and third candidate Mislav Sokolić had only 6%. Mladen grew up in a two-story house in Mokošica district of Dubrovnik. He graduated dramatic arts from University of Zagreb.

#### Personal Life

At twenty in June 1941, he married Ljuba Stojić, a fellow student of dramatic arts. They had no children together and were married until their divorce in 1945. In 1946, he started dating singer Gordana Dropulić, with whom he was linked to 1948. In 1949 he dated model Miljenka Vorkapić. From 1950 to 1951 he dated musician Dušanka Pejaković, later from 1952 to 1956, he dated actress Božica Ivančević. One week after ending relationship with Božica, he started dating Serbian model Malina Stanković, whom he dated until 1959. In 1960, he started dating Montenegrin actress and singer Radojka Dragićević, who was seventeen years him junior, and later was known as "The biggest Diva of Montenegro". They engaged in August 1962 and wed on July 8, 1963. At the day of their wedding, he was fourty two, and she was twenty five. With Radojka, he had his first children, two daughters Slava (b. January 9, 1964) and Jovanka (b. October 26, 1966). Family moved to Rijeka, Croata in 1967.

#### Death

He died on December 15, 1984 aged 63 in hospital in Rijeka after suffering heart attack day before. He was buried at Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb two days later.

## Radojka Dragićević

### Born

April 3, 1938Podgorica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

### Spouse(s)

Mladen Županić
(m.1963; his death 1984)

### Children

Slava Županić Jovanka Županić

**Radojka Dragićević-Županić** (née **Dragićević**, Montenegrin: **Радојка Драгићевић-Жупанић**, born April 3, 1938) is a Montenegrin actress and singer reffered as "The Biggest Diva of Montenegro".

### Biography

#### Early Life

Radojka Dragićević was born on April 3, 1938 in Podgorica, Montenegro, which then was a part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Her father Božidar Dragićević (1908-1993) was a blacksmith, and her mother Raduša (née Drobnjak, 1911-1997) was a seamstress. Her family was a working class family. Radojka is the third of seven children born to her parents, with five brothers and a sister. She wanted to become a singer and actress from very young age, to support herself future, she worked as a waitress, babysitter and cleaner at the same time starting at the age of sixteen. Radojka started sining operas at eighteen, and later when her career developed, she became an actress. Nowadays, she holds the title of "The Biggest Diva of Montenegro".

#### Personal Life

In 1960, she started dating film director Mladen Županić, seventeen years her senior. They engaged in August 1962 and wed on July 8, 1963. At the day of their wedding, he was fourty two, and she was twenty five. They have two daughters together Slava (b. January 9, 1964) and Jovanka (b. October 26, 1966). In 1967, family decided to move to Rijeka, Croatia. Her marriage to Mladen lasted to his death on December 15, 1984. Since his death, she has not been in any relationship. She still resides in Rijeka.

## Slava Kranjec

### Born

January 9, 1964 Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

### Spouse(s)

Radomir Banković
(m.1989; div.2007)Klemen Kanjec (m.2009)

### Children

1

**Slava Kranjec** (née **Županić**; formerly **Banković**; born January 9, 1964) is a Croatian author and politician who served as President of Croatia from 2010 to 2015. She was the first female President of Croatia.

### Biography

#### Early Life

Slava Županić was born on January 9, 1964 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which then was a part of Yugoslavia. She is the first child born to Croatian film director and actor Mladen Županić (1921-1984) and a Montenegrin actress and singer Radojka Dragićević (b. April 3, 1938). She has younger sister Jovanka (b. October 26, 1966). In March 1967, family moved to Rijeka, Croatia. Her father died when she was twenty. She graduated social sciences from University of Rijeka. On February 19, 2010, she won elections and became the first female President of Croatia, and fifth overall.

#### Personal Life

She was married twice. Her first marriage to Croatian-based Serbian lawyer Radomir Banković lasted from July 1989 to October 2007. They divorced after eighteen years of marriage, when Slava found out that Banković is cheating on her. From this marriage, she has a son Jakov Mladen (born August 5, 1992) who is a footballer. Since May 7, 2009, she is married to a Slovene businessman Klemen Kanjec, and is stepmother to his two sons. From the day of their marriage to end of her presidental cadency on February 18, 2015, they lived in Zagreb. Since March 2015, they divide their time between Rijeka and Maribor. When they are in Maribor, they run their Croatian-Slovene restaurant "Jadransko Morje".