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Marinko Biškić

Marinko Biškić was born in Tuzla, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1962. His family comes from a small village near to Imotski, but as a result of migrations of population and the need to search for work, they moved around Yugoslavia. The family settled in Split in 1970, when his father got a job there. Marinko Biškić spent his youth in Split, participating in various cultural and alternative movements that existed in the 1980s. After studying in Zagreb, he returned to Split and in 1990, just before the war, he started his own business. He did not participate in the war since at the time he was involved in food production. Since 1990 he has continued to run his business successfully, despite the unfavourable economic situation. His company produces and packages food, herbs, spices and dried fruit. It also produces chocolates, and he is considered to be the first chocolatier in Split.

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Family background Childhood in Yugoslavia National and religious identity On Croatian independence Borders Life in Split Youth rebellion Directed education Liberalization in the 1980s JNA [Yugoslav National Army] Rock'n'roll In Zagreb Indifference to politics Tito's death Brotherhood and unity Emergence of Milošević Croatian nationalist component Possibility of break-up of Yugoslavia The emergence of multi-party system in Split Dalmatian Action Ante Marković's economic reform Beginning of the War JNA [Yugoslav National Army] in Split Protests in front of the Banovina building in 1991 War years in Split Human rights violations Refugees in Split Family relations during the war Conducting business during the war After the War
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