Neven Šimac
Neven Šimac | |
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| Born | 6 December 1943 |
| Died | 4 June 2025 (aged 81) Paris, France |
| Education | Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb University of Paris II |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, translator |
Neven Šimac (6 December 1943 – 4 June 2025) was a Croatian lawyer and translator.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Šimac graduated from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb (1965) and received his doctorate in 1971 from the French University of Paris II.[2] The same year he started working as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, but after the collapse of the Croatian Spring he was arrested.[2] He emigrated to France, where he worked in the state administration (1972–95).[2] He was the founding president of the Conseil représentatif des institutions croates et de la Communauté française (CRICCF).[1] He was one of the founders of Matica hrvatska in Paris (1970).[2]
As an advisor for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, he contributed to the post-Cold War development of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Phare programme 1995-1999), as well as Croatia's accession to the European Union.[2] He was an advisor (2000–2004) to the governments of the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in the process of accession to the European Union.[2]
Šimac died on 4 June 2025, at the age of 81.[3]
Works
[edit]- Le Nettoyage éthnique: documents historiques sur une idéologie serbe (1993) (co-authors Marc Gjidara and Mirko Dražen Grmek)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Umro Neven Šimac, pravnik i ugledni član hrvatske zajednice u Francuskoj" [Neven Šimac, lawyer and prominent member of the Croatian community in France, has died.]. Croatian Radiotelevision (in Croatian). 4 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Šimac, Neven". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. 2013–2024.
- ^ "Preminuo dr. Neven Šimac: istaknuti hrvatski odvjetnik, publicist i borac za slobodu" [Dr. Neven Šimac has passed away: prominent Croatian lawyer, publicist and freedom fighter]. Večernji list (in Croatian). 4 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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