Ivan Grubišić
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Don Ivan Grubišić |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 22 December 2011 – 28 December 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Zoran Milanović |
| Constituency | X electoral district |
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20 June 1936 Dicmo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Independent |
| Residence | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Alma mater |
University of Zagreb University of Zadar |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Priest, sociologist |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Worldview | Liberal |
Ivan Grubišić (born 20 June 1936) is a retired Croatian Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and former independent representative in the Croatian Parliament.
Ivan Grubišić was born in Dicmo in a poor family. He has seven brothers and sisters. His father Jure and brother were killed by the Yugoslav Partisans. His mother worked as a seamstress. After finishing elementary school, Grubišić graduated high school in 1956 at the Episcopal Classical Gymnasium in Split. During his time in high school he played the organ. Grubišić received a degree in Theology in 1962 at the Catholic Theological Faculty in Zagreb, and also a degree in sociology and philosophy at the University of Zadar in 1982. He received his Ph.D. in 1995 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, with the thesis titled Religious behavior of Catholics in Dalmatia in the mid-80s and evaluation of behavior.
Grubišić taught at the Catechetical Institute at the Catholic Theological Faculty in Zagreb, the Theological-Catechetical Institute in Split and the Croatian Studies college. Although retired, as of 2013[update] he still teaches at the Maritime Faculty of Philosophy in Split.
Grubišić is the initiator and one of the founders of Hrvatska akademske udruga – Čovjek nadasve (Croatian academic association - Man Above All). He is also the founder and the leader of the public lecture series Suvremeno društvo i duhovnost (Contemporary Society and Spirituality) and Znanost i društvo (Science and Society). He authored 12 books and edited four conference proceedings. He is the founder and managing editor of the journal Dijalog (Dialogue). In addition, Grubišić is author of the project Savez za građansku i etičku Hrvatsku (Alliance for Civic and ethical Croatia).
He was awarded the National Award for the Promotion and Popularization of Science, Annual Award of the City of Split, Award "Velimir Terzić" for the promotion of democracy in Croatia, as well as the Slobodna Dalmacija Award for Lifetime Achievement. President Stipe Mesić awarded him the Order of Danica Hrvatska, for special merits in culture, in 2007.
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