Famous People with Name Biljana

Biljana Petrovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Biljana Petrovic: is a retired high jumper from Croatia, who was born as Biljana Bojovic. She set her personal best on 22 June 1990, jumping 2.00 metres at a meet in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France. She competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where she finished in 22nd place (1.80 m).

Biljana Cokovic (Cokovik)            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Biljana Cokovic (Cokovik): was a Macedonian swimmer. She competed in 10km event in 1st FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships and took 15th place. She died in a car accident.

Biljana Plavšic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Biljana Plavšic: is a former president of Republika Srpska and war criminal. She is the highest ranking Bosnian Serb politician to be sentenced. She was indicted in 2001 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for war crimes committed during the Bosnian war. She plea bargained with the ICTY and only served two-thirds of her sentence in Sweden and was released 27 October 2009. Before her political engagements, she taught biology at the University of Sarajevo. Plavšic was a member of the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS). She was the first female member of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving from 18 November 1990 until April 1992 after having been elected in the first multi-party elections in 1990 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 28 February 1992 to 12 May 1992, Plavšic became one of the two acting presidents of the self proclaimed Serb Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thereafter she became one of two Vice-presidents of the Republika Srpska and from circa 30 November 1992 she was a member of the Supreme Command of the armed forces of the Republika Srpska.

Biljana Crvenkoska            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Biljana Crvenkoska: is a Macedonian handball player who plays for PDO Salerno and for the Macedonia women's national handball team. She plays on the position center back.