He was married at the time, and the divorce that ended that marriage was finalized two months before their wedding. When the Party of Serbian Unity (SSJ) was formed, she was asked by Arkan to perform. While performing for the Serb Volunteer Guard (SDG), a paramilitary force also known as Arkan's Tigers, in Erdut on 11 October 1993 during the Croatian War of Independence, she met her future husband, Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović, the unit commander and a career criminal, through pop singer Oliver Mandić. She has held several humanitarian concerts raising money for food, clothing, and sundries to benefit the Serbs in Kosovo, after the unrest in Kosovo in March 2004. Her organizations prime goal is to increase the birthrate in Serbia and to help families who already have three or more children. CharityĬeca is the president of the "Third Child" humanitarian fund.
On the night of 17 March 2004, Ceca and Kristijan Golubović (close associate of Arkan) gathered demonstrators in front of the Government building in Belgrade to speak about the situation in Kosovo and the burning of more than 300 Serbian Orthodox churches in Kosovo. After clashing with the president of the party, Borislav Pelević, on many issues, Ceca withdrew herself from politics completely. She has not been politically active and claims to have only accepted the position in honor of her deceased husband. Other ventures PoliticsĬeca was appointed the honorary president of the Party of Serbian Unity (SSJ) formed by her late husband, Željko Ražnatović (Arkan). Ceca was also a judge on the RTV Pink's singing competition Pinkove Zvezde between 20. įurthermore at the age of seventeen, she starred as Koštana in the film adaptation of Borisav Stanković's novel Impure Blood, which was eventually cut out upon its release in 1996 due to poor critical reception. In June 20, Ceca has also performed at Belgrade's Ušće in front of more than 100,000 fans. Following successful albums Ceca 2000 (1999) and Decenija (2001), in June 2002 she held a concert at Belgrade's Stadion Marakana for around 70,000 people.
During the 1990s, she saw more significant popularity by collaborating with lyricist Marina Tucaković on hit-songs such as "Kukavica" ( Coward) and "Beograd" ( Belgrade). Life and careerīorn in Prokuplje and raised in the village of Žitorađa, Ceca emerged as a teen star upon her debut album Cvetak zanovetak in 1988, receiving the song of the year award at the Ilidža Folk Music Festival. In 2011, Ražnatović was also charged for embezzlement and sentenced with €1,5 million fine and to a year in house arrest. During Operation Sabre, she was arrested for illegal firearm possession. Despite her popularity and success, Ceca has been known as the subject of controversies. She has two children with career criminal and commander in the Yugoslav Wars, Željko Ražnatović Arkan, who was assassinated in January 2000.
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