Bora Đorđević

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Borisav "Bora" Đorđević (Serbian: Борисав "Бора" Ђорђевић) (born November 1, 1952, in Čačak, Serbia, former Yugoslavia), also known as Bora Čorba, is the lead singer for the Serbian rock band Riblja Čorba (ostensibly meaning fish stew, but with other possible meanings) since its formation in 1978.

He was previously a member of numerous Čačak and Belgrade pop and rock bands in the 1970s, such as Zajedno, Suncokreti and Rani mraz (with Đorđe Balašević). He formed Riblja Čorba September 15, 1978 and the band became very popular in a few months. The band's popularity grew, but it has also started manifesting in Đorđević's alcoholism, which has, together with his provocative social-related lyrics, caused him to become one of the most controversial musicians in Yugoslavia. He was indicted for "insulting the working people of Yugoslavia" in 1987, however the charges were dropped.

After the beginning of the Yugoslavia civil war, Đorđević became an active supporter of the Serbian troops in Republika Srpska and Republika Srpska Krajina, but he was also strongly opposed to Serbian regime and the president Slobodan Milošević and he demonstrated his attitude by publishing Njihovi dani (Their Days) in his own name rather than that of his band, which was published in Banja Luka, 1996.

After the political changes in Serbia, he became the Deputy Minister of Culture in Serbian Government in 2004, but he was forced to resign from the position the next year, after accusing the journalists of the television station B92 of spying and holding anti-Serbian politics^{[citation needed]}.

He was married to Dragana Đorđević, until they divorced on February 12, 2007^[1]. Soon afterwards, on March 23, 2007, Dragana committed suicide. They had two children.