Mario Mihaljević

Mario Mihaljević (born 1951) is a Croatian musician, lyricist, journalist, columnist and a poem-writer, radio-editor. He has created "legendary" shows such as Crvena jabuka and Zeleni megaherc among others. During his almost 50-year long career, Mihaljević has worked on numerous songs, including the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Croatian by Montenegrin singer Daniel Popović which achieved the fourth place.

Life and career He is the son of father Branko Mihaljević, a Croatian musician, writer, journalist and radio editor. He has one son, Branimir Mihaljević who works as an arranger, producer, singer and musician.

Mihaljević has lived in Zagreb and Rijeka. He has additionally written lyrics for songs of numerous Croatian artists, including Mišo Kovač and Krunoslav Slabinac. He has written the song "Vrati se s kišom" by Neda Ukraden and the music for Slavonske Lole.

In 2009, he suggested that the cult child song "Zeko i potočić" written by his father receives a monument at the "Trg bana Jelačića", in front of the children theater. He has also directed a brief, 4:30-long cartoon for the song.

He has also written a song titled "Mario" which is dedicated to himself. That same year, he published the song "Oprostite, meni se ne slavi" in which he offered resistance to the celebration of Operation Storm in Croatia and quite vocally condemned it as a "fake celebration"; his poem was first shared by Kurir and then all media in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Work in politics He has briefly ventured in politics during the 1990s, for the political parties Croatian Democratic Union and Croatian Party of Rights. He left the former party in the 2010s.

Awards and nominations He received an award at the 2022 Split Awards for "Kad se rodiš usrid Splita" performed by Luka Nižetić.

During an interview, he revealed that he has a fear of dentists.