On July 4th Rotary International President Elect Ian Riseley began an official visit to Rotary District 2483 - Serbia & Montenegro. On Tuesday he spent the day with local officials of Rotary Club of Belgrade visiting various community projects they have supported as well as fellowship with Rotarians.
Australian accountant Ian H.S. Riseley, a member of the Rotary Club of Sandringham, Victoria, has become the Rotary International President 2017-2018. Ian Riseley has been a member since 1978, and has served Rotary as treasurer, director, trustee, RI Board Executive Committee member, task force member, committee member and chair, and district governor.
Rotary Club of Belgrade is working under the Rotary District 2483, which consist of more than 60 clubs in the Republic of Serbia and Republic of Montenegro.
Club is the oldest Rotary Club in the area, which has significantly contributed to the development and expansion of Rotary and conducted a number of humanitarian and other socially useful activities.
Rotary Club Belgrade was founded in 1928. as one of two first founded Rotary clubs in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians (Kingdom of Yugoslavia since 1929. till 1941.).
Activities of Rotary have been closed at the beginning of World War II.
The club re-established in 1992. after a long period in which the idea of Rotary as a "western" organizations were not accepted by the former authorities.
