Cvijetin Mijatović
Cvijetin Mijatović | |
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 Mijatović in March 1967 upon meeting Nicolae Ceaușescu | |
| 2nd President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia | |
| In office 15 May 1980 – 15 May 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Veselin Đuranović |
| Preceded by | Lazar Koliševski |
| Succeeded by | Sergej Kraigher |
| 2nd President of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| In office March 1965 – 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Đuro Pucar |
| Succeeded by | Branko Mikulić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1913 Lopare, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 15 November 1993 (aged 80) Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Yugoslav |
| Political party | SKJ |
Cvijetin "Majo" Mijatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Цвијетин Мајо Мијатовић; 8 January 1913 – 15 November 1993) was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as President of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1980 until 1981.
Early life and career[]
Mijatović was born in Lopare, at the time in Austria-Hungary. In 1934, he became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). Between 1934 and 1941 (except in 1938–1939 when he fulfilled Party duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina) he was a member of the University Committee of KPJ, instructor of the Regional Committee of KPJ for Serbia, and member of the city committee of KPJ for Belgrade.[1]
After Yugoslavia was invaded in 1941, he participated in organizing armed battles in east Bosnia. He was a member of ZAVNOBiH since founding and AVNOJ since the second council.[1]
After the liberation, he was Organisational Secretary of Communist League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, director of the High political school in Belgrade, chief editor of the newspaper "Komunist", ambassador of Yugoslavia to the USSR, member of the Central Committee of Communist League of Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina, secretary and the president of the Central Committee of Communist League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, member of the Presidency of Communist League of Yugoslavia and Chairman of the Presidency of Yugoslavia.[1]
Personal life[]
Mijatović's wife, actress Sibina Bogunović), died in a traffic collision on 22 June 1970.
In 1973, he remarried, this time to actress Mira Stupica.
From his first marriage, Mijatović had two daughters: Mirjana "Mira" (1961–1991) and Maja (1966–1991). Mira was a singer and member of the new wave band VIA Talas.[2] Maja was an actress and television presenter, best known for hosting Nedeljno popodne on TV Sarajevo.
Both Mira and Maja died in 1991 in the span of a few months from AIDS brought on by heroin usage.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, page 662[full citation needed]
- ^ Marković, Dubravka (3 October 2008). "Moja anđeoska generacija". Standard. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
External links[]
Media related to Cvijetin Mijatović at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1913 births
- 1993 deaths
- People from Lopare
- People from the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians
- Presidents of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Yugoslav Partisans members
- Bosnia and Herzegovina atheists
- Bosnia and Herzegovina people of World War II
- Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia members
- Serbian people of World War II
- Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery