Branko Kostić
Branko Kostić | |
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President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia (Acting) | |
In office 6 December 1991 – 15 June 1992 | |
Prime Minister |
Ante Marković Aleksandar Mitrović (Acting) |
Preceded by | Stipe Mesić |
Succeeded by | Office dissolved |
14th Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement | |
In office 6 December 1991 – 15 June 1992 | |
Preceded by | Stipe Mesić |
Succeeded by | Dobrica Ćosić and Suharto |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rvaši, Cetinje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 28 August 1939
Nationality | Serb |
Branko Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Костић, born in 1939) is a retired Montenegrin Serb politician. He served as the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro from March 1989 to December 1990, and then as the acting Chairman of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1991 to 1992. He was a member of the League of Communists of Montenegro until 1990 after which he joined the new Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro. On 16 May 1991 he became a member of the Collective Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
He was an intense proponent of Serbian-Montenegrin unity. When a reporter asked him what the difference was between Montenegrins and Serbs, he replied: "a vast majority of Montenegrins can say they are Serbs, while a vast majority of Serbs cannot say they are Montenegrins".[1]
References
- ↑ Milosevic and Markovic, by Slavoljub Djukic, 2001
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Stjepan Mesić |
President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia (Acting) 6 December 1991–15 June 1992 |
Succeeded by post abolished |
Preceded by Slobodan Simović (Acting) |
President of the Presidency of SR Montenegro 17 March 1989–23 December 1990 |
Succeeded by Momir Bulatović as President of Montenegro |
Diplomatic posts | ||
Preceded by Stjepan Mesić |
Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement 1991-1992 |
Succeeded by Dobrica Ćosić |