Borisav Jović
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Borisav Jović was a Serbian economist, diplomat, politician, and writer born in Nikšić in 1928. He was educated at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics and held citizenship in Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia. A member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, the League of Communists of Serbia, and the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, he served as the President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia. He spoke Serbian, Russian, and Italian.
Jović authored ten works, including *Datum za istoriju 28. mart 1989*, *Knjiga o Miloševiću*, *Poslednji dani SFRJ*, *Zašto bih ćutao*, and *Kako su Srbi izgubili vek*. He died of COVID-19 from natural causes in Belgrade on 13 September 2021.
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- Works
- 10
Top works
- Datum za istoriju 28. mart 1989
- Knjiga o Miloševiću
- Poslednji dani SFRJ
- Zašto bih ćutao
- Kako su Srbi izgubili vek
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Ante Marković
- Preceded by
- Janez Drnovšek
- Succeeded by
- Sejdo Bajramović (Acting)
- Born
- ( 1928-10-19 ) 19 October 1928, Nikšić , Batočina , Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- Died
- 13 September 2021 (2021-09-13) (aged 92), Belgrade , Serbia
- Party
- Socialist Party of Serbia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jović
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Serbia
- Place of birth
- Nikšić
- Place of death
- Belgrade
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
- Educated at
- University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics
- Political party
- League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Serbian
- Field of work
- economics
- Image
- Borisav Jović.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1928-10-19
- Commons category
- Borisav Jović
- name in native language
- Борисав Јовић
- date of death
- 2021-09-13
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- COVID-19
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Encyclopedic overview
Borisav Jović (Serbian Cyrillic: Борисав Јовић, pronounced [jǒːʋit͡ɕ]; 19 October 1928 – 13 September 2021) was a Serbian economist, diplomat and politician who served as the President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1990 to 1991.
He was Yugoslavia's ambassador to Italy from the mid to late 1970s, was the Serbian representative of the collective Presidency of Yugoslavia during the late 1980s and early 1990s, was the President of the Presidency and was a leading figure in the Socialist Party of Serbia in the 1990s. Jović received his PhD in economics from the University of Belgrade in 1965. He was a fluent speaker of Russian and Italian.
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