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Borisav Jović

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Serbian diplomat (1928–2021)

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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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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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