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Serbian diplomat (1928–2021)

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Borisav Jović was a Serbian economist, diplomat, politician, and writer, born in Nikšić on 19 October 1928. He was educated at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics and spoke Serbian, Russian, and Italian. He held citizenship of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia, and was a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, the League of Communists of Serbia, and the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. He held the position of President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia.

Jović died in Belgrade on 13 September 2021; his death was recorded as due to natural causes, with COVID-19 given as the cause. He wrote 10 recorded works, including Datum za istoriju 28. mart 1989, Knjiga o Miloševiću, and Poslednji dani SFRJ.

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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
Languages spoken
Italian
Native language
Serbian
Field of work
economics
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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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