Branko Kostić

Branko Kostić
Branko Kostić
	Kostić in 1968
Acting President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
	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 the Non-Aligned Movement
	In office; 6 December 1991 – 15 June 1992
Preceded by	Stipe Mesić
Succeeded by	Dobrica Ćosić
Personal details
Born	28 August 1939; Rvaši, Cetinje, Yugoslavia
Died	20 August 2020 (aged 80); Podgorica, Montenegro
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia

Branko Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Костић, 28 August 1939 – 20 August 2020)[1] was a Yugoslav politician.

Biography

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 unionism. 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".[2]

Kostić died in Podgorica, Montenegro on 20 August 2020 at the age of 80, eight days before his 81st birthday and several years after suffering a stroke.[3]

References

https://www.rtvbn.com/3990453/preminuo-branko-kostic
Milosevic and Markovic, by Slavoljub Djukic, 2001
http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/preminuo-bivsi-clan-predsjednistva-sfrj-branko-kostic

Positions held

Political offices
Preceded by Stjepan Mesić	President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (acting) 6 December 1991 – 15 June 1992	Succeeded by post abolished
Preceded by Slobodan Simović (acting)	President of the Presidency of Montenegro 17 March 1989 – 23 December 1990	Succeeded by Momir Bulatović as President of Montenegro
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Stjepan Mesić	Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement 1991–1992	Succeeded by Dobrica Ćosić

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[1] ttps://www.rtvbn.com/3990453/preminuo-branko-kostic

[2] Milosevic and Markovic, by Slavoljub Djukic, 2001

[3] ttp://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/preminuo-bivsi-clan-predsjednistva-sfrj-branko-kostic