Sergej Kraigher

Sergej Kraigher (30 May 1914 – 17 January 2001) was a Yugoslav Communist politician from Slovenia who served as the President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1981 to 1982. During World War II, he fought in the Yugoslav Reisdance Movement.[1]

Sergej Kraigher
Sergej Kraigher in 1969
3rd President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
In office 15 May 1981 – 15 May 1982
Prime Minister	Veselin Đuranović
Preceded by	Cvijetin Mijatović
Succeeded by	Petar Stambolić
6th President of the People's Assembly of SR Slovenia
In office 1967–1973
Prime Minister	Janko Smole Stane Kavčić Andrej Marinc
Preceded by	Ivan Maček
Succeeded by	Tone Kropušek
9th President of the Presidency of SR Slovenia
In office May 1974 – May 1979
Prime Minister	Andrej Marinc Anton Vratuša
Preceded by	Marjan Brecelj (as President of the People's Assembly of SR Slovenia)
Succeeded by	Viktor Avbelj
Personal details
Born	(1914-05-30)30 May 1914 Adelsberg, Austria-Hungary
Died	17 January 2001(2001-01-17) (aged 86) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nationality	Yugoslavia (Yugoslav)
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)

Kraigher was born in Postojna, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovenia). His uncle, George (Jurij) Kraigher was a prominent american civil and war pilot; another uncle, Lojz Kraigher, was a prominent writer and left wing activist; his cousin, Boris Kraigher, also became an influential Communist politician. Sergej rose through the ranks of the Communist Party of Slovenia in the 1940s. He fought in the partisan resistance. He became chairman of the People's Assembly of Slovenia in 1967. He held that position until 1974, and then served as President of the Presidency of Slovenia from 1974 to 1979. Following the death of Edvard Kardelj, Kraigher became the Slovenian member of the collective presidency of Yugoslavia and served as 3rd President of Presidency Yugoslavia after death of Josip Broz Tito (1980), from 1981 to 1982. Kraigher is also known as the chairman of Kraigher Commission which was set up by the government of Yugoslavia to advise and give proposals in solving the Yugoslavian economic crisis which started to develop in the early to mid-1980s. The commission report was the basis of a reform package that was to be implemented by the Milka Planinc cabinet but it never happened.

He died in Ljubljana, Slovenia.