Stevan Doronjski

Stevan Doronjski
Stevan Doronjski
President of the Presidium of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
	In office; 4 May 1980 – 20 October 1980
Preceded by	Josip Broz Tito
Succeeded by	Lazar Mojsov
President of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Serbia
	In office; 6 November 1964 – 17 November 1964
Preceded by	Slobodan Penezić
Succeeded by	Dragi Stamenković
President of the Assembly of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
	In office; December 1953 – 18 July 1963
Preceded by	Luka Mrkšić
Succeeded by	Radovan Vlajković
Personal details
Born	26 September 1919; Krčedin, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	14 August 1981 (aged 61); Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
Alma mater	University of Belgrade

Stevan Doronjski (26 September 1919 – 14 August 1981) was a Yugoslav civil servant from Serbia who served as President of the Presidium of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the ruling party of the nation.

Doronjski was born in 1919 in the village of Krčedin in the Srem region of Serbia to a peasant family.[1] He studied veterinary medicine at the University of Belgrade and joined the Communist Party in 1939. He fought with the Partisans in World War II and after the war held a number of political posts in the newly-formed Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Doronjski died on 14 August 1981 at the age of 61.[2]

References

"First section". Socialist Thought and Practice (8–12): 8. 1981.
"Stevan Doronjski, a member of Yugoslavia's collective leadership, died..." United Press International. 14 August 1981.

Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (Book Three). "Југославенски лексикографски завод“, Zagreb 1984.

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