Veselin Đuranović

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Veselin Đuranović (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Ђурановић) (May 17, 1925August 30, 1997) was a communist politician from Montenegro.

Djuranović was born near Danilovgrad, in what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

He served as the chairman of the executive council of Montenegro from 1963 to 1966. He then served as chairman of the Central Committee of the Montenegro Communist Party from 1968 to 1977. In 1977 he moved into Yugoslav national politics, serving as chairman of the executive council (prime minister) of Yugoslavia from 1977 to 1982. He then served as chairman of the Presidency of Montenegro from 1982 to 1983.

He became the member for Montenegro of the collective presidency of Yugoslavia, and served as chairman of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1984 to 1985. After the collapse of the communist regime he retired to his hometown of Martinici, where he died, aged 72.

Political offices
Preceded by
Đorđije Pajković
President of the Executive Council of Montenegro
25 June 19638 December 1966
Succeeded by
Mijuško Šibalić
Preceded by
Džemal Bijedić
President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia
14 February 197716 May 1982
Succeeded by
Milka Planinc
Preceded by
Veljko Milatović
President of the Presidency of Montenegro
7 May 19827 May 1983
Succeeded by
Marko Orlandić
Preceded by
Mika Špiljak
Chairman of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia
15 May 198415 May 1985
Succeeded by
Radovan Vlajković
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