Ilija Djukic

Ilija Djukic (Đukić in Serbian; Jan 4, 1930; Novi Rujac-- October 22, 2002; Belgrade) was a Yugoslavian diplomat who reached the post of Foreign Minister for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia towards the end of his career.

Djukic attended the Institute for Political Sciences in Beijing, graduating in 1959. The Yugoslavian foreign service proceeded to give him a succession of posts in the Far East, until he was moved to Eastern Europe and Moscow in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1990, he again returned to Beijing, now as an ambassador. From 1992 to 1993, he was made foreign minister.^[1] His final post was as ambassador to Beijing from 2000 to 2002.

References

^ Michael R. Gordon (2 October 1992). "BUSH BACKS A BAN ON COMBAT FLIGHTS IN BOSNIA AIRSPACE". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3DC1439F931A35753C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2. Retrieved 2008-08-16. "Belgrade Government's new Foreign Minister, Ilija Djukic"

External links

Ilija Djukic biography at Republic of Serbia Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Name	Djukic, Ilija
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Date of birth	1930
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Date of death	2002
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