Cvijetin Mijatović

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Cvijetin Mijatović

3rd President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
In office 15 May 1980 – 15 May 1981
Prime Minister	Veselin Đuranović
Preceded by	Lazar Koliševski
Succeeded by	Sergej Kraigher
2nd Chairman of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Preceded by	Đuro Pucar
Succeeded by	Branko Mikulić
Personal details
Born	(1913-01-08)8 January 1913
Died	1992 (aged 79)
Nationality	Yugoslavia (Yugoslav)
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
Religion	None (Atheist)

Cvijetin Mijatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Цвијетин Мијатовић; widely known by his nickname Majo; 8 January 1913 – 1992) was a Yugoslav communist politician who once served as Chairman of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia.

Mijatović was born in Lopare, at the time in Austria-Hungary. In 1933, he became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). Between 1934 and 1941 (except in 1938-1939 when he fulfilled Party duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina) he was a member of the University Committee of KPJ, instructor of the Regional Committee of KPJ for Serbia, and member of the city committee of KPJ for Belgrade.^[1]

After Yugoslavia was invaded in 1941, he participated in organizing armed battles in east Bosnia. He was a member of ZAVNOBiH since founding and AVNOJ since the second council.^[1]

After the liberation, he was Organisational Secretary of Communist League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, director of the High political school in Belgrade, chief editor of the newspaper "Komunist", ambassador of Yugoslavia to the USSR, member of the Central Committee of Communist League of Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina, secretary and the president of the Central Committee of Communist League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, member of the Presidency of Communist League of Yugoslavia and Chairman of the Presidency of Yugoslavia.^[1]

Personal

Mijatović married actress Sibina Bogunović who gave birth to their two daughters - Mira and Maja.

Mijatović's daughter Mira Mijatović was lead singer of the band VIA Talas. She died of heroin overdose in 1991.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, page 662
↑ Dubravka Marković: Moja anđeoska generacija (My Angel Generation), Standard, 03.10.2008.

Political offices
Preceded by Lazar Koliševski	President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia 15 May 1980 – 15 May 1981	Succeeded by Sergej Kraigher
Party political offices
Preceded by Đuro Pucar	Chairman of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1965 – 1969	Succeeded by Branko Mikulić

Heads of State of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Peter I Alexander I Peter II

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Ivan Ribar Josip Broz Tito Lazar Koliševski Cvijetin Mijatović Sergej Kraigher Petar Stambolić Mika Špiljak Veselin Đuranović Radovan Vlajković Sinan Hasani Lazar Mojsov Raif Dizdarević Janez Drnovšek Borisav Jović Sejdo Bajramović (acting) Stjepan Mesić Branko Kostić (acting)

v t e Chairmen of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Đuro Pucar-Stari Cvijetin Mijatović Branko Mikulić Nikola Stojanović Hamdija Pozderac Mato Andrić Milan Uzelac Abdulah Mutapčić Nijaz Duraković

Authority control	VIAF: 33077062 GND: 129440280

Persondata
Name	Mijatovic, Cvijetin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	8 January 1913
Place of birth
Date of death	1992
Place of death

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