Cvijetin Mijatović

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Cvijetin Mijatović
4th President of SFR Yugoslavia President of the Presidency of SFR 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
Born	8 January 1913(1913-01-08)
Died	1992 (aged 79)
Nationality	Yugoslavia (Yugoslav)
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
Religion	None (Atheist)

Cvijetin Mijatović (widely known by his nickname Majo) (born 8 January 1913 in Lopare, Austria-Hungary − died 1992) was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as Chairman of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1980 until 1981. Member of KPJ since 1933. In the period 1934-1941 (except in 1938-1939 when he had Party duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina) he was 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. From 1941 he participated in organizing armed battles in east Bosnia. He was member of ZAVNOBiH since founding and AVNOJ since II council. 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]

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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 {{{years}}}	Succeeded by Branko Mikulić

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