Branko Kostić

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Branko Kostić
Kostić in 1968
14th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
(acting)
In office
6 December 1991 – 15 June 1992
Prime MinisterAnte Marković
Aleksandar Mitrović (acting)
Preceded byStipe Mesić
Succeeded byOffice dissolved
14th Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
In office
6 December 1991 – 15 June 1992
Preceded byStipe Mesić
Succeeded byDobrica Ćosić and Suharto
Personal details
Born (1939-08-28) 28 August 1939 (age 84)
Rvaši, Cetinje, Yugoslavia

Branko Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Костић, born 28 August 1939) is a retired Montenegrin Serb politician.

He served as the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro from March 1989 to December 1990, and then as the acting Chairman of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1991 to 1992. He was a member of the League of Communists of Montenegro until 1990, after which he joined the new Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro. On 16 May 1991 he became a member of the Collective Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

He was an intense proponent of Serbian-Montenegrin unionism. When a reporter asked him what the difference was between Montenegrins and Serbs, he replied: "a vast majority of Montenegrins can say they are Serbs, while a vast majority of Serbs cannot say they are Montenegrins".[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Milosevic and Markovic, by Slavoljub Djukic, 2001
  2. ^ "Montenegro". World Statesmen. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
(acting)

6 December 1991 – 15 June 1992
Succeeded by
post abolished
Preceded by President of the Presidency of Montenegro
17 March 1989 – 23 December 1990
Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
1991–1992
Succeeded by