Miloš Minić

Miloš Minić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Минић; 28 August 1914 – 5 September 2003) was a Yugoslav Serbian communist politician.^[1]

Miloš Minić
Милош Минић
Minić in 1975
5th President of Serbia As President of the People's Assembly of SR Serbia
In office 6 May 1967 – 6 May 1969
Preceded by	Dušan Petrović
Succeeded by	Dragoslav Marković
50th Prime Minister of Serbia As President of the Executive Council of PR Serbia
In office 6 April 1957 – 9 June 1962
Preceded by	Jovan Veselinov
Succeeded by	Slobodan Penezić Krcun
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia
In office 16 December 1972 – 17 May 1978
President	Josip Broz Tito
Preceded by	Jakša Petrić (acting)
Succeeded by	Josip Vrhovec
57th Mayor of Belgrade
In office 1955–1957
Preceded by	Đurica Jojkić
Succeeded by	Đurica Jojkić
Personal details
Born	28 August 1914 Čačak, Serbia
Died	5 September 2003(2003-09-05) (aged 89) Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Nationality	Serb
Political party	KPJ
Spouse	Milka Minić
Alma mater	University of Belgrade
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Biography

Minić graduated from secondary school in Čačak, then from the University of Belgrade's Law School.^[2] From 1935 he was a member of the then-illegal Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ), as well as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ), holding senior positions in both organizations.^[2] During the Partisans' war against Germany and Italy, Minić held both party and military posts from 1941.^[2]

After the liberation of Serbia from Nazi occupation, he was the head of Department for the Protection of the People's Belgrade branch, then public prosecutor of Serbia and representative of the military prosecutor of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). He then held several posts in the Yugoslav and Serbian government. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia from 16 December 1972 to 17 May 1978,^[2] and during this time signed the Treaty of Osimo, which resolved border disputes between Italy and Yugoslavia.^[3]

Honours and awards

National honours

• Order of People's Liberation (6 July 1945)
• Order of the People's Hero (9 October 1953)^[4]
• Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour (4 June 1979)^[5]

Foreign honours

• Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (25 June 1964)^[6]
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (7 January 1974)^[7]
• Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (28 July 1976)^[8]