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Jovan Veselinov

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Jovan Veselinov
Јован Веселинов
3rdPresident of Serbia
As President of the People's Assembly of
PR Serbia
In office
April 1957 – 26 June 1963
Prime MinisterMiloš Minić
Slobodan Penezić Krcun
Preceded byPetar Stambolić
Succeeded byDušan Petrović
49thPrime Minister of Serbia
As President of the Executive Council of PR Serbia
In office
December 1953 – April 1957
PresidentPetar Stambolić
Preceded byPetar Stambolić
Succeeded byMiloš Minić
3rdChairman of the League of Communists of Serbia
In office
April 1957 – 6 November 1966
Preceded byPetar Stambolić
Succeeded byDobrivoje Radosavljević
Personal details
Born(1906-01-20)20 January 1906
Kumane,Austria-Hungary
Died8 February 1982(1982-02-08)(aged 76)
Belgrade,SR Serbia,SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityYugoslavia(Yugoslav)
Political partyLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia(SKJ)
NicknameŽarko

Jovan Veselinov Žarko(20 January 1906 – 8 February 1982) was a Serbian communist politician. He served as President of Serbia, Prime Minister of Serbia and as a Chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia. He was aPartisanfighter inWorld War II,and was proclaimedPeople's Hero of Yugoslavia.[1][2]

Controversy

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Famed economist and politicianEdvard Kardeljwas shot and wounded on a hunting trip in 1959 by Veselinov. Although the official police investigation concluded that Veselinov had been shooting at a wild boar and a ricochet from a rock struck Kardelj, it was suggested at the time that the assassination attempt was orchestrated by his political rivalAleksandar Rankovićor Ranković's allySlobodan Penezić.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^Details from life of Jovan Veselinov
  2. ^"Веселинов Јован"[Veselinov, Jovan] (in Serbian).Serbian National Theatre.Archived fromthe originalon 4 June 2023.Retrieved5 June2023.
  3. ^"She Came in through the Bathroom Window"Tribuna(14 August 1989), pp. 3–7. Ljubljana: UK ZSMS, page 3.(in Slovene)
  4. ^Ramet, Sabrina P. "Yugoslavia." InEastern Europe: Politics, Culture, and Society Since 1939,pp. 159–189. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, p. 166.
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