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Dobrivoje Vidić

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Dobrivoje Vidić
Добривоје Видић
Vidić as a member of the Partisans in 1942, during the Bihać Republic
President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia
In office
5 May 1978 – 5 May 1982
Preceded byDragoslav Marković
Succeeded byNikola Ljubičić
Personal details
Born(1918-12-24)24 December 1918
Čačak, Kingdom of SCS
Died3 March 1992(1992-03-03) (aged 73)
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia

Dobrivoje Vidić (Serbian Cyrillic: Добривоје Видић; 24 December 1918 – 3 March 1992[1]) was a Serbian politician and diplomat who served as the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia (the precursor to the post of President of Serbia) from 5 May 1978 to 5 May 1982.

He additionally served as Yugoslav ambassador to Burma (1952–1953), Soviet Union (1953–1956 and 1965–1969), United Nations (1958–1960) and United Kingdom (1970–1973).

Controversies

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According to the newspaper Blic, during 1941 Vidić worked as a translator for the Germans in Užice,[2] and at the end of 1944, as the secretary of the KPY for the Užice district, he decided to shoot Andrija Mirković, the former mayor of Užice.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Umro Dobrivoje Vidić". istorijskenovine.unilib.rs (in Serbian). Borba. 4 March 1992. p. 32. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Bivši predsednik Srbije u mladosti radio za naciste kao prevodilac". BLIC (in Serbian). Blic. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Naručivao streljanja, pa postao predsednik Srbije". BLIC (in Serbian). Blic. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia
1978–1982 		Succeeded by


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