Veselin Đuranović

Veselin Đuranović
Веселин Ђурановић
Đuranović in 1966
6th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
In office 15 May 1984 – 15 May 1985
Prime Minister	Milka Planinc
Preceded by	Mika Špiljak
Succeeded by	Radovan Vlajković
9th President of the Presidency of SR Montenegro
In office 7 May 1982 – 7 May 1983
Preceded by	Veljko Milatović
Succeeded by	Marko Orlandić
24th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia President of the Federal Executive Council
In office 18 January 1977 – 16 May 1982
Preceded by	Džemal Bijedić
Succeeded by	Milka Planinc
4th Prime Minister of SR Montenegro
In office 25 June 1963 – 8 December 1966
Preceded by	Đorđije Pajković
Succeeded by	Mijuško Šibalić
Personal details
Born	(1925-05-17)17 May 1925 Danilovgrad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	30 August 1997(1997-08-30) (aged 72) Podgorica, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia
Political party	League of Communists

Veselin Đuranović (Serbo-Croat Cyrillic: Веселин Ђурановић; 17 May 1925 – 30 August 1997) was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1984 to 1985. He also served as President of the Presidency of SR Montenegro from 1982 to 1983. Đuranović previously succeeded Džemal Bijedić as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia in 1977 following his death, serving until 1982.

Biography

Đuranović was born near Danilovgrad, in what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He served as the chairman of the executive council of Montenegro from 1963 to 1966. He then served as chairman of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Montenegro from 1968 to 77. In 1977, he moved into Yugoslav national politics, serving as president of the Executive Council of Yugoslavia from 1977 to 1982.

Đuranović made a state visit to Czechoslovakia in October 1977, where he met with Prime Minister Lubomír Štrougal.

He then served as chairman of the Presidency of Montenegro from 1982 to 1983. He became the member for Montenegro of the collective presidency of Yugoslavia, and served as chairman of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1984 to 1985. In 1989, Montenegro's entire government and Communist League Central Committee resigned, including Đuranović.

See also

• League of Communists of Montenegro
  • President of the League of Communists of Montenegro