Dobrivoje Vidić
Dobrivoje Vidić | |
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| Добривоје Видић | |
| President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia | |
| In office 5 May 1978 – 5 May 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Dragoslav Marković |
| Succeeded by | Nikola Ljubičić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 December 1918 Čačak, Kingdom of SCS |
| Died | 3 March 1992 (aged 73) Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | League 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Umro Dobrivoje Vidić". istorijskenovine.unilib.rs (in Serbian). Borba. 4 March 1992. p. 32. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Bivši predsednik Srbije u mladosti radio za naciste kao prevodilac". BLIC (in Serbian). Blic. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Naručivao streljanja, pa postao predsednik Srbije". BLIC (in Serbian). Blic. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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