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Montenegrin politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Branko Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Костић, 28 August 1939 – 20 August 2020) was a Yugoslav politician, businessman, and university professor.[1]
Branko Kostić | |
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Бранко Костић | |
![]() Kostić in 1968 | |
Acting President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia | |
In office 6 December 1991 – 15 June 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Ante Marković Aleksandar Mitrović (acting) |
Preceded by | Stipe Mesić |
Succeeded by | Office dissolved |
Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement | |
In office 6 December 1991 – 15 June 1992 | |
Preceded by | Stipe Mesić |
Succeeded by | Dobrica Ćosić |
Personal details | |
Born | Rvaši, Cetinje, Yugoslavia | 28 August 1939
Died | 20 August 2020 80) Podgorica, Montenegro | (aged
Political party | SKJ (until 1990) DPS (1990–1992) |
He graduated from the Faculty of Economics in 1962, received his master's degree in 1977, doctorate in 1980; all at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade. He held numerous responsible political functions during the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY):
As President of the Presidency of Montenegro, he was chairman of the Committee for the transfer of the remains of king Nikola I Petrovic-Njegos and members of the royal family from San Remo, Italy to Cetinje, Montenegro.[2]
In the 1970s, he built industrial career and his name is associated with the most successful years of growth and development of what was then the largest company in Montenegro. He was an advisor and then a commercial (1969–1974) and general manager of the Aluminum Combine in Titograd (1974–1978).
After leaving the Aluminum Combine, he continued his career at the University of Montenegro. He was a scientific advisor at the Institute for Technical Research, one of the founders of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and a full professor of economics at all technical faculties, until retiring in 2003. A full overview of published works was given in his bio-bibliography in the Memorial of the Faculty of Civil Engineering (Memorial, 2000).[3]
He spoke Russian and French, and used English.
He was the bearer of the Order of Work with a Golden Wreath and of the Memorial for his contribution to the preservation of Yugoslav statehood and the affirmation of ethnic and self-determined Yugoslavs.[4]
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