Dobrivoje Vidić

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.

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 by	Dragoslav Marković
Succeeded by	Nikola Ljubičić
Personal details
Born	(1918-12-24)24 December 1918 Čačak, Kingdom of SCS
Died	3 March 1992(1992-03-03) (aged 73) Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia

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

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

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 Dragoslav Marković	President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia 1978–1982	Succeeded by Nikola Ljubičić