Sejdo Bajramović (7 July 1927 – 1993) was a Yugoslav soldier and politician of the

former Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...

, who was the acting head of state of Yugoslavia for a brief time in 1991. Born in Kosovska Kamenica, Bajramović was elected as Member of the Presidency representing

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

, when the Serbian president Slobodan Milošević out-manoeuvred the incumbent Riza Sapunxhiu, through a recall by the

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. In the same move, he also became acting head of state (Coordinator of the

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) of

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, as Milošević initially refused to accept the President-designate

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, representing

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, and unilaterally declared the presidency incapable of functioning. As the provincial legislature of Kosovo was suspended, Bajramović was appointed as presidency member by the Assembly of the

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. His unquestioned loyalty to Milošević and obvious lack of a democratic mandate in difference to the rest of the Presidency, made him remembered as a mere puppet for the Milošević administration and his name became synonymous with "

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", "proxy" and "false alibi". Bajramović's only merit before being handpicked by Milošević to vote on behalf of Kosovo, was being a sergeant first class in the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska ar ...

Bibliography

*Viktor Meier, ''Yugoslavia - A History of its Demise''. London: Routledge, 1999 *

, ''The Demise of Yugoslavia - A Political Memoir''. Central European University Press, 2004

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bajramovic, Sejdo 1927 births 1993 deaths Presidents of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kosovan politicians Kosovan soldiers Yugoslav People's Army personnel Serbia and Montenegro politicians Socialist Party of Serbia politicians Yugoslav Albanians