Veselin Đuranović (; 17 May 1925 – 30 August 1997) was a Yugoslav

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politician.

Biography

Đuranović was born near

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, in what was then the

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. He served as the chairman of the executive council of Montenegro from 1963-66. He then served as chairman of the Central Committee of the

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from 1968–77. In 1977 he moved into Yugoslav national politics, serving as chairman of the executive council (prime minister) of Yugoslavia from 1977–82. Đuranović made a state visit to

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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

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presidency of Yugoslavia The Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( sr, Председништво СФРЈ, Predsedništvo SFRJ, Bosnian and hr, Predsjedništvo SFRJ, sl, Predsedstvo SFRJ, mk, Председателство на СФРЈ, Preds ...

, and served as chairman of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1984-85. In 1989, Montenegro's entire government and Communist League Central Committee resigned, including Đuranović.

Post-presidency

After the

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he retired to his home village of Martinići, where he died, aged 72."Montenegro"
''World Statesmen''. Retrieved 2011-02-06.

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Biography

Post-presidency

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