Dušan Dragosavac ( sr-cyr, Душан Драгосавац; 1 December 1919 – 21 December 2014)Dušan Dragosavac
was a Croatian Serb politician who served as President of the

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from 20 October 1981 until 29 June 1982. Born in the village of Vrebac near Gospić, Dragosavac graduated from the

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Faculty of Law. He joined the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) in 1941 and the

(SKJ) in 1942. During

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he was a member of the

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. After the war he spent his entire career in politics and since the 1950s held various senior positions in the League of Communists of Croatia (SKH), the Croatian branch of the SKJ. He died on 21 December 2014, aged 95.

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1919 births 2014 deaths Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb alumni League of Communists of Croatia politicians Serbs of Croatia People from Gospić Secretaries of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia Members of the Presidency of the 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Presidency of the 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery {{Croatia-politician-stub