Borisav Jović

Borisav Jović (Serbian Cyrillic: Борисав Јовић, pronounced [jǒːʋit͡ɕ]; 19 October 1928 – 13 September 2021) was a Serbian economist, diplomat and politician who served as the President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1990 to 1991.

Borisav Jović
Борисав Јовић
Jović in 2009
12th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
In office
15 May 1990  15 May 1991
Prime MinisterAnte Marković
Preceded byJanez Drnovšek
Succeeded bySejdo Bajramović (Acting)
12th Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement
In office
15 May 1990  15 May 1991
Preceded byJanez Drnovšek
Succeeded byStjepan Mesić
3rd Serbian Representative in the Yugoslav Presidency
In office
15 May 1989  27 April 1992
Preceded byNikola Ljubičić
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born(1928-10-19)19 October 1928
Nikšić, Batočina, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died13 September 2021(2021-09-13) (aged 92)
Belgrade, Serbia
Political partySocialist Party of Serbia

He was Yugoslavia's ambassador to Italy from the mid to late 1970s, was the Serbian representative of the collective Presidency of Yugoslavia during the late 1980s and early 1990s, was the President of the Presidency and was a leading figure in the Socialist Party of Serbia in the 1990s. Jović received his PhD in economics from the University of Belgrade in 1965. He was a fluent speaker of Russian and Italian.

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