Filip Filipović (politician)
Filip Filipović (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Филиповић; Čačak, 21 June 1878 – April 1938) was a Serbian mathematician, one of the founders of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and its first secretary. He spent most of his last ten years in the Soviet Union, where he was executed during the Great Purge.
Filip Filipović Филип Филиповић | |
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| 41st Mayor of Belgrade | |
| In office 25 August 1920 – 2 September 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Kosta Jovanović |
| Succeeded by | Đoka Kara-Jovanović |
| 1st Political Secretary of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia | |
| In office April 1919 – June 1921 | |
| Co-chairman | Živko Topalović (1919–20) Sima Marković (1920–21) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Kosta Novaković Moša Pijade |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1878 Čačak, Principality of Serbia |
| Died | April 1938 (aged 59) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party of Yugoslavia |
| Other political affiliations | Serbian Social Democratic Party, Communist Party of Soviet Union, Comintern |
| Occupation | Professor and politician |
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