Borisav Jović
Borisav Jović | |
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Борисав Јовић | |
12th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia | |
In office 15 May 1990 – 15 May 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Ante Marković |
Preceded by | Janez Drnovšek |
Succeeded by | Sejdo Bajramović (Acting) |
12th Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement | |
In office 15 May 1990 – 15 May 1991 | |
Preceded by | Janez Drnovšek |
Succeeded by | Stjepan Mesić |
3rd Serbian Representative in the Yugoslav Presidency | |
In office 15 May 1989 – 27 April 1992 | |
Preceded by | Nikola Ljubičić |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 19 October 1928
Died | 13 September 2021 Belgrade, Serbia | (aged 92)
Political party | Socialist Party of Serbia |
Borisav Jović (Serbian Cyrillic: Борисав Јовић, pronounced [jǒːʋit͡ɕ]; 19 October 1928[1] – 13 September 2021) was a Serbian economist, diplomat and politician who served as the President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1990 to 1991.
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.[2] Jović received his PhD in economics from the University of Belgrade in 1965. He was a fluent speaker of Russian and Italian.
Career
Jović was a close ally and advisor of Serbian official
Near the end of his mandate in the rotating presidency, his successor,
In the 1995
Jović viewed the reformist former Yugoslav Prime Minister Ante Marković, a Bosnian Croat, as responsible for destroying the country and of being a puppet of the capitalist west. Jović, while President of Yugoslavia, commented:
The general conclusion is that Ante Marković is no longer acceptable or reliable to us. No one has any doubts in their mind any longer that he's the extended arm of the United States in terms of overthrowing anyone who ever thinks of socialism, and it is through our votes that we appointed him Prime Minister in the Assembly. He is playing the most dangerous game of treason.[10]
Jović's conclusion on Marković's role:
He was no doubt the most active creator of the destruction of our economy, and to a large extent a significant participant in the break-up of Yugoslavia. Others, when boasted of having broken up Yugoslavia wanted to take this infamous role upon themselves but in all these respects they never came close to what Marković did, who had declared himself as the protagonist of Yugoslavia's survival.[10]
After the war, Jović was interviewed as a suspect by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia but was not indicted, with the prosecutorial team deciding to focus on preparing cases against major figures like Milošević.[11] Jović was instead called as a witness and gave testimony on Milošević's activities during the war.[12]
Death
Jović died from COVID-19 on 13 September 2021, at the age of 92, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.[13]
References
- ^ Cencich, John. "The Devil's Garden: A War Crimes Investigator's Story.
- ^ "Borisav Jović | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia".
- YouTube
- ISBN 9780801468889.
- ^ Borisav Jović, Poslednji dani SFRJ: Izvodi iz dnevnika (Belgrade: Politika, 1995), pp. 159-61.
- ^ BINDER, DAVID (1991). "Head of Yugoslavia's Government Resigns in Dispute on Army Role". The New York Times.
- ^ Arjen Molen, The Death Of Yugoslavia 1/6 Enter Nationalism - BBC Documentary, retrieved 15 December 2018[dead YouTube link]
- ^ ICTY transcript of Slobodan Milošević's trial, November 18, un.org; accessed 11 May 2018.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ a b Testimony, un.org; accessed 21 May 2015.
- ^ Hoare, Marko (10 December 2007). "Milosevic Death Exposes Tribunal's Failure". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. "Borisav Jović". www.icty.org. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ Leading Yugoslav Politician Borisav Jovic Dies of COVID-19
External links
- Media related to Borisav Jović at Wikimedia Commons