Marko Nikezić Explained

Marko Nikezić
Native Name:Марко Никезић
Office:Federal Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Term Start:23 April 1965
Term End:25 December 1968
President:Josip Broz Tito
Predecessor:Koča Popović
Successor:Mišo Pavićević (acting)
Office1:President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Serbia
1Blankname1:Secretary
1Namedata1:Latinka Perović
Term Start1:23 November 1968
Term End1:25 October 1972
Predecessor1:Petar Stambolić
Successor1:Tihomir Vlaškalić
Birth Name:Marko Nikezić
Birth Date:13 June 1921
Birth Place:Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Death Place:Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Party:League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Spouse:Zora Bogićević
 Emilija Jakšić (19??-1949; her death)
Children:2

Marko Nikezić (Serbian: Марко Никезић; 13 June 1921 – 6 January 1991) was a Serbian politician. He was a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia and Chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia. He was dismissed in 1972 under the charge of being "anarcho-liberal".

Biography

Nikezić was born in Belgrade to a Serb father, Petar, and a French mother, Suzanne. He studied at the Technical Faculty at the University of Belgrade. He was a member of the Yugoslav Partisan army from 1941, during World War II.

After the war, he served as Yugoslav ambassador to Egypt, Czechoslovakia and the United States of America. From 1965-68, he was a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia. In 1968, he became the Chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia. In 1972, he was dismissed from the office under the charge of being too "liberal" and "anarcho-liberal", alongside Latinka Perović and other Serbian high-officials. This event is known in Serbian history as the 'Purge of liberals'. He died in Belgrade in 1991.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obituary. nytimes.com. 8 July 2023.