Stevan Doronjski Explained

Stevan Doronjski
Office:President of the Presidency of the LCY Central Committee
Term Start:4 May 1980
Term End:20 October 1980
Predecessor:Josip Broz Tito
Successor:Lazar Mojsov
Office2:President of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Serbia
Term Start2:6 November 1964
Term End2:17 November 1964
Predecessor2:Slobodan Penezić
Successor2:Dragi Stamenković
Office3:President of the Assembly of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
Term Start3:December 1953
Term End3:18 July 1963
Predecessor3:Luka Mrkšić
Successor3:Radovan Vlajković
Birth Date:26 September 1919
Birth Place:Krčedin, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Death Place:Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Party:League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)
Alma Mater:University of Belgrade

Stevan Doronjski (26 September 1919  - 14 August 1981) was a Yugoslav civil servant from Serbia who served as President of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the ruling party of the nation.

Doronjski was born in 1919 in the village of Krčedin in the Srem region of Serbia to a peasant family.[1] He studied veterinary medicine at the University of Belgrade and joined the Communist Party in 1939. He fought with the Partisans in World War II and after the war held a number of political posts in the newly formed Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Doronjski died on 14 August 1981 at the age of 61.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. First section . Socialist Thought and Practice . 1981 . 8–12 . 8.
  2. News: Stevan Doronjski, a member of Yugoslavia's collective leadership, died... . United Press International . 14 August 1981.