Cvijetin Mijatović

Cvijetin Mijatović
Cvijetin Mijatović
	Mijatović in 1967 upon meeting Nicolae Ceaușescu
3rd President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
	In office; 15 May 1980 – 15 May 1981
Prime Minister	Veselin Đuranović
Preceded by	Lazar Koliševski
Succeeded by	Sergej Kraigher
2nd Secretarie of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	In office; March 1965 – 1969
Preceded by	Đuro Pucar
Succeeded by	Branko Mikulić
Personal details
Born	8 January 1913; Lopare, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died	15 November 1993 (aged 80); Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Yugoslavia (Yugoslav)
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ)

Cvijetin "Majo" Mijatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Цвијетин Мајо Мијатовић; 8 January 1913 – 15 November 1993) was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as Chairman of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia.

Biography

Mijatović was born in Lopare, at the time in Austria-Hungary. In 1934, he became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). Between 1934 and 1941 (except in 1938–1939 when he fulfilled Party duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina) he was a member of the University Committee of KPJ, instructor of the Regional Committee of KPJ for Serbia, and member of the city committee of KPJ for Belgrade.[1]

After Yugoslavia was invaded in 1941, he participated in organizing armed battles in east Bosnia. He was a member of ZAVNOBiH since founding and AVNOJ since the second council.[1]

After the liberation, he was Organisational Secretary of Communist League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, director of the High political school in Belgrade, chief editor of the newspaper "Komunist", ambassador of Yugoslavia to the USSR, member of the Central Committee of Communist League of Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina, secretary and the president of the Central Committee of Communist League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, member of the Presidency of Communist League of Yugoslavia and Chairman of the Presidency of Yugoslavia.[1]

Personal life

Mijatović's wife, actress Sibina (née Bogunović), died in a traffic collision on 22 June 1970.

In 1973, he remarried, this time to actress Mira Stupica.

From his first marriage, he had two daughters: Mirjana "Mira" (1961–1991) and Maja (1966–1991). Mira Mijatović was a singer and a member of the new wave band VIA Talas.[2] Maja Mijatović was an actress and television personality, best known for hosting Nedeljno popodne on TV Sarajevo.

Both Mira and Maja died in 1991 in the span of a few months from AIDS brought on by heroin usage.

References

Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, page 662
Marković, Dubravka (3 October 2008). "Moja anđeoska generacija". Standard. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

Political offices
Preceded by Lazar Koliševski	President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia 15 May 1980 – 15 May 1981	Succeeded by Sergej Kraigher
Party political offices
Preceded by Đuro Pucar	Chairman of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1965 – 1969	Succeeded by Branko Mikulić

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[MPE-662-1] Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, page 662

[dubravka-oct2008-2] Marković, Dubravka (3 October 2008). "Moja anđeoska generacija". Standard. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2019.