Petar Stambolic 

Petar Stambolić (born July 12, 1912, died September 21, 2007) was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as the President of the Federal Executive Council (prime minister) of Yugoslavia from 1963 to 1967 and President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1982 until 1983.

Stambolić was born in Brezova, Ivanjica, Kingdom of Serbia and died in Belgrade, Serbia. He had a long career in the Serbian and Yugoslav communist parties. He served as president of the Central Committee of the Serbian Communist Party from 1948 to 1957. During that time he was prime minister of Serbia from 1948 to 1953 and then served as president of the National Assembly of Serbia until 1957. He also served as the president of the federal executive council of Yugoslavia from 1963 to 1967.

His nephew was Serbian president Ivan Stambolić.


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Political offices
Preceded by
Sergej Kraigher
President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia
15 May 1982–15 May 1983
Succeeded by
Mika Špiljak