Mišo Pavićević

Mišo Pavićević ( Cyrillic  Мишо Павићевић * 21st April 1915 in Pljevlja , Montenegro , † 1995 in Belgrade ) was a diplomat , trade union functionary , politicians of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) and from 1968 to 1969 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( SFRJ).

Life

Pavićević began studying law at the University of Belgrade after attending grammar school in his native Pljevlja , which he graduated in 1938. In 1941 he joined the illegal Communist Party and subsequently took part in the partisan war, the so-called "National Liberation Struggle of the Peoples of Yugoslavia". After the end of the Second World War , he initially took over functions in the Union of Communists of Montenegro and between 1947 and 1951 served as secretary of the Central Council of the Federation of Trade Unions (Савез синдиката Југославије).

Pavićević then joined the diplomatic service of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and was first envoy to Argentina , Uruguay and Paraguay between 1951 and 1953 and then ambassador to Turkey from 1953 to 1955 , before being ambassador to Greece from 1955 to 1958 . After he was General Secretary of the Central Council of the Trade Union Confederation between 1958 and 1960, he became Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City in December 1960 and held this position until November 1963. At the same time he was a delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations between 1960 and 1963 .

After his return to Yugoslavia, he was first Assistant Minister in the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs in January 1964 and then in April 1965 Deputy Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs.

On December 23, 1968, Pavićević finally succeeded Marko Nikezić as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (Савезни секретар за иностране послове) and held this office until his replacement by Mirko Tepavac on April 25, 1969. At the same time he was Vice-President of the Federal Executive Council and later temporarily ambassador to Italy . He was also a member of the Central Committee (ZK) of the Union of Communists of Yugoslavia (BdKJ).

Web links

• Biography on the homepage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs