Ilija Vakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Вакић; born 30 July 1932) is a retired Yugoslav and Serbian politician who served as Chairman of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from May 1967 to May 1974 and was succeeded in office by Bogoljub Nedeljković.[1] He was a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY), and represented the League of Communists of Kosovo in the Central Committee of the 12th Congress from 1982 until the convocation of the 13th Congress in 1986.[2] Later on, from 1986 to 1988, Vakić served in the Federal Executive Council, the government, as President of the Federal Committee for Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Affairs.[3]

Ilija Vakić in 1968

Notes edit

  1. ^ McFarlane 1988, p. 64.
  2. ^ Staff writer 1983, p. 47.
  3. ^ Stroynowski 1989, p. 1246.

Bibliography edit

  • McFarlane, Bruce J. (1988). Yugoslavia: Politics, Economics, and Society. Pinter Publishers. ISBN 9780861874521.
  • Staff writer (1983). Directory of Officials of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023.
  • Stroynowski, Juliusz, ed. (1989). Who's Who in the Socialist Countries of Europe: P–Z. K. G. Saur Verlag. ISBN 3-598-10719-6.