Marko_Nikezić

Marko Nikezić

Marko Nikezić

Serbian politician


Marko Nikezić (Serbian: Марко Никезић; 13 June 1921 – 6 January 1991) was a Serbian politician. He was a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia and Chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia. He was dismissed in 1972 under the charge of being "anarcho-liberal".

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Biography

Nikezić was born in Belgrade to a Serb father, Petar, and a French mother, Suzanne. He studied at the Technical Faculty at the University of Belgrade. He was a member of the Yugoslav Partisan army from 1941, during World War II.

After the war, he served as Yugoslav ambassador to Egypt, Czechoslovakia and the United States of America. From 1965-68, he was a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia. In 1968, he became the Chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia. In 1972, he was dismissed from the office under the charge of being too "liberal" and "anarcho-liberal", alongside Latinka Perović and other Serbian high-officials. This event is known in Serbian history as the 'Purge of liberals'. He died in Belgrade in 1991.[1]


References

  1. "Obituary". nytimes.com. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

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