Ilija Đukić (January 4, 1930 – October 22, 2002) was a Serbian diplomat who held the post of Foreign Minister for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Ilija Đukić | |
|---|---|
| Илија Ђукић | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia | |
| In office 30 September 1992 – 4 March 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Vladislav Jovanović |
| Succeeded by | Vladislav Jovanović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1930 Novi Rujac, Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Died | 22 October 2002 (aged 72) Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
Career
editĐukić attended the Institute for Political Sciences in Beijing, China graduating in 1959. The Yugoslav foreign service proceeded to give him a succession of posts in the Far East, until he was moved to Eastern Europe and Moscow in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1990, he again returned to Beijing, now as an Ambassador.[1]
From 1992 to 1993, he was serving as the Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia.[2]
His final post was as the Yugoslav Ambassador to China from 2000 to 2002.
References
edit- ^ Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1990). Daily Report: People's Republic of China. National Technical Information Service. p. 17.
- ^ Michael R. Gordon (2 October 1992). "BUSH BACKS A BAN ON COMBAT FLIGHTS IN BOSNIA AIRSPACE". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
Belgrade Government's new Foreign Minister, Ilija Djukic
External links
edit- Ilija Djukic biography at Republic of Serbia Ministry of Foreign Affairs