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 byVladislav Jovanović
Succeeded byVladislav Jovanović
Personal details
Born(1930-01-04)4 January 1930
Novi Rujac, Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died22 October 2002(2002-10-22) (aged 72)
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Political partyDemocratic Party

Career

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Đukić 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

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  1. ^ Foreign Broadcast Information Service (1990). Daily Report: People's Republic of China. National Technical Information Service. p. 17.
  2. ^ 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
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
1992 – 1993
Succeeded by
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