Stevan Doronjski (26 September 1919 – 14 August 1981) was a
Yugoslav civil servant from
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
who served as
, the ruling party of the nation.
Doronjski was born in 1919 in the village of
Krčedin
Krčedin () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Inđija municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,878 people (2002 census). Great fishing and hunting pl ...
in the
Srem region of Serbia to a peasant family. He studied veterinary medicine at the
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia.
Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-ba ...
and joined the
Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...
in 1939. He fought with the
Partisans in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
and after the war held a number of political posts in the newly-formed
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...
.
Doronjski died on 14 August 1981 at the age of 61.
References
* ''
Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia
The ''Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia'' ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Enciklopedija Jugoslavije, Енциклопедија Југославије) was the national encyclopedia of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was published by th ...
'' (Book Three). "Југославенски лексикографски завод“, Zagreb 1984.
1919 births
1981 deaths
League of Communists of Serbia politicians
Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia members
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