Blažo Jovanović ( Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic; Блажо Јовановић; ; 28 March 1907 – 4 February 1976) was a Montenegrin politician and revolutionary army commander in the

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odr ...

. He served as the first President of the People's Assembly of

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and was also the speaker of the Parliament of the People's Republic of Montenegro from 1954 to 1963.

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Blažo Jovanović was born in

Podgorica Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Histor ...

, the largest city of

Principality of Montenegro The Principality of Montenegro () was a principality in Southeastern Europe that existed from 13 March 1852 to 28 August 1910. It was then proclaimed a Kingdom of Montenegro, kingdom by Nikola I of Montenegro, Nikola I, who then became King of M ...

, into a middle class family. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, he was one of the most important leaders of the Provincial Committee of the Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro, the Bay of Kotor and the Sandžak; in the summer of 1941 he was with

Milovan Đilas Milovan Djilas (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Милован Ђилас, Milovan Đilas, ; 12 June 1911 – 20 April 1995) was a Yugoslav communist politician, theorist and author. He was a key figure in the Partisan movement during World War II, as well ...

, one of the main leaders of the Montenegrin insurrection against the Italian occupant. Crna Gora ustanici

On 18 July 1941 he practically assumed the function of political commissar with the title of "person for the connection with the people" of the so-called "supreme temporary command" of the insurrectionary forces in Montenegro, while Đilas became the superior commander, and

Arso Jovanović Arsenije "Arso" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Арсо Јовановић; 24 March 1907 – 12 August 1948) was a Partisans (Yugoslavia), Yugoslav partisan General officer, general and one of the country's foremost military commanders during World War I ...

, a distant relative of Blažo, became the chief of staff. He was the second president of the People's Assembly of Montenegro, he was also president of the Parliament of the People's Republic of Montenegro from 1954 to 1963."Montenegro"
''World Statesmen''. Retrieved 2011-02-06.

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* 1907 births 1976 deaths Politicians from Podgorica People from the Principality of Montenegro League of Communists of Montenegro politicians Yugoslav Partisans members Montenegrin communists Montenegrin atheists Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero Recipients of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour Members of the Executive Committee of the 7th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Presidency of the 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Candidates of the Central Committee of the 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 5th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 6th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 7th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Central Committee of the 8th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia {{Montenegro-politician-stub

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