Ilija Đukić (January 4, 1930 – October 22, 2002) was a

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n diplomat who held the post of Foreign Minister for the

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Career

Đukić attended the Institute for Political Sciences in

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graduating in 1959. The Yugoslav foreign service proceeded to give him a succession of posts in the

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, until he was moved to

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and

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in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1990, he again returned to Beijing, now as an Ambassador. From 1992 to 1993, he was serving as the Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia. His final post was as the Yugoslav Ambassador to China from 2000 to 2002.

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Ilija Djukic biography
at Republic of Serbia Ministry of Foreign Affairs {{DEFAULTSORT:Dukic, Ilija 1930 births 2002 deaths Ambassadors of Yugoslavia to Bulgaria Ambassadors of Yugoslavia to China Foreign ministers of Yugoslavia