Stanoje Simić ( sr-cyr, Станоје Симић; 29 July 1893 – 26 February 1970) was a Serbian lawyer, politician and diplomat who was the SFR Yugoslav

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and the Ambassador to the United States. Dragoš Petrović, Predrag Krejić
Српски и југословенски дипломатски представници у Сједињеним Америчким Државама 1917–1945
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candidate to become the first Secretary General of the United Nations, but was opposed by the

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. The two eventually compromised in the Norwegian socialist

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for the position.

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1893 births 1970 deaths Foreign ministers of Yugoslavia Ambassadors of Yugoslavia to the United States League of Communists of Yugoslavia politicians Politicians from Belgrade Lawyers from Belgrade Diplomats from Belgrade University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery 20th-century Serbian lawyers Grand Crosses of the Order of the White Lion {{Serbia-politician-stub