Veljko Vlahović ( Cyrillic: Вељко Влаховић; 2 September 1914 – 7 March 1975) was a Montenegrin politician and career army officer. He was one of the prominent members of the Montenegrin branch of the Yugoslav Communist Party from 1935 which established the SFR Yugoslavia following

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. He studied in Belgrade, Prague, and the Sorbonne (in

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), and finished his postgraduate studies in

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. He fought in the Spanish Civil War and was active in organizing the Communist Youth League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ). During

he directed the Free Yugoslavia radio. In 1944 he became editor of the Yugoslav communist daily, '' Borba''. He also served as deputy Foreign Minister. Vlahović was essential in organizing the documents for the Programme of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (''Program Saveza komunista Jugoslavije'', also known as the Ljubljana Programme, which laid the principles of Titoism) and the 10th Congress of the Party, both in 1958. As such, he kept a great authority alongside Josip Broz Tito as an ideological mastermind.

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* Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia * Titoism 1914 births 1975 deaths Politicians from Podgorica People of the Kingdom of Montenegro League of Communists of Montenegro politicians 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 Members of the Central Committee of the 10th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia 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 Members of the Presidency of the 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Presidency of the 10th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Members of the Executive Bureau of the Presidency of the 9th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia Generals of the Yugoslav People's Army University of Paris alumni University of Belgrade alumni Czech Technical University in Prague alumni Yugoslav people of the Spanish Civil War International Brigades personnel Yugoslav Partisans members Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero Recipients of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of National Liberation Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery {{Montenegro-politician-stub

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