Đuro Pucar

Đuro Pucar
1st President of the People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
December 1953 – June 1963
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byRatomir Dugonjić
2nd President of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
March 1953 – December 1953
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAvdo Humo
2nd Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
September 1948 – March 1953
Preceded byRodoljub Čolaković
Succeeded byOffice abolished
2nd President of the Presidency of the People's Assembly of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
November 1946 – September 1948
Preceded byVojislav Kecmanović
Succeeded byVlado Šegrt
1st President of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In office
8 July 1943 – 5 March 1965
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byCvijetin Mijatović
Personal details
Born
Đurađ Pucar

(1899-12-13)13 December 1899
Kesići, Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died12 April 1979(1979-04-12) (aged 79)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
CitizenshipYugoslav
Political partySKJ
ProfessionPolitician, soldier
AwardsOrder of the People's Hero
Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour
Order of the Yugoslav Star
NicknameStari[a]
Military service
Allegiance Yugoslav Partisans
Branch/serviceGeneral HQ
Years of service1941–1945
RankColonel General
Battles/warsBattle of Kozara

Đurađ "Đuro" Pucar "Stari" (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђурађ Ђуро Пуцар, pronounced [dʑǔradʑ dʑûro pǔtsar]; 13 December 1899 – 12 April 1979) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian Serb politician.

During World War II he was a member of the Yugoslav Partisans and was later decorated with the Order of the People's Hero and twice with the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour. After the war he held the position of the President of the Presidency of the People's Assembly of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1946–48 and from 1948–53 he served as the Prime Minister (later President of the Executive Council) of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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