Milovan Djilas

Milovan Djilas
Milovan Đilas
Милован Ђилас
Djilas in 1950
President of the Federal People's Assembly of Yugoslavia
In office
25 December 1953  16 January 1954
Preceded byVladimir Simić
Succeeded byMoša Pijade
Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
In office
14 January 1953  17 January 1954
Prime MinisterJosip Broz Tito
Preceded byBlagoje Nešković
Succeeded bySvetozar Vukmanović
Minister without portfolio of Yugoslavia
In office
2 February 1946  14 January 1953
Prime MinisterJosip Broz Tito
Minister for Montenegro in the Government of Yugoslavia
In office
7 March 1945  17 April 1945
Prime MinisterJosip Broz Tito
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byBlažo Jovanović
(as Prime Minister of Montenegro)
Personal details
Born(1911-06-12)12 June 1911
Podbišće, Montenegro
Died20 April 1995(1995-04-20) (aged 83)
Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Resting placePodbišće, Montenegro
Political partyLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia (1932–1954)
Spouses
(m. 1936; div. 1952)
    Stefanija Barić
    (m. 1952; died 1993)
    Children
    • Vukica
    • Aleksa
    Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
    Occupation
    • Politician
    • theorist
    • writer
    Military service
    Allegiance Yugoslavia
    Branch/serviceYugoslav Partisans
    Yugoslav People's Army
    Years of service1941–1957
    RankColonel general
    Battles/warsWorld War II in Yugoslavia
    AwardsOrder of National Liberation (1945)
    Order of the People's Hero (1953)
    Philosophical work
    Era20th-century philosophy
    RegionWestern philosophy
    Yugoslav philosophy
    SchoolMarxism
    Djilasism
    Main interestsPolitical philosophy
    Notable ideasNew class

    Milovan Djilas (/ˈɪlɒs/; Serbian: Милован Ђилас, Milovan Đilas, pronounced [mîlɔʋan dʑîlaːs]; 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 as in the post-war government. A self-identified democratic socialist, Djilas became one of the best-known and most prominent dissidents in Yugoslavia and all of Eastern Europe.