Budimir Lončar

Budimir Lončar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
31 December 1987  12 December 1991
Prime MinisterBranko Mikulić
Ante Marković
Preceded byRaif Dizdarević
Succeeded byMilivoje Maksić (Acting)
Personal details
Born(1924-04-01)1 April 1924
Preko, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
(now Croatia])
Died1 September 2024(2024-09-01) (aged 100)
Preko, Croatia
Political partyLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia
(1945–1991)
Parents
  • Ive Lončar (father)
  • Ivana Lončar (maiden name: Šoša) (mother)

Budimir Lončar (1 April 1924 – 1 September 2024) was a Yugoslav and Croatian official and diplomat most notable for serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia from 1987 until 1991. Lončar also served as ambassador of Yugoslavia to Indonesia, Germany and the United States. In 1984, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia, and in 1987 Minister of Foreign Affairs. He held this post until the disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991.

From 1993 to 1995, Lončar served as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Non-Aligned Movement. He was advisor in various NGOs, like Appeal of Conscience Foundation, The World Council of Religious and Spiritual Leaders in New York City, and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva. He later served as an advisor to Croatian presidents Stjepan Mesić and Ivo Josipović.