Svetozar Vukmanović
Svetozar Vukmanović | |
|---|---|
| Светозар Вукмановић | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Svetozar Vukmanović 3 August 1912 Podgor, Montenegro |
| Died | 6 December 2000 (aged 88) Reževići, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Yugoslav, Montenegrin |
| Political party | Communist Party of Yugoslavia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Yugoslav Partisans |
| Battles/wars | Uprising in Montenegro |
Svetozar Vukmanović - Tempo (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Светозар Вукмановић - Темпо; 3 August 1912 – 6 December 2000) was a leading Montenegrin communist and member of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. During World War II he served on the Supreme Staff, went on missions to Bulgaria, Greece, and Albania, and became Josip Broz Tito's personal representative in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. He held high positions in the postwar government, and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.