Stanoje Simić | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the SFR Yugoslavia | |
In office 1 February 1946 – 31 August 1948 | |
President | Ivan Ribar |
Prime Minister | Josip Broz Tito |
Preceded by | Josip Broz Tito (acting) |
Succeeded by | Edvard Kardelj |
Personal details | |
Born | Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia | 29 July 1893
Died | 26 February 1970 Belgrade, PR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | (aged 76)
Resting place | Belgrade New Cemetery |
Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia |
Alma mater | University of Belgrade Faculty of Law |
Stanoje Simić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Станоје Симић; 29 July 1893 – 26 February 1970) was a Serbian lawyer, politician and diplomat who was the SFR Yugoslav Minister of Foreign Affairs [1] and the Ambassador to the United States. [2] In January 1946, he was the Soviet candidate to become the first Secretary General of the United Nations, but was opposed by the United States. [3] The two eventually compromised in the Norwegian socialist Trygve Lie for the position. [3]
Stanoje Simić | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the SFR Yugoslavia | |
In office 1 February 1946 – 31 August 1948 | |
President | Ivan Ribar |
Prime Minister | Josip Broz Tito |
Preceded by | Josip Broz Tito (acting) |
Succeeded by | Edvard Kardelj |
Personal details | |
Born | Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia | 29 July 1893
Died | 26 February 1970 Belgrade, PR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | (aged 76)
Resting place | Belgrade New Cemetery |
Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia |
Alma mater | University of Belgrade Faculty of Law |
Stanoje Simić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Станоје Симић; 29 July 1893 – 26 February 1970) was a Serbian lawyer, politician and diplomat who was the SFR Yugoslav Minister of Foreign Affairs [1] and the Ambassador to the United States. [2] In January 1946, he was the Soviet candidate to become the first Secretary General of the United Nations, but was opposed by the United States. [3] The two eventually compromised in the Norwegian socialist Trygve Lie for the position. [3]