Sergej Kraigher
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Sergej Kraigher | |
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 Kraigher in 1969 | |
| 3rd President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia | |
| In office 15 May 1981 – 15 May 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Veselin Đuranović |
| Preceded by | Cvijetin Mijatović |
| Succeeded by | Petar Stambolić |
| 9th President of the Presidency of SR Slovenia | |
| In office May 1974 – May 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrej Marinc Anton Vratuša |
| Succeeded by | Viktor Avbelj |
| 6th President of the People's Assembly of SR Slovenia | |
| In office 1967–1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Janko Smole Stane Kavčić Andrej Marinc |
| Preceded by | Ivan Maček |
| Succeeded by | Tone Kropušek |
| Preceded by | Marjan Brecelj (as President of the People's Assembly of SR Slovenia) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1914 Adelsberg, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 17 January 2001 (aged 86) Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Nationality | Yugoslav |
| Political party | SKJ |
Sergej Kraigher (30 May 1914 – 17 January 2001) was a Yugoslav communist politician from Slovenia who served as the President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1981 to 1982.[1]
Biography
[edit]Kraigher was born in Postojna, Austria-Hungary, modern-day Slovenia.[2] His uncle, Jurij Kraigher was a prominent American civil and war pilot. His other uncle, Alojz Kraigher, was a prominent writer and left-wing activist, while his cousin Boris also became an influential communist politician in post-war Yugoslavia.
Kraigher rose through the ranks of the Communist Party of Slovenia in the 1940s,[3] and fought with the partisan resistance during World War II. After the war he served as governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia between 1951 and 1953, and then as director of the Federal Institute for Economic Planning and Secretary of State for Foreign Trade.[4] Kraigher became chairman of the People's Assembly of Slovenia in 1967 and held that position until 1974, after which he served as President of the Presidency of Slovenia until 1979. Following the death of Edvard Kardelj, Kraigher became the Slovenian member of the collective Presidency of Yugoslavia and served as its 3rd President from 1981 to 1982, after the death of Josip Broz Tito.
He is also known for being the chairman of the Kraigher Commission, which was set up by the Yugoslav government to advise and give proposals in solving the Yugoslav economic crisis which started to develop in the early to mid-1980s.[5] The commission report was the basis of a reform package that was to be implemented by the Milka Planinc cabinet, but never materialized.
Kraigher died in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 17 January 2001, at the age of 86.
Honours and awards
[edit]National honours
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Order of People's Liberation (28 November 1953)[6]
Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour (14 March 1974)[7]
Foreign honours
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Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (12 November 1980)[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Communist Politician Sergej Kraigher Dies at 86". Slovenian Press Agency. 17 January 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ JPRS Report: East Europe. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1989. p. 19. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Kraigher, Sergej (1914–2001) - Slovenska biografija". www.slovenska-biografija.si. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Božac, Lidija (20 June 2014). "KRAIGHER, Sergej". Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ Macesich, George; Lang, Rikard; Vojnić, Dragomir (18 January 1989). Essays on the Yugoslav Economic Model. Bloomsbury Academic. p. XIII. ISBN 978-0-275-92670-0. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Одликовани Орденом народног ослобођења". Borba. 29 November 1953. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕТСЕДАТЕЛОТ НА СОЦИЈАЛИСТИЧКА ФЕДЕРАТИВНА РЕПУБЛИКА ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА" (PDF). Службени лист СФРЈ. XXX (42): 1416. 23 August 1974. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "CONDECORADOS: ORDEN EL SOL DEL PERU". Slideshare.net. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. p. 34. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
External links
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Media related to Sergej Kraigher at Wikimedia Commons
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| International | |
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| National | |
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- 1914 births
- 2001 deaths
- People from Postojna
- Governors of the National Bank of Yugoslavia
- Slovenian atheists
- League of Communists of Slovenia politicians
- Members of the Central Committee of the 11th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Members of the Central Committee of the 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Members of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Recipients of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour