Cvijetin Mijatovic
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Cvijetin Mijatović (born 8 January 1913 in Lopare
Lopare
Lopare is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Majevica region of the Republika Srpska entity.-Demographics:...

, Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
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 − died 1992) was a Yugoslav communist politician
Politician
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 who served as Chairman of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
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 from 1980 until 1981.

In 1933, he became a member of KPJ. In 1934-1941 (except in 1938-1939 when he had Party duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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) he was member of the University Committee of KPJ, instructor of the Regional Committee of KPJ for Serbia
Serbia
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, and member of the city committee of KPJ for Belgrade. From 1941 he participated in organizing armed battles in east Bosnia. He was member of ZAVNOBiH
ZAVNOBiH
The National Anti-Fascist Council of the People's Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed as the highest governing organ of the anti-fascist movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina and during World War II developed to be bearer of Bosnian statehood...

 since founding and AVNOJ since II council. After the liberation he was Organisational Secretary of Communist League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, director of the High political school in Belgrade, chief editor of the newspaper "Komunist", ambassador of Yugoslavia to the USSR, member of the Central Committee of Communist League of Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina, secretary and the president of the Central Committee of Communist League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, member of the Presidency of Communist League of Yugoslavia and Chairman of the Presidency of Yugoslavia.

Mijatović's daughter Mira Mijatović was lead singer of the band VIA Talas
VIA Talas
VIA Talas were a former Yugoslav New Wave band notable as one of the participants of the Artistička radna akcija project...

. She died of heroin overdose in 1989.
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