Milentije Popović (1913, Crna Trava

Crna Trava

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 - 1971) was a member of Communist Party of Yugoslavia

League of Communists of Yugoslavia

League of Communists of Yugoslavia , before 1952 the Communist Party of Yugoslavia League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Savez komunista Jugoslavije/Савез комуниста Југославије, Slovene: Zveza komunistov Jugoslavije, Macedonian: Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na...

 (KPJ) since 1939. During World War II

World War II

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 he held various Party and administrative positions. After the war, he became the Minister of interior affairs, trade and supplies, and then Minister of foreign trade and finance in Yugoslav federal government.

He died while President of the Federal Assembly of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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, a position he held from May 16, 1967 to May 8, 1971 .

He published a number of tracts and articles on economy problems, development of socialist democracy, and on other subjects.