Stanoje Simić
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 Tyrgve 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 | 29 July 1893 Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Died | 26 February 1970 (aged 76) Belgrade, PR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Resting place | Belgrade New Cemetery |
| Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade Faculty of Law |
References
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia. "Lista popečitelja i ministara inostranih poslova od obrazovanja prve vlade 1811. godine do današnjeg dana" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-04-23.
- (in Serbian) Dragoš Petrović, Predrag Krejić, Српски и југословенски дипломатски представници у Сједињеним Америчким Државама 1917–1945
- Hamilton, Thomas J. (1950). "The U. N. and Trygve Lie". Foreign Affairs. 29 (1): 69. doi:10.2307/20030815. ISSN 0015-7120.
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