Cvijetin Mijatović


Cvijetin "Majo" Mijatović was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as Chairman of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia.

Biography

Mijatović was born in Lopare, at the time in Austria-Hungary. In 1934, he became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. Between 1934 and 1941 he was a member of the University Committee of KPJ, instructor of the Regional Committee of KPJ for Serbia, and member of the city committee of KPJ for Belgrade.
After Yugoslavia was invaded in 1941, he participated in organizing armed battles in east Bosnia. He was a member of ZAVNOBiH since founding and AVNOJ since the second 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.

Personal life

Mijatović's wife, actress, died in a traffic collision on 22 June 1970.
In 1973, he remarried, this time to actress Mira Stupica.
From his first marriage, he had two daughters: and Maja. Mira Mijatović was a singer and a member of the new wave band VIA Talas. Maja Mijatović was an actress and television personality, best known for hosting Nedeljno popodne on TV Sarajevo.
Both Mira and Maja died in 1991 in the span of a few months from AIDS brought on by heroin usage.