This project has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
(Grant Agreement n. 669194)
(Zemun, 13/8/1922 - Belgrade, 28/8/2014)
Secretary - Federal foreign affairs secretariat (1969-1972)
Mirko Tepavac was the Federal foreign affairs secretary from 1969 to 1972. During this period, he gave a fundamental contribution to the country’s predicaments towards Western European economic integration. A representative of Serbia’s “liberal” wing which was purged by the LCY in 1972, during his mandate he made Yugoslavia’s foreign ministry a pivotal actor in Yugoslavia’s dealing with both the EEC and EFTA. Working hand-in-hand with the Member of the Federal executive council involved in dealings with the Community – in primis Toma Granfil – he promoted a de-ideologized and pragmatic approach towards processes of integration in Western Europe, depicting the EEC member states as needed political partner to balance relations with the Soviet Union and COMECON. In the bilateral domain, he strived to strengthen relations with Italy and Federal Germany – Yugoslavia’s major economic partners in Western Europe. In this field, he worked closely with Boris Šnuderl.
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From the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, Boris Šnuderl was one of the leading actors of Yugoslavia’s policy towards the Western European economic system. A member of the Yugoslav government from 1971 to 1974, he was responsible for Y... |
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Toma Granfil was a Serbian member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) between 1967 and 1971. During this period, he cooperated closely with his homologues Kiro Gligorov and Mika Špilijak; Yugoslav representative to EEC Miloš O... |
