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Edvard Kardelj

(Ljubljana, 27/1/1910 - Ljubljana, 10/2/1979)

Member - Presidency of the SFRY (-)
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Short bio

As the leading intellectual of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, Kardelj was a major protagonist in the re-launch of the self-management system in the 1970s. He was very active in communicating the "economic modernity" of Yugoslavia to the country's Western European partners. He also endorsed a political view of relations between Yugoslavia and the EEC, privileging the image of Yugoslavia as a developing and non-aligned country rathern than focusing on the country's international economic competitiveness

Relations

Boriš Šnuderl

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...

Toma Granfil

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...

Janko Smole

A leading member of the Slovene branch of the LCY, Smole hugely contributed to debates on Yugoslavia’s stance towards Western European economic integration as a member of the Yugoslav government in charge of relations with the EEC betwee...

Key Documents

Letter by Boriš Šnuderl to Milica Žiberna
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In this letter, the Slovene member of the Federal Executive Council, Boriš Šnuderl refers to a recent meeting between Petar Milijević, Yugoslavia's ambassador to the EEC, and a representative of the European Investment Bank. It is argued that Yugoslavia should develop financial relations with the EEC. - Available only in the Archive: http://www.arhivyu.gov.rs/

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