(born June 12, 1911, Podbi&shacek;ce, Montenegro—died April 20, 1995, Belgrade, Serbia) Yugoslav politician and political writer. His opposition to Yugoslavia's royalist dictatorship led to a prison term (1933–36).
He joined the Yugoslav Communist Party's central committee in 1938 and its politburo in 1940. In World War II he played a major role in the partisan resistance to the Germans. In 1953 he became president of the Federal People's Assembly, but his criticism of the party and calls for liberalization soon led to his ouster from all political posts by Tito. He was later arrested several times after his books criticizing communism, including The New Class (1957), were published in the West.
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