Aleksandar Ranković, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aleksandar Ranković

Yugoslav politician

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1909

Place of Birth: Draževac, Belgrade District, Serbia

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1983

Profession: politician, political commissar

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Aleksandar Rankovic (nom de guerre Leka; Serbian Cyrillic: ?????????? ???????? ????; 28 November 1909 – 19 August 1983) was a Yugoslav communist politician, considered to be the third most powerful man in Yugoslavia after Josip Broz Tito and Edvard Kardelj.
Rankovic was a proponent of a centralized Yugoslavia and opposed efforts that promoted decentralization that he deemed to be against the interests of the Serbian people; he ensured Serbs had a strong presence in Serbia's Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo's nomenklatura.
Rankovic cautioned against separatist forces in Kosovo who were commonly suspected of pursuing seditious activities.The popularity of Rankovic in Serbia became apparent at his funeral in 1983, which large numbers of people attended.
Many considered Rankovic a Serbian "national" leader.
Rankovic's policies have been perceived as the basis of the policies of Slobodan Miloševic.