Mihalj Kertes | |
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Михаљ Кертес | |
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| Director of the Federal Customs Bureau of FR Yugoslavia | |
| In office 1993 – 6 October 2000 | |
| Minister without portfolio | |
| In office 14 July 1993 – 18 March 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Vekoslav Šošević |
| Member of the Presidency of SR Serbia | |
| In office 8 May 1989 – 28 September 1990 | |
| President | Slobodan Milošević |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1947 Bačka Palanka, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | 29 December 2022 (aged 75) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Political party | |
| Children | 2 |
| Nickname | Bracika |
Mihalj Kertes (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаљ Кертес, Hungarian: Kertész Mihály; 29 August 1947 – 29 December 2022), nicknamed "Bracika", was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician. An ethnic Hungarian, he became a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1974 and a close associate of Slobodan Milošević in the late 1980s.
He became a prominent figure during the anti-bureaucratic revolution. Kertes was a candidate in the 1989 election for the presidency of Serbia within Yugoslavia but lost in a landslide to Milošević. He joined the Socialist Party of Serbia in 1990 and became the director of the Federal Customs Bureau of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1993. Kertes provided logistic and financial support for various undercover government operations until the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević, which occurred on 5 October 2000. After the overthrow, Kertes was sentenced, tried, and acted as a witness in several trials.