Milka Planinc

Milka Planinc
25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
President of the Federal Executive Council
In office
16 May 1982 – 15 May 1986
PresidentPetar Stambolić
Mika Špiljak
Veselin Đuranović
Radovan Vlajković
Preceded byVeselin Đuranović
Succeeded byBranko Mikulić
7th President of the League of Communists of Croatia
In office
14 December 1971 – 16 May 1982
Preceded bySavka Dabčević-Kučar
Succeeded byJure Bilić
Personal details
Born
Milka Malada

(1924-11-21)21 November 1924
Drniš, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died7 October 2010(2010-10-07) (aged 85)
Zagreb, Croatia
Political partyLeague of Communists
Spouse
Zvonko Planinc
(m. 1950; died 1993)
Children2

Milka Planinc (née Malada; pronounced [mîːlka plǎnint͡s]; 21 November 1924 – 7 October 2010) was a Croatian communist politician who served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 1982 to 1986. She was the first and only woman to hold this office. Planinc was also the first female head of government of a diplomatically recognized socialist state in Europe.[1]

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