Mitja Ribičič
| Mitja Ribičič | |
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| 26th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia | |
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In office 18 May 1969 – 30 July 1971 |
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| President | Josip Broz Tito |
| Preceded by | Mika Špiljak |
| Succeeded by | Džemal Bijedić |
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| Born | 19 May 1919 Trieste, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 28 November 2013 (aged 94) Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia |
| Nationality | Slovenian |
| Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) |
Mitja Ribičič (19 May 1919 – 28 November 2013) was a Slovenian Communist official and Yugoslav politician. He was the only Slovenian prime minister of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1969–1971).
He was born in a Slovene-speaking family in Trieste, Italy. His father was the Slovene author Josip Ribičič (born in town Baška, Isle of Krk, Croatia). His mother, Roza Ribičič, née Arrigler or Arigler, was a teacher in Slovene schools in Trieste, and an editor and public figure. She was the niece of the poet Anton Medved.
In 1925 the family moved to Rakek, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia), where Ribičič attended elementary school. In 1929 they settled in Ljubljana. In 1938 Ribičič enrolled in the University of Ljubljana, where he studied law. In his student years, he became a member of several left wing youth organizations, and associations of Slovene emigrants from the Julian March. In April 1941, when Yugoslavia was invaded by the Nazis, he volunteered for the Royal Yugoslav Army. After the Yugoslav defeat in late April, he joined the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People. In October 1941 he became a member of the Yugoslav Communist Party's (KPJ) Slovenian branch.
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