Sejdo Bajramović | |
|---|---|
Сејдо Бајрамовић | |
| President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (acting) | |
| In office 16 May 1991 – 30 June 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Ante Marković |
| Preceded by | Borisav Jović |
| Succeeded by | Stjepan Mesić |
| 4thKosovar member of the Yugoslav Presidency | |
| In office 31 March 1991 – 27 April 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Riza Sapunxhiu |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1927-07-07)7 July 1927 |
| Died | 1993 (aged 65–66) |
| Nationality | Yugoslav,Serbian |
| Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia Socialist Party of Serbia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Yugoslavia |
| Branch/service | Yugoslav People's Army |
| Rank | Warrant officer first class |
Sejdo Bajramović (Albanian:Sejdo Bajramoviq orBajrami;Serbian Cyrillic:Сејдо Бајрамовић; 7 July 1927 – 1993) was aYugoslav soldier and politician of the former Yugoslavia, who was the acting head of state of theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for a brief time in 1991.
Born inKosovska Kamenica, Bajramović was elected as member of the presidency representingKosovo, when the Serbian presidentSlobodan Milošević out-manoeuvred the incumbentRiza Sapunxhiu, through a recall by theSerbian Parliament. In the same move, he also became acting head of state (coordinator of thepresidency of Yugoslavia, as Milošević initially refused to accept the President-designateStipe Mesić, representingCroatia, and unilaterally declared the presidency incapable of functioning.[citation needed]
As the provincial legislature of Kosovo was suspended, Bajramović was appointed as presidency member by the Assembly of theRepublic of Serbia. Delegates from Slovenia and Croatia as well as Kosovo Albanian delegates protested his appointment as illegitimate and anti-constitutional given the dissolvement of the assembly.[1] In his Kosovo constituency, he had been elected with only 0.03% of the vote (ethnic Albanians boycotted the Serbian elections). Prior to this role, he was awarrant officer first class in theYugoslav People's Army.[2]