Branko Kostić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Branko Kostić

Montenegrin politician

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1939

Place of Birth: Cetinje, Old Royal Capital Cetinje, Montenegro

Profession: politician, political commissar

Nationality: Montenegro

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Branko Kostic (Serbian Cyrillic: ?????? ??????, born 28 August 1939) is a retired Montenegrin Serb politician. He served as the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro from March 1989 to December 1990, and then as the acting Chairman of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1991 to 1992.
He was a member of the League of Communists of Montenegro until 1990, after which he joined the new Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro.
On 16 May 1991 he became a member of the Collective Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was an intense proponent of Serbian-Montenegrin unionism.
When a reporter asked him what the difference was between Montenegrins and Serbs, he replied: "a vast majority of Montenegrins can say they are Serbs, while a vast majority of Serbs cannot say they are Montenegrins".