Boris Kraigher

Boris Kraigher
President of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia
In office
December 15, 1953 – June 26, 1962
Preceded byMiha Marinko
Succeeded byViktor Avbelj
Personal details
Born(1914-02-14)February 14, 1914
Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah, Styria, Austro-Hungary
DiedJanuary 4, 1967(1967-01-04) (aged 52)
near Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Boris Kraigher (February 14, 1914 – January 4, 1967) was a Slovenian and Yugoslavian communist politician.

Kraigher served as the president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia from December 15, 1953 to June 25, 1962. He was a member of the League of Communists of Slovenia. He was preceded by Miha Marinko and succeeded by Viktor Avbelj. Then he was sent to Belgrade as vice-president of the Federal Executive Council (Yugoslav government) and was killed in a car crash before he could be promoted to head of the federal government.

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