Budimir Lončar

Budimir Lončar
Budimir Lončar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 31 December 1987 – 12 December 1991
Prime Minister	Branko Mikulić ; Ante Marković
Preceded by	Raif Dizdarević
Succeeded by	Milivoje Maksić (Acting)
Personal details
Born	1 April 1924; Preko, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes; (now Croatia])
Died	1 September 2024 (aged 100); Preko, Croatia
Party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia; (1945–1991)
Parents	Ive Lončar (father); Ivana Lončar (maiden name: Šoša) (mother);

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Budimir Lončar (1 April 1924 – 1 September 2024) was a Yugoslav and Croatian official and diplomat most notable for serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia from 1987 until 1991. Lončar also served as ambassador of Yugoslavia to Indonesia, Germany and the United States. In 1984, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia, and in 1987 Minister of Foreign Affairs. He held this post until the disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991.

From 1993 to 1995, Lončar served as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Non-Aligned Movement. He was advisor in various NGOs, like Appeal of Conscience Foundation, The World Council of Religious and Spiritual Leaders in New York City, and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva. He later served as an advisor to Croatian presidents Stjepan Mesić and Ivo Josipović.