Stanko Radmilović

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Stanko Radmilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Станко Радмиловић) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and university professor. He was born on July 21, 1936, in Oljasi near Požega, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and died on November 24, 2018, in Novi Sad, Serbia.

He served as the Prime Minister (President of the Executive Council) of Serbia from December 5, 1989, to February 11, 1991. He was the last prime minister under one-party rule, representing the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. During his time in office, Serbia adopted a new constitution in September 1990 and held its first multi-party elections in December 1990; a new government led by Dragutin Zelenović took over in January 1991.

Education and career: Radmilović studied economics at the University of Osijek and earned a PhD in financial investments from the University of Belgrade. He worked in industry and finance, including roles at the Požega iron foundry, SEC Lipa, Beočin cement factory, and Vojvođanska banka, where he rose to high-level positions. He helped develop the Long-Term Economic Stabilization Program in 1982 and participated in Yugoslav political and economic reform bodies in the 1980s.

After leaving government, he served as an independent scientific advisor at Vojvođanska banka and as acting general director of the Oil Industry of Serbia. In 1994 he helped establish the Financing Center in Novi Sad and was its general director until 2001. He held various economic roles in the FR Yugoslavia government (1995–1997) and led the Banking Section of the Association of Economists of Serbia (1996–1998).

Academia: Radmilović also had a long teaching career. He was an assistant professor of Economic Policy at the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad in 1980, an associate professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Zrenjanin in 1992, and became a full professor of economics at the University of Novi Sad in 1994.