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|occupation = Vice President of Yugoslavia (1963 - 1986) | |occupation = Vice President of Yugoslavia (1963 - 1986) | ||
|type of villain = Corrupt Official | |type of villain = Corrupt Official | ||
|goals = Bring Albania under his control (failed)<br>Create a centralized Yugoslavia (failed) | |goals = Bring Albania and Kosovo under his control (failed)<br>Create a centralized Yugoslavia (failed) | ||
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|hobby = }}'''Aleksandar Ranković''' (''nom de guerre'' '''Leka'''; 28 November 1909 – 19 August 1983) was a Yugoslav [[communist]] politician, considered to be the third most powerful man in Yugoslavia after [[Josip Broz Tito]] and Edvard Kardelj. | |hobby = }}'''Aleksandar Ranković''' (''nom de guerre'' '''Leka'''; 28 November 1909 – 19 August 1983) was a Yugoslav [[communist]] politician, considered to be the third most powerful man in Yugoslavia after [[Josip Broz Tito]] and Edvard Kardelj. | ||
Ranković was a proponent of a centralized Yugoslavia and opposed efforts that promoted decentralization that he deemed to be against the interests of the Serbian people; he ensured Serbs had a strong presence in Serbia's Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo's nomenklatura. Ranković cautioned against separatist forces in Kosovo who were commonly suspected of pursuing seditious activities. | Ranković was a proponent of a centralized Yugoslavia and opposed efforts that promoted decentralization that he deemed to be against the interests of the Serbian people; he ensured Serbs had a strong presence in Serbia's Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo's nomenklatura. Ranković cautioned against separatist forces in Kosovo who were commonly suspected of pursuing seditious activities. | ||