Yugoslavia's last PM dies aged 87 (AP)

ZAGREB, Croatia ? Croatia's state news agency says former Yugoslavia's last Prime Minister Ante Markovic has died. He was 87.

Markovic, a Croat, became Yugoslavia's prime minister in March 1989, two years before the former communist country started unraveling along ethnic lines.

Before he resigned in December 1991, Markovic tried to find a compromise between secessionists republics Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Serbia which insisted that Yugoslavia remain a single entity. His efforts failed and the country plunged into a series of ethnic wars.

After the wars, Markovic, who was considered a pro-Western reformist, dedicated himself to a business career.

HINA news agency did not provide the cause of his death.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/europe/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111128/ap_on_re_eu/eu_croatia_obit_markovic

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