Nikola Ljubičić

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Nikola Ljubičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Љубичић; 4 April 1916 – 13 April 2005) was the President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982–1984), a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1984–1989), and the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia (1967–1982). He received numerous medals both from Yugoslavia and abroad, including the Order of the National Hero of Yugoslavia.

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Biography Ljubičić was born in the village of Karan, near Užice. He fought in World War II alongside Josip Broz Tito for the Yugoslav partisan movement and was proclaimed a Yugoslav national hero on 27 November 1953 for his actions in the war. Nikola Ljubičić joined the Partisans at the start of war in Yugoslavia in 1941. He served with distinction and manifested courage and heroism in the face of death. During the war, he was put in charge of numerous units, moving through the ranks of the Partisan army. Forty-one years after his first steps upon the battlefields of Yugoslavia, he retired from the Yugoslav People's Army as a four-star General of the Army and Minister of Defence. In 1982, Nikola Ljubičić took up the position of President of the President of the Presidency of SR Serbia. He remained in this position until 1984. From 1984 to 1989, he was a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He died in Belgrade on 13 April 2005, aged 89, and was buried with full military honors in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens of the New Cemetery in Belgrade. There are a number of publications on his…Citește mai mult