Moša Pijade

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Moša Pijade (Belgrade, January 4, 1890 - Paris, March 15, 1957) was a prominent Yugoslav Communist of Jewish origin, and a close collaborator of Josip Broz Tito, former President of Yugoslavia.

Pijade held high political posts during and after World War II and was a member of the Central Committee and the Politburo. He was a member of the Partisans and was subsequently proclaimed People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

Pijade was a painter, art critic, publicist and translator of Das Kapital by Karl Marx into Serbo-Croatian. He is thought to have had a major influence on political theory as exposed during the old regime. He was sentenced to 20 years of prison because of his 'revolutionary acting' after the World War I .He was also the creator of so-called 'Foca regulations' (1942), which prescribed the creation and work of people-liberating committees on liberated theritories.