Nikola Ljubičić

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Nikola Ljubičić
April 4, 1916 - April 13, 2005 (aged 89)
Nikola Ljubičić with Josip Broz Tito, the President of Yugoslavia
Place of birth	Karan near Užice, Kingdom of Serbia
Place of death	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Allegiance	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Service/branch	SFR Yugoslavia
Years of service	1941-1982
Rank	General of the Army
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Order of National Hero of Yugoslavia
Other work	President of the Presidency of Serbia, and member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Nikola Ljubičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Љубичић; born in the village of Karan near Užice on April 4, 1916; died in Belgrade on April 13, 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.

He fought in the World War II alongside Josip Broz Tito for the Yugoslav partisan movement and was proclaimed a Yugoslav national hero on the 27th November 1953 for his actions in the war.

Nikola Ljubičić joined the Partisans at the start of the war in Yugoslavia in 1941. He served with distinction, 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. 41 years after his first steps upon the battle fields of Yugoslavia, he retired from the Yugoslav People's Army as a General of the Army with four stars degree, and Minister of Defence.

In 1982 Nikola Ljubičić took up the position of President of the Presidency of 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 on 13th April 2005, and was buried with full military honours in the Alley of the Greats of the New Cemetery in Belgrade. [1] [2]

There is a number of publications on his work such as the Total National Defence - Strategy for Peace (published in 1977 in numerous languages, including English, Arabic, Russian and Serbo-Croatian), and his own memoirs of World War II in the book "U Titovoj koloni" ("Marching with Tito"; published in 2006).

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