Branko Mamula

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Branko Mamula Бранко Мамула
4th Federal Secretary of People's Defence
In office 5 May 1982 – 15 May 1988
Preceded by	Nikola Ljubičić
Succeeded by	Veljko Kadijević
Personal details
Born	(1921-05-30) 30 May 1921 Vrginmost, Kordun, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality	Yugoslav
Political party	SKJ
Military service
Allegiance	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Service/branch	Yugoslav People's Army
Years of service	1941–1988
Rank	Fleet Admiral
Commands	Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) Yugoslav Navy
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour

Branko "Đuro" Mamula (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко "Ђурo" Мамула; born 1921) is a retired Yugoslav officer that participated in the Yugoslav Front of World War II. He was the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia from 1982 to 1988.

Biography

Mamula was born in Kordun, now part of Croatia, to an ethnic Serb family. Mamula joined Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1940 and at the start of World War II in Yugoslavia in 1941 he joined the Partisan resistance movement. During the war he was put in charge of numerous units, moving through the ranks of the Partisan army. Before he became the Defence Minister he held the rank of Admiral as Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslav People's Army from 1979–1982. After becoming Defence Minister in 1983 he was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet. He lived in Opatija until 1991.^[1]^[2] Since 2007 he is living in Tivat, Montenegro.

The entrance to Branko Mamula's home in Opatija with a sign "Mamula is gone" in 1991, after Croat forces took the region.

References

↑ Article in Mladina
↑ Berislav Jelinić; Eduard Šostarić; Maroje Mihovilović (27 February 2006). "1789 agenata KOS-a u RH" [1789 Yugoslav secret service agents in Croatia] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

Military offices
Preceded by Stane Potočar	Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia)#Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army 10 July 1979–5 May 1982	Succeeded by Petar Gračanin
Preceded by Nikola Ljubičić	Federal secretary of people's defence 5 May 1982–15 May 1988	Succeeded by Veljko Kadijević

Authority control	VIAF: 32904210

Persondata
Name	Mamula, Branko
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	21 June 1921
Place of birth	Slavonsko polje near Kordun, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Date of death
Place of death

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