Mitar Bakic ( Serb. Mitar Bakiћ ; November 7, 1908 , Berislavtsy - November 25, 1960 , Belgrade ) - Yugoslav military and political leader, permanent representative of Yugoslavia to the UN from 1950 to 1952. People's Hero of Yugoslavia.
| Mitar Bakic | |||||||||
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| Serb. Mitar Buckyћ | |||||||||
| Date of Birth | November 7, 1908 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth |  Berislavtsy , Principality of Montenegro | ||||||||
| Date of death | November 25, 1960 (52 years old) | ||||||||
| A place of death |  Belgrade , SFRY | ||||||||
| Affiliation | Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Type of army |  Yugoslav People's Army : Ground Forces | ||||||||
| years of service | 1941-1945 | ||||||||
| Rank | lieutenant general | ||||||||
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| Battles / wars | The People's Liberation War of Yugoslavia | ||||||||
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| Retired | member of the delegation of Yugoslavia to the UN | ||||||||
Biography
Born November 7, 1908 in the village of Berislavtsy near Podgorica in a peasant family. He graduated from elementary school in Berislavtsi, a gymnasium in Podgorica, entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade. During the training, he became close to representatives of leftist ideas; in 1932 he was admitted to the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. He held a position in the technical departments of the Belgrade Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. He worked until 1936 in Belgrade and Zagreb, and was also a member of the Central Committee of the Unified Labor Party of Yugoslavia. In 1936, he was sent from Montenegro to Montenegro to form the charity Red Assistance. He was a member of the commission for the transfer of volunteers to Spain .
In 1936, Bakic was arrested in Zagreb and put on trial, but was acquitted. From 1937 to 1938 he carried out propaganda among the soldiers of the Zagreb garrison. A participant in the V Land Congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine, held in October 1940 in Zagreb, on April 10, 1941, was elected to the Military Committee under the Central Committee of the Communist Party. After the occupation of the country, he went to Montenegro, where he took the post of secretary of the Montenegrin branch of the Communist Party. He was one of the organizers of the July 13 uprising . In October 1941 he was elected to the Main People's Liberation Committee of Serbia. At the beginning of 1942 he was again sent to Montenegro, where he took up the post of political instructor at the General Staff of the NOAU in Montenegro (under the commander Peko Dapchevic ).
In June 1942, Bakic was appointed political instructor of the 4th proletarian Montenegrin brigade , with whom he participated in a campaign in the Bosnian Krai and battles for Bugoyno, Kupres, Bosansko-Grahovo and other cities. In November 1942, he was appointed political instructor of the 2nd proletarian division , with whom he went through the battle on the Neretva , participated in the counterattack near Gorni-Vakuf, a breakthrough in Herzegovina, battles on the Drina, Sutjeska , Zelengor and Eastern Bosnia. In September 1943, he became the political officer of the 2nd shock army corps . In June 1944, he was appointed secretary of the National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia and chief of the cabinet of the Marshal of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito .
After the liberation of Yugoslavia, Mitar Bakic served as Secretary General of the Government of the Federal Republic of Socialist Republic of 1945, and in October 1949 he took the position of Secretary of the Coordinating Committee of the Government of the Federal Republic of Socialist Republic. From 1950 to 1952 he was a member of the SFRY delegation to the UN General Assembly. He served as Secretary General of the Union Assembly, was a member of the Central Committee of the Communists of Yugoslavia and Montenegro , was chairman of the Central Audit Commission of the UCC and a member of the Union Committee of the SSRN of Yugoslavia . Member of the People's Assembly since 1945. Retired Lieutenant Colonel General.
He died on November 25, 1960 , was buried in the New Cemetery in Belgrade. Cavalier of many orders and medals, People's Hero of Yugoslavia (decree of December 20, 1951 ).
Literature
- War encyclopedia (kiga prva) , Beograd 1970. Godina
- " Folk Heroes of Ugoslavia ". Beograd: Mladost. 1975.