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Peko Dapčević
Peko Dapčević
	Dapčević in 1953
Birth name	Peko Dapčević
Born	25 June 1913; Cetinje, Montenegro
Died	10 February 1999 (aged 85); Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Buried	Belgrade New Cemetery
Allegiance	Spanish Republic ; Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Service / branch	International Brigades; Yugoslav Partisans; Yugoslav People's Army; Yugoslav Ground Forces
Years of service	1937–1939; 1941–1955
Rank	Colonel General
Unit	XV International Brigade; 1st Proletarian Corps; First Yugoslav Army
Battles / wars	Spanish Civil War ; World War II
Awards	Order of the People's Hero; Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of National Liberation; Order of the War Banner; Order of Kutuzov, 1st class; Order of Suvorov,1st class
Spouse(s)	Milena Dapčević

Peko Dapčević (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Пеко Дапчевић; 25 June 1913 – 10 February 1999)^[1] was a Yugoslav communist who fought as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, joined the Partisan uprising in Montenegro, and became commander of the Yugoslav 1st Proletarian Corps, 1st and 4th Armies.

Dapčević led the Partisan troops that, along with Soviet Red Army under General Vladimir Zhdanov, liberated Belgrade on October 20, 1944. He was the first person to be proclaimed as honorary citizen of Belgrade. He was also among the founders of FK Partizan, the football section of the Partizan Sports Society.^[2]

In 1953, Dapčević was named Chief of the Yugoslav General Staff, but was demoted as a result of being indirectly involved in the Milovan Đilas troubles with the party.

Biography

Born June 25, 1913, in the area of Cetinje known as Ljubotinj, his father Jovan was an Orthodox deacon. He had one sister named Danica who was a public school teacher, and brothers Milutin (an officer in the Royal Yugoslav Army), Dragutin (Major of Yugoslav Armies) and Vlado who was a revolutionary, dissident and anti-revisionist.

Dapčević died February 10, 1999, at the age of 85 in Belgrade. He was buried at Belgrade New Cemetery.

References

^ Peko Dapčević (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 August 2022 – via catalogue.bnf.fr.
^ cbnostalgija (2019-05-09). "Osnivači Partizana". Crno-bela Nostalgija (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-03.

Military offices
Preceded by Koča Popović	Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army 27 January 1953 – 29 April 1955	Succeeded by Ljubo Vučković
Sporting positions
Preceded by Position established	President of KK Partizan 1945–1947	Succeeded by Sveta Šaper