Branko Mamula

Branko Mamula
Бранко Мамула
Branko Mamula; Бранко Мамула
4th Federal Secretary of People's Defense of Yugoslavia
	In office; 5 May 1982 – 15 May 1988
Preceded by	Nikola Ljubičić
Succeeded by	Veljko Kadijević
Personal details
Born	30 May 1921; Vrginmost, Kordun, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality	Yugoslav
Political party	SKJ
Awards	Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour
Military service
Allegiance	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Branch/service	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

Branko "Đuro" Mamula (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко "Ђурo" Мамула; born 30 May 1921) is a retired Yugoslav officer who participated in World War II in Yugoslavia. He was later the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia from 1982 to 1988.

Biography

Mamula was born in Kordun to an ethnic Serb family. He joined League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia in 1940 and at the start of World War II in Yugoslavia in 1941 he joined the Partisan resistance movement. In 1942 he joined Communist Party of Yugoslavia. During the war he was put in charge of numerous units, moving through the ranks of the Partisans. 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 to 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 has lived in Tivat, Montenegro.

The entrance to Branko Mamula's former villa in Opatija, Croatia, with signpost in English: "Mamula is Gone".

Honours

National Honours

Yugoslavia:
Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour
Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star
Order of the People’s Army(3x recipient)
Order of Labour with Red Banner
Great Star of the Order of Military Merit(2x recipient)
Order of Merits for the People with Golden Star
Order of Brotherhood and Unity with Golden Wreath
Order of the Partisan Star with Rifles
Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941

Foreign Honours

France: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Poland: Partisan Cross
Sudan: 1st Class of the Order of the Republic
Italy: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Kingdom of Nepal: Member 1st Class of the Order of the Gurkha Right Arm
Indonesia: Navy Meritorious Service Star, 1st Class (Indonesian: Bintang Jalasena Utama)
Tunisia: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic
Greece: Grand Commander of the Order of Honour
Austria: Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Jordan: Grand Cordon of the Al-Hussein Order of Military Merit

References

Profile, slobodnadalmacija.hr; accessed 19 September 2016.(in Croatian)
Berislav Jelinić; Eduard Šostarić; Maroje Mihovilović (27 February 2006). "1789 agenata KOS-a u RH" [1789 Yugoslav secret service agents in Croatia]. Nacional (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

Military offices
Preceded by Stane Potočar	Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army 10 July 1979 – 5 May 1982	Succeeded by Petar Gračanin
Political offices
Preceded by Nikola Ljubičić	Federal Secretary of People's Defence of Yugoslavia 5 May 1982 – 15 May 1988	Succeeded by Veljko Kadijević

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[1] Profile, slobodnadalmacija.hr; accessed 19 September 2016.(in Croatian)

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