Nikola Ljubičić

Who was Nikola Ljubičić?

Nikola Ljubičić was the President of the Presidency of Serbia, a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia. He received numerous medals both from Yugoslavia and abroad, including the Order of the National Hero of Yugoslavia.

He fought in World War II alongside Josip Broz Tito for the Yugoslav partisan movement and was proclaimed a Yugoslav national hero on the 27 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 battlefields 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.