Branko Mamula

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
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

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 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 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 1979–1982. 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"

References

1. Profile, slobodnadalmacija.hr; accessed 19 September 2016.(Croatian)
2. 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.