Tanasije Dinić
| Tanasije Dinić | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Interior of occupied Serbia | |
|
In office 10 November 1942 – 6 November 1943 | |
| Prime Minister | Milan Nedić |
| Preceded by | Milan Aćimović |
| Succeeded by | Milan Nedić |
| Minister of Social Policy and People's Health of occupied Serbia | |
|
In office 6 November 1943 – 4 October 1944 | |
| Prime Minister | Milan Nedić |
| Preceded by | Stojimir Dobrosavljević |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Tanasije Dinić 1891 Niš, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Died |
17 July 1946 Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Political party | Yugoslav National Movement |
| Occupation | Soldier, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Years of service | ?–1941 |
| Rank | Colonel |
Tanasije Dinić (1891, Niš, Kingdom of Serbia – 17 July 1946, Belgrade, Yugoslavia) was a Serbian military officer and later Minister of Internal Affairs, in the collaborationist regime established in occupied Serbia by Nazi Germany, the Government of National Salvation. Dinić held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Yugoslav Army and was a British sympathizer before and during World War II. He became a member of the fascist Yugoslav National Movement in order to report to the British Foreign Office, SOE and MI6 German plans for the Balkans. Following the invasion of Yugoslavia, he held the post of minister of interior in Milan Nedić's pro-Axis government. Dinić became the minister of social policy and people's health in 1943, and was later captured by Americans near Vienna after war, interrogated, flown back to Belgrade, and handed over to the Communists. After the trial and sentencing, along with General Dragoljub Mihailović executed by firing squad were Tanasije Dinić, Velibor Janić, Boško Pavlović, Dragomir Jovanović, Miloš Glišić, Rade Radić, General Kosta Mušicki, General Djuro Dokić, all on the same day, 17 July 1946.
Postscript
Only after World War II, it was revealed the extent of Colonel Dinić's collaboration with top British spies, the chief of Special Operations Executive (SOE) detail in Belgrade, Tom S. Masterson; his assistant Julius Hanau, a British war veteran who settled in Belgrade after World War I and was then working as a representative of the Vickers Company; former engineer of British-owned Trepča Mines S. W. Bailey, who later became senior British liaison officer at General Mihailović's headquarters; and South African mining engineer, Duane T. (Bill) Hudson, also associated with Trepča Mines. Dinić kept them and their successors informed throughout the war.
References
- Translated and adapted from Serbian Wikipedia: Танасије Динић
Sources
- Tomasevich, Jozo (2002). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: Occupation and Collaboration. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3615-2.