# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jaka-avsic
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:57:05.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jaka-avsic"
name: "Jaka Avšič"
slug: "jaka-avsic"
description: "Jakob \"Jaka\" Avšič was the first commander of Chetnik units in Slovenia during the Second World War. At the end of October 1941, Colonel Avšič and Major Karl Novak went to Ravna Gora and met with Draža Mihailović, who appointed Avšič as his representative in Slovenia. Avšič soon deserted the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland and joined the Yugoslav Partisans. He was then instructed by the Communist executive board to try to convince other Yugoslav army officers to desert and join the Partisans. During the war he used the pseudonym Branko Hrast."
tagline: "Slovene diplomat and political commissar (1896-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaka_Av%C5%A1i%C4%8D.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1896-04-24"
deathDate: "1978-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.82
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.739345333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jaka_Av%C5%A1i%C4%8D"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "جاكا افشيتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaka_Av%C5%A1i%C4%8D"
    title: "Jaka Avšič"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaka_Av%C5%A1i%C4%8D"
    title: "Jaka Avšič"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Авшич, Якоб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaka_Av%C5%A1i%C4%8D"
    title: "Jaka Avšič"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Јакоб Авшич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2346395"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump