Koča Popović

Serbian and Yugoslavian soldier and politician (1908-1992) · Serbia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 84

Konstantin "Koča" Popović was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and communist volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, 1937-1939 and Divisional Commander of the First Proletarian Division of the Yugoslav Partisans.

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1992Died20 October 19921960Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the FalconAward1953People's Hero of YugoslaviaAward1945Order of Suvorov, 1st classAward1944Order of Suvorov, 2nd classAward1908Born14 March 1908

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Aleksandar Ranković Preceded Koča as Vice President of Yugoslavia

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Popović as commander of the First Proletarian Division in Drvar, 1943

Popović pictured with Josip Broz Tito

Awards

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon1960

People's Hero of Yugoslavia1953

Order of Suvorov, 1st class1945

Order of Suvorov, 2nd class1944

Order of Freedom (Yugoslavia)

Order of the War Banner

Order of the Partisan Star

Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour

Order of the People's Liberation

Order of the Yugoslav flag with ribbon

Order of the Republic

Order of Brotherhood and Unity

Order "For Merit to the People" with golden star

Order of Bravery

Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941

Order of the Crown

Order of the Aztec Eagle

Grand Cross of the Order of George I

Order of Menelik II

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav

Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945

Grand Officer of the Order of the White Lion

Czechoslovak Military Order for Freedom

Order of Merit

Order of May

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 2nd class

Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross

Grand Cross of the Order of the Condor of the Andes

Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary

Order of the People's Hero

Commander of the Legion of Honour

Order of National Merit

Order of the Two Niles

Order of the Yugoslav Flag

About this person

He is on occasion referred to as "the man who saved the Yugoslav Partisans", because it was he who anticipated the weakest point in the Axis lines on the Zelengora-Kalinovik axis, and devised the plan for breaking through it during the Battle of Sutjeska, thus saving Josip Broz Tito, his headquarters and the rest of the resistance movement. After the war, he served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army, before moving to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs and spent the final years of his political career as Vice President of Yugoslavia.

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Serbia