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Nikola Ljubičić
Никола Љубичић
President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia
In office 5 May 1982 – 5 May 1984
Preceded by	Dobrivoje Vidić
Succeeded by	Dušan Čkrebić
3rd Federal Secretary of People's Defense
In office 18 May 1967 – 5 May 1982
President	Josip Broz Tito
Preceded by	Ivan Gošnjak
Succeeded by	Branko Mamula
2nd Serbian Representative in the Yugoslav Presidency
In office 15 May 1984 – 15 May 1989
Preceded by	Petar Stambolić
Succeeded by	Borisav Jović
Personal details
Born	(1916-04-04)4 April 1916 Karan near Užice, Kingdom of Serbia
Died	13 April 2005(2005-04-13) (aged 89) Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Nationality	Serb
Political party	SKJ League of Communists - Movement for Yugoslavia
Spouse	Vera Ljubičić
Awards	Order of National Hero of Yugoslavia
Military service
Allegiance	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Branch/service	Yugoslav People's Army
Years of service	1941–1982
Rank	General of the Army
Commands	Yugoslav People's Army
Battles/wars	World War II

Nikola Ljubičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Љубичић; 4 April 1916 – 13 April 2005) was the President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982–1984), a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1984–1989), and the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia (1967–1982). He received numerous medals both from Yugoslavia and abroad, including the Order of the National Hero of Yugoslavia.

Biography

Ljubičić was born in the village of Karan, near Užice. 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. Forty-one years after his first steps upon the battlefields of Yugoslavia, he retired from the Yugoslav People's Army as a four-star General of the Army 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.

He died in Belgrade on 13 April 2005, aged 89, and was buried with full military honors in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens of the New Cemetery in Belgrade.

There are a number of publications on his work such as the Total National Defence – Strategy for Peace (published in 1977 in numerous languages, including English, Arabic, Russian and Serbo-Croatian), and his own memoirs of World War II in the book "U Titovoj koloni" ("Marching with Tito"; published in 2006).

See also

• League of Communists Organisation in the Yugoslav People's Army

References

1. "Collective Presidency Follows 35 Years of Rule by One Man". The Washington Post. 1980-05-05. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
2. "Danas.rs greška". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
3. "Bosnia Report - July - September 2000". Archived from the original on 2006-09-07. Retrieved 2006-12-26.

v t e Members of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
5th term (1948–1952)	Đilas Gošnjak Kardelj Kidrič Leskošek Nešković Pijade Ranković Tito
6th term (1952–1958)	Bakarić Đilas Gošnjak Kardelj Kidrič Koliševski Leskošek Pijade Pucar Ranković Salaj Tito Vukmanović
7th term (1958–1964)	Bakarić Gošnjak Jovanović Kardelj Koliševski Leskošek Marinko Pucar Ranković Salaj Stambolić Tito Veselinov Vlahović Vukmanović
8th term (1964–1969)	1964–1966 Bakarić Crvenkovski Gošnjak Jovanović Kardelj Koliševski Krajger Marinko Mijatović Pajković Pucar Ranković Špiljak Stambolić Tito Todorović Veselinov Vlahović Vukmanović 1966–1969 Bakarić Blažević Crvenkovski Dabčević-Kučar Dugonjić Gošnjak Hodža Humo Jovanović Karabegović Kardelj Kolak Koliševski Krajger Maček Marinko Mijatović Pajković Petrović K. Popović M. Popović V. Popović Pucar Radosavljević Sekulić Šentjurc Smilevski Šoti Špiljak Stambolić Temelkovski Tito Veselinov Vlahović Vukmanović
9th term (1969–1974)	Members Avramović Bakarić Baltić Belovski Bijelić Bilić Blažević Borojević Crvenkovski Ćulafić Deželjin Dizdarević Dobardžić Dolanc Dolničar Doronjski Dugonjić Gaži Georgijeva Gligorov Hafner Hodža Kardelj Kavčič Kelemen Knežević Koliševski Krajger Kranjc Kreso Kurtović Liker Ljubičić Mesihović Midžić Mihaljević Mijatović Milosavlevski Nađ Pečujlić Pečenović Perović Petrovski Popović Pozderac Ramadani Ribičič Šarac Šefer Šiljegović Široka Šoškić Stambolić Stanojević Tepavac Todorović Tripalo Tomić Vlahović Vujadinović Žarković Zulfićari Ex-officio Alimpić Bakalli Čanadanović Čemerski Dabčević-Kučar Deva Đuranović Mikulić Nikezić Planinc Popit Tepavac Tito Vlaškalić
10th term (1974–1978)	Members Albreht Bakarić Balint Baltić Bijedić Bilić Ćulafić Dolanc Doronjski Dugonjić Đuranović Gligorov Grličkov Hodža Kardelj Koliševski Kukoč Kurtović Ljubičić Markovski Mesihović Mijatović Milatović Minić Petrović D. Popović M. Popović Ravnik Ristić Smole Špiljak Srzentić Stambolić Stavrev Šukrija Vidić Vlahović Vrhovec Vujadinović Žarković Ex-officio Alimpić Bakalli Čemerski Đuranović Planinc Popit Stojanović Tito Vlaškalić
11th term (1978–1982)	Members Alimpić Bakarić Ćulafić Dolanc Doronjski Dragosavac Đuranović Grličkov Hodža Kardelj Koliševski Marinc Marković Mijatović Mikulić Minić Petrović Popović Minić Mojsov Pozderac Stambolić Žarković Ex-officio Alimpić Bakalli Čemerski Deva Krunić Planinc Popit Pozderac Srzentić Stojanović Tito Vlaškalić
12th term (1982–1986)	Members Bakarić Bilić Belovski Dragosavac Hadživasilev Herljević Kučan Marković Matić Milatović Pozderac Radović Ribičič Stojanović Šukrija Vidić Žarković Ex-officio Andrić Bilić Čkrebić Ćuić Ćulafić Dolašević Đuričin Hasani Jovičić Krunić Kurteši Marinc Markovski Orlandić Pančevski Pozderac Široka Špiljak Stambolić Stojšić Veselinov Vllasi Vrhovec Žarković
13th term (1986–1990)	Members Brigić Čkrebić Gačić Grbović Korošec Krunić Muževič Orlandić Pančevski Racan Radmilović Renovica Šetinc Široka Škundrić Šuvar Tupurkovski Uzelac Varosha Varošlija Vukotić Vukotić Žarković Zejnullahu Ex-officio Bulatović Duraković Gošev Jashari Jovičić Kolgeci Kovačević Kučan Lazaroski Milošević Morina Mutapčić Pejanović Račan Radović Ribičič Šogorov Šimić Šipovac Stojčević Stojšić Trifunović Uzelac Vllasi

v t e Members of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
5th term (1948–1952)	Đilas Gošnjak Kardelj Kidrič Leskošek Nešković Pijade Ranković Tito
6th term (1952–1958)	Bakarić Đilas Gošnjak Kardelj Kidrič Koliševski Leskošek Pijade Pucar Ranković Salaj Tito Vukmanović
7th term (1958–1964)	Bakarić Gošnjak Jovanović Kardelj Koliševski Leskošek Marinko Pucar Ranković Salaj Stambolić Tito Veselinov Vlahović Vukmanović
8th term (1964–1969)	1964–1966 Bakarić Crvenkovski Gošnjak Jovanović Kardelj Koliševski Krajger Marinko Mijatović Pajković Pucar Ranković Špiljak Stambolić Tito Todorović Veselinov Vlahović Vukmanović 1966–1969 Bakarić Blažević Crvenkovski Dabčević-Kučar Dugonjić Gošnjak Hodža Humo Jovanović Karabegović Kardelj Kolak Koliševski Krajger Maček Marinko Mijatović Pajković Petrović K. Popović M. Popović V. Popović Pucar Radosavljević Sekulić Šentjurc Smilevski Šoti Špiljak Stambolić Temelkovski Tito Veselinov Vlahović Vukmanović
9th term (1969–1974)	Members Avramović Bakarić Baltić Belovski Bijelić Bilić Blažević Borojević Crvenkovski Ćulafić Deželjin Dizdarević Dobardžić Dolanc Dolničar Doronjski Dugonjić Gaži Georgijeva Gligorov Hafner Hodža Kardelj Kavčič Kelemen Knežević Koliševski Krajger Kranjc Kreso Kurtović Liker Ljubičić Mesihović Midžić Mihaljević Mijatović Milosavlevski Nađ Pečujlić Pečenović Perović Petrovski Popović Pozderac Ramadani Ribičič Šarac Šefer Šiljegović Široka Šoškić Stambolić Stanojević Tepavac Todorović Tripalo Tomić Vlahović Vujadinović Žarković Zulfićari Ex-officio Alimpić Bakalli Čanadanović Čemerski Dabčević-Kučar Deva Đuranović Mikulić Nikezić Planinc Popit Tepavac Tito Vlaškalić
10th term (1974–1978)	Members Albreht Bakarić Balint Baltić Bijedić Bilić Ćulafić Dolanc Doronjski Dugonjić Đuranović Gligorov Grličkov Hodža Kardelj Koliševski Kukoč Kurtović Ljubičić Markovski Mesihović Mijatović Milatović Minić Petrović D. Popović M. Popović Ravnik Ristić Smole Špiljak Srzentić Stambolić Stavrev Šukrija Vidić Vlahović Vrhovec Vujadinović Žarković Ex-officio Alimpić Bakalli Čemerski Đuranović Planinc Popit Stojanović Tito Vlaškalić
11th term (1978–1982)	Members Alimpić Bakarić Ćulafić Dolanc Doronjski Dragosavac Đuranović Grličkov Hodža Kardelj Koliševski Marinc Marković Mijatović Mikulić Minić Petrović Popović Minić Mojsov Pozderac Stambolić Žarković Ex-officio Alimpić Bakalli Čemerski Deva Krunić Planinc Popit Pozderac Srzentić Stojanović Tito Vlaškalić
12th term (1982–1986)	Members Bakarić Bilić Belovski Dragosavac Hadživasilev Herljević Kučan Marković Matić Milatović Pozderac Radović Ribičič Stojanović Šukrija Vidić Žarković Ex-officio Andrić Bilić Čkrebić Ćuić Ćulafić Dolašević Đuričin Hasani Jovičić Krunić Kurteši Marinc Markovski Orlandić Pančevski Pozderac Široka Špiljak Stambolić Stojšić Veselinov Vllasi Vrhovec Žarković
13th term (1986–1990)	Members Brigić Čkrebić Gačić Grbović Korošec Krunić Muževič Orlandić Pančevski Racan Radmilović Renovica Šetinc Široka Škundrić Šuvar Tupurkovski Uzelac Varosha Varošlija Vukotić Vukotić Žarković Zejnullahu Ex-officio Bulatović Duraković Gošev Jashari Jovičić Kolgeci Kovačević Kučan Lazaroski Milošević Morina Mutapčić Pejanović Račan Radović Ribičič Šogorov Šimić Šipovac Stojčević Stojšić Trifunović Uzelac Vllasi

v t e Presidents of Serbia (List)
Presidents of People's Assembly of PR/SR Serbia (1945–1974) (within FPR/SFR Yugoslavia)	Siniša Stanković Aćim Grulović Isa Jovanović Petar Stambolić Jovan Veselinov Dušan Petrović Šane Miloš Minić Dragoslav Marković Živan Vasiljević
Presidents of Presidency of SR Serbia (1974–1992) (within SFR Yugoslavia)	Dragoslav Marković Dobrivoje Vidić Nikola Ljubičić Dušan Čkrebić Ivan Stambolić Petar Gračanin Slobodan Milošević
Presidents of the Republic of Serbia (1992–2006) (within FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro)	Slobodan Milošević Milan Milutinović Boris Tadić
Presidents of the Republic of Serbia (since 2006)	Boris Tadić Slavica Đukić Dejanović* Tomislav Nikolić Aleksandar Vučić

v t e Heads of state of Serbia since 1804
Revolutionary Serbia (1804–1813)	Karađorđe Petrović
Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)	Miloš Obrenović I Milan Obrenović II Regency Council Jevrem Obrenović Toma Vučić Perišić Avram Petronijević Mihailo Obrenović III Aleksandar Karađorđević Miloš Obrenović I Mihailo Obrenović III Regency Council Milivoje Blaznavac Jovan Ristić Jovan Gavrilović Milan Obrenović IV
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)	Milan I Regency Council Jovan Ristić Jovan Belimarković Kosta Protić Aleksandar I Petar I Crown Prince Aleksandar
Socialist Republic of Serbia (1945–1992)	Siniša Stanković Aćim Grulović Isa Jovanović Petar Stambolić Jovan Veselinov Dušan Petrović Šane Miloš Minić Dragoslav Marković Živan Vasiljević Dragoslav Marković Dobrivoje Vidić Nikola Ljubičić Dušan Čkrebić Ivan Stambolić Petar Gračanin Ljubiša Igić Slobodan Milošević
Republic of Serbia (1992–2006)	Slobodan Milošević (1992–97) Dragan Tomić (1997) Milan Milutinović (1997–2002) Nataša Mićić (2002–04) Dragan Maršićanin (2004) Vojislav Mihailović (2004) Predrag Marković (2004) Boris Tadić (2004–06)
Republic of Serbia (since 2006)	Boris Tadić (2006–12) Slavica Đukić Dejanović (2012) Tomislav Nikolić (2012–17) Aleksandar Vučić (2017–present)
Regents or interim presidents are in italics

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