Koča Popović

Koča Popović

Infobox Military Person
name=Koča Popović
lived=14 March 1908 – Death date and age|df=yes|1992|10|20|1908|3|14|


caption=Marshal Josip Broz Tito and Major-General Koča Popović, Drvar, 1943.
placeofbirth= Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
placeofdeath= Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
allegiance=Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
branch=SFR Yugoslavia
serviceyears=1941-1953
rank=Colonel General
commands=
unit=
battles=Spanish Civil War, World War II
awards=People's Hero of Yugoslavia
relations=
laterwork=Foreign minister of Yugoslavia, Member of the Federal Executive Council

Konstantin "Koča" Popović (Константин Коча Поповић) (14 March 1908 - 20 October 1992) was a communist volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, 1937-1939. In 1939 he was interned in France.

He joined the Yugoslav Partisans in 1941 as an expelled party member and commanded various units (e.g. 1st Proletarian Brigade).

After the establishment of a communist regime in Yugoslavia in 1945, he served as the Chief of the Yugoslavian General Staff from 1946-1953. In this function he also conducted negotiations with the representatives of Western powers associated with the modernisation of the JNA during the conflict with the USSR (i.e. Informbiro).

Consequently, he became the foreign minister of Yugoslavia in 1953 and held this office until 1965. As the Foreign Minister, he was the head of the Yugoslav delegation to the UN General Assembly sessions on several occasions.

From 1965 until 1972 he acted as a Member of the Federal Executive Council and the Vice-President of Yugoslavia.

He was decorated with the Order: People's Hero of Yugoslavia, and with other high Yugoslav and foreign decorations.

See also

* Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
* Yugoslav People's Army
* Partisans (Yugoslavia)
* Titoism
* Josip Broz Tito

External links

* [http://www.mfa.gov.yu/History/ministri/KPopovic_e.html SCG Ministry of Foreign Affairs]


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