Ljubo Vučković

Montenegrin general officer

44°48′34″N 20°29′14″E / 44.80944°N 20.48722°E / 44.80944; 20.48722Allegiance

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaService/branch

Royal Yugoslav Army

Yugoslav Partisans

Yugoslav People's Army

Yugoslav Ground Forces

Years of service1935–1941
1941–1975Rank

Colonel GeneralCommands heldChief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army (1955–1961)Battles/warsInvasion of Yugoslavia
World War II in YugoslaviaAwards

Order of the People's Hero (20 December 1951)Spouse(s)Ksenija Vučković

Ljubo Vučković (Serbo-Croatian: Љубо Вучковић; 22 January 1915 – 7 July 1976) was a Montenegrin general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the JNA from 29 April 1955 to 16 June 1961.^[1]^[2]

Previously, he held the rank of potporuchnik (junior officer) of the Royal Yugoslav Army, after graduating from the Military Academy in Belgrade in 1935, before being promoted to the rank of poruchnik (lieutenant) in 1939.^[3]

References

^ Ivetić 2000, p. 62.
^ "Yugopapir: General Ljubo Vučković, narodni heroj Jugoslavije: Sećanja na 6. april, Sutjesku, poginule drugove..." yugopapir.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ Pejanović 1983, p. 8.

Literature

Pejanović, Dušan (1983). Ljubo Vučković — Životni put i revolucionarno djelo. Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine.
Ivetić, Velimir (2000). Načelnici generalštaba 1876—2000. Beograd: Novinsko-informativni centar VOJSКA.