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Veljko Kadijević

1925 - 2014

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Veljko Kadijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Кадијевић; 21 November 1925 – 2 November 2014) was a Serbian general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). He was the Minister of Defence in the Yugoslav government from 1988 until his resignation in 1992, which made him de facto commander-in-chief of the JNA during the Ten-Day War in Slovenia and the initial stages of the Croatian War of Independence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Veljko Kadijević is the 4,177th most popular politician (down from 3,783rd in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Croatia and the 13th most popular Croatian Politician.

Veljko Kadijević was the Yugoslavian Minister of Defense during the Yugoslav Wars. He was most famous for being a key figure in the Yugoslavian military's decision to withdraw from Slovenia and Croatia in 1991.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Veljko Kadijević ranks 4,177 out of 19,576. Before him are Michal, Nicola Amati, Jean de Dunois, Franz, Duke of Bavaria, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, and Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco. After him are Inejiro Asanuma, Felix Kersten, Peter Minuit, Aristobulus I, Empress Kōken, and Sin-Muballit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Veljko Kadijević ranks 81. Before him are John Cocke, Celia Cruz, József Bozsik, Claude Lanzmann, Alain Touraine, and Michele Ferrero. After him are Masanori Tokita, Oscar Peterson, Robert Rauschenberg, Paul Greengard, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, and Martin Rodbell. Among people deceased in 2014, Veljko Kadijević ranks 56. Before him are The Ultimate Warrior, Yozo Aoki, James Garner, Ken Takakura, Udo Jürgens, and Jean-Claude Duvalier. After him are Gyula Grosics, Hans Hollein, Louis Zamperini, Stephanie Kwolek, Dale T. Mortensen, and Ernesto Laclau.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Veljko Kadijević ranks 41 out of 700. Before him are Ivan Ribar (1881), Omar Pasha (1806), Margaret of Hungary (1242), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Marko Marulić (1450), and Tomislav Ivić (1933). After him are Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Dražan Jerković (1936), Tomislav of Croatia (null), Felix Weingartner (1863), Ivan Meštrović (1883), and Ljudevit Gaj (1809).

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Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, Veljko Kadijević ranks 13. Before him are Joanna II of Naples (1373), Crispus (305), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Stjepan Radić (1871), Zoran Milanović (1966), and Ivan Ribar (1881). After him are Tomislav of Croatia (null), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Francis, Duke of Teck (1837), Ivo Josipović (1957), Milka Planinc (1924), and Milan Babić (1956).

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