Petar Matic Dule

Petar Matić Dule (born July 7, 1920 in Irig ( Syrmia ), Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslav general and politician.

Life

Petar Matić joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia as a student . After the German attack on Yugoslavia began , he joined the People's Liberation Army . There he used the code name Dule . He was the commander of various brigades in Vojvodina . At the end of the war he was a lieutenant colonel and completed training in Moscow . In 1953 he was promoted to major general. In 1980 he retired with the rank of lieutenant general .

From 1978 to 1980 and from 1986 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Union of Communists of Yugoslavia. From 1982 he was a member of the party's executive committee, where he was responsible for economic policy. From 1986 he was a member of the Presidium of the Yugoslav Veterans Association.

Honors

In 1951 he was named the popular hero of Yugoslavia ( Narodni heroj Jugoslavije ). He is considered to be the last living male holder of this honorary title.

family

Matić's mother died in Jasenovac concentration camp , and his father was tortured to death during the war. All five siblings were partisans. His sister Anka Matić Grozda (1918–1944) was declared a popular hero of Yugoslavia in 1953.

He is married and has two daughters. He lives in Belgrade .

literature

• Juliusz Stroynowski (Ed.): Who's who in the socialist countries of Europe , Volume 2, 1989, ISBN 3-598-10720-X

Web links

• Jelena Popadić, Oslobodili vdrnik od Nemaca , politika.rs, October 18, 2014
• Milena Rodić, Poslednji narodni Heroj. Komandovao je akcijom po kojoj je snimljen film, ai danas ima snažan politički stav , blic.rs, March 11, 2018
• Jelena S. Spasić, Petar Matić Dule, poslednji živi narodni heroj Jugoslavije: Svet opasno liči na onaj pred rat , kurir.rs, September 1, 2019

Footnotes

1. ↑ As of July 2020, Andreana Družina (born January 26, 1920) still has at least one female folk heroine in Yugoslavia.