Preceded by Nikola Ljubicic Name Branko Mamula Succeeded by Veljko Kadijevic | Years of service 1941–1988 Rank Admiral of the fleet | |
Political party League of Communists of Yugoslavia Similar People Veljko Kadijevic, Nikola Ljubicic, Petar Gracanin, Blagoje Adzic, Ante Markovic | ||
Branko "Đuro" Mamula (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко "Ђурo" Мамула; born 30 May 1921) is a retired Yugoslav officer who participated in World War II in Yugoslavia. He was later the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia from 1982 to 1988.
Biography
Mamula was born in Kordun to an ethnic Serb family. He joined Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1940 and at the start of World War II in Yugoslavia in 1941 he joined the Partisan resistance movement. During the war he was put in charge of numerous units, moving through the ranks of the Partisans. Before he became the Defence Minister he held the rank of Admiral as Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslav People's Army from 1979–1982. After becoming Defence Minister in 1983 he was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet. He lived in Opatija until 1991. Since 2007 he has lived in Tivat, Montenegro.