The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; sl, Red narodnega heroja, mk, Oрден на народен херој, Orden na naroden heroj), was a Yugoslav gallantry medal, the second highest military award, and third overall Yugoslav decoration.Orders and Decorations of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1945-90
by Lukasz Gaszewski 2000, 2003 It was awarded to individuals, military units, political and other organisations who distinguished themselves by extraordinary heroic deeds during war and in peacetime. The recipients were thereafter known as People's Heroes of Yugoslavia or National Heroes of Yugoslavia. The vast majority was awarded to partisans for actions during the

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. A total of 1,322 awards were awarded in Yugoslavia, and 19 were awarded to foreigners. In 1998, the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of ...

decided to award the Order of the People's Hero again and decorated several military units, but no individuals.

History

Socialist Yugoslavia

The bulletin of the Supreme Command of the

People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia The Yugoslav Partisans, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобо� ...

no. 12–13 (December 1941 and January 1942) announced the establishment of the

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of "People's Hero" for heroic and self-sacrificing participants of the People's Liberation War. The first person to be awarded the title was

Petar Leković Petar Leković (23 November 1893 – 13 June 1942), was a Serbian soldier active in both World War I and World War II. A stonecutter by profession, Leković was declared the first Order of the People's Hero, People's Hero of Yugoslavia. As a sol ...

. A total of 22 persons were awarded this title. On 15 August 1943, the title was formalized as an order together with

Order of the People's Liberation The Order of National Liberation ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Orden narodnog oslobođenja, Орден народног ослобођеља) was a decoration of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the fifth-highest decoration in the series of Yugosla ...

, Order of Bravery, Order of the Partisan Star, Order of Brotherhood and Unity and the

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. At the same time, all the persons who already held the title of the People's Hero were awarded the order., volume 1, page 7 The Order consists of an oval gold badge showing a soldier with rifle and banner superimposed upon a rayed star surrounded by a wreath of laurel. The badge is suspended from a red ribbon, with a narrow white stripe towards each edge. The design for this and the other Orders were undertaken by the painter

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and the sculptor

Antun Augustinčić Antun Augustinčić (4 May 1900 – 10 May 1979) was a Croatian sculptor active in Yugoslavia and the United States. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th ...

. Before 29 November 1943, the title of People's Hero was awarded by the Central Committee of

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, after 1945 it was awarded by the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Yugoslavia, and starting in 1953 by the

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. From its inception until around 1993, the Order had been awarded nearly 1,400 times. Marshal

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his death ...

was awarded the Order three times: in 1944, 1972, and 1977. The holders of the order were entitled to certain benefits, like free fares on public transport, and pensions for the surviving family members of deceased people's heroes. Although the benefits have since been downscaled, post-Yugoslav countries still provide certain benefits to people's heroes. Many schools and streets in post-war Yugoslavia were named after people's heroes, and many of the names remain, to varying degrees in different successor countries. Not only people, but cities, military units and organizations were also awarded the order. Eight cities in Yugoslavia were awarded the order and proclaimed "hero cities":

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Cetinje Cetinje (, ) is a town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital (''prijestonica'' / приjестоница) of Montenegro and is the location of several national institutions, including the official residence of the president of Montenegro ...

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Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the P ...

Prilep Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko. Name The name of Prilep appea ...

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in District of Pristina, Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population o ...

, and

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Serbia and Montenegro

Following the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia,

was formed, and later renamed

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of ...

. In 1998, it passed a law that continued to use some of the decorations of former Yugoslavia, among them Order of the People's Hero, making it, at the time, the fourth-highest order after the Order of Yugoslavia, the

Order of the Yugoslav Star The Order of the Yugoslav Star sr, Орден југословенске звезде, ''Orden jugoslovenske zvezde'' sl, Red jugoslovanske zvezde mk, Орден на југословенската ѕвезда, ''Orden na jugoslovenskata zvezda'' ...

and the Order of Freedom.Orders and Decorations of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1990-
by Lukasz Gaszewski 2000, 2003 The Serbian media ridiculed several proposals to decorate

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...

with the Order of the People's hero because he would have had to decorate himself. It was never given to any individuals, but several military units active in the

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were decorated: *124th Police Intervention Brigade,

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*126th Brigade for Air Reconnaissance,

Military of Yugoslavia The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...

250th Air Defence Missile Brigade The 250th Air Defence Missile Brigade ( sr, 250. ракетна бригада за протвваздухопловна дејства, translit=250. raketna brigada za protivvazduhoplovna dejstva) is a joint tactical unit of Serbian Air Force an ...

, Military of Yugoslavia *37th Motorized Brigade, Military of Yugoslavia *63rd Parachute Brigade, Military of Yugoslavia

Notable recipients

Because of the large number of awards, only people with Wikipedia articles are listed. Date of the award(s) is given in parenthesis. Those marked with a

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(†) have died during the war. They were all awarded posthumously, except for Petar Leković who was awarded the order ''before'' he died in the WWII. * Mirče Acev (1945†) *

Vera Aceva Vera Aceva - Dosta (November 24, 1919 in Oreovec (Prilep Municipality, Prilep) – November 10, 2006 in Skopje) was a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian communist, participant in the World War II in Yugoslavia and a national hero of SFRJ. ...

(1953) *

Božidar Adžija Božidar Adžija ( sr-Cyrl, Божидар Аџија; 24 December 1890 – 9 July 1941) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist politician and publicist. Biography A native of Drniš in the Kingdom of Dalmatia (present-day Croatia), of Croat and Se ...

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Nisim Albahari Nisim Albahari (Tešanj, 1916 — Sarajevo, 1991), was a Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav Partisan, People's Hero of Yugoslavia and political leader in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Biography Nisim Albahari was born on January 2 ...

(1953) *

Mihailo Apostolski Mihailo Apostolski ( mk, Михаило Апостолски; born Mihail Mitev Apostolov, bg, Михаил Митев Апостолов; sr, Михаило Митић or Mihailo Mitić; November 8, 1906 – August 7, 1987) was a Yugoslav gen ...

(1953) *

Ljupčo Arsov Ljupčo Arsov (19 May 1910 – 18 November 1986) was a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian communist politician. He was the Prime Minister of Macedonia from December 1953 to June 1961. Honours and awards *Order of the People's Hero (1953). ...

(1953) *

Viktor Avbelj Viktor Avbelj (February 26, 1914 – April 6, 1993) was a Yugoslav Partisan and Slovenian politician. He was a member of the League of Communists of Slovenia. As a student, he joined the Communist Party in 1937. From September to December 1942, he ...

(1951) *

Maks Baće Milić Maksimilijan "Maks" Baće, also known as Milić (12 December 1914, Pakoštane – 4 December 2005, Split), was a Yugoslav and Croatian revolutionary. Biography Born in Pakoštane (near Zadar) and raised in Split, he studied philosophy in Zagr ...

(1953) * Vlado Bagat (1948†) *

Slobodan Bajić Paja Slobodan Bajić Paja (1916–1943)
) was a Yugoslav Partisan and recipient of the Pe ...

(1952†) *

Filip Bajković Filip Bajković (20 May 1910 – 15 February 1985) was the President of the Executive Council of Montenegro from 16 December 1951 to 12 July 1962. From 12 July 1962 to 5 May 1963, he was the President of the People's Assembly of Montenegro. Bio ...

(1953) * Vladimir Bakarić (1952) *

Mitar Bakić Mitar Bakić ( sr, Митар Бакић; Berislavci near Podgorica, 7 November 1908 - Belgrade, 25 November 1960), was a Yugoslav politician, general and People's Hero of Yugoslavia. During World War II, he was political commissar of the 4th ...

(1951) * Rajka Baković (1953†) * Aleš Bebler (1953) *

Anka Berus Anka Berus (1903–1991), was a Croatian politician (Communist). She was a member of the resistance during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted f ...

(1953) *

Milan Blagojević Španac Milan Blagojević ( sr-cyr, Милан Благојевић; 14 October 1905 – 28/29 October 1941), better known as Španac ( sr-cyr, Шпанац; ) was a Yugoslav partisan, Spanish-trained commando and republican volunteer in the Spanish ...

(1945†) *

Vera Blagojević Vera Blagojević ( sr, Вера Благојевић, 16 May 1920 – 18 March 1942) was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav medical student and Communism, Communist political activist. During World War II, she was captured by the Gestapo in 194 ...

(1953†) *

Jakov Blažević Jakov Blažević (24 March 1912 – 10 December 1996) was a Croatian politician who served as president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, People's Republic of Croatia, a constituent Republic of the Socialist Federative ...

(1953) * Antun Blažić (1951†) * Mate Blažina (1953†) *

Hasan Brkić Hasan Brkić (16 July 1913 – 14 June 1965) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian communist politician and a partisan. He was also the recipient of People's Hero of Yugoslavia. From 1963 to 1965 he was President of the Executive Council of the Socialist ...

(1953) *

Zvonko Brkić Zvonko Brkić (18 September 1912 – 27 August 1977) was a Croatian politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, People's Republic of Croatia, a constituent republic of the Socialist Federat ...

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(1944, 1972, 1977) *

Boško Buha Boško Buha ( sr-cyr, Бошко Буха; 1926 – 27 September 1943) was a young Yugoslav Partisan and an honored icon of the Yugoslavian resistance during World War II. Early life Boško Buha was born into a Serb family in the Slavonia ...

(1951†) * Rade Bulat (1953) *

Marija Bursać Marija Bursać ( sr-Cyrl, Марија Бурсаћ; 2 August 192023 September 1943) was a member of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II in Yugoslavia and the first woman proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Bursać was ...

(1943†) * Anka Butorac (1949†) *

Rudi Čajavec Rudi Čajavec (1 April 1911 – 2 July 1942) was a Yugoslav pilot (from Zgošća, Bosnia and Herzegovina), best known as the first airman of Partisan air force. Rudi Čajavec was born in Zgošća, Kakanj municipality, Bosnia to a family that o ...

(1951†) *

Marijan Čavić Marijan Čavić-Grga (10 March 1915 – 1941) was a Yugoslav communist. He was captured in Karlovac and executed 1941 in the Jasenovac concentration camp. Biography He was secretary of the local committee of the League of Communists of Croatia ...

(1953†) *

Zdravko Čelar Zdravko Čelar ( sr, Здравко Челар; Rašinovac near Bosanski Petrovac, 15 September 1917 - Rakovac (Srbac), Rakovac near Srbac, July 1942), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Yugoslav partisans, partisan, posthumously awarded with Order of th ...

(1942†) *

Jelena Ćetković Jelena Ćetković (21 August 1916 – 14 May 1943) was a revolutionary, fighter for Women's rights, women’s rights, participant in the National Liberation Front (Yugoslavia), National Liberation Front, and National Hero of Yugoslavia. Biography ...

(1952†) *

Rodoljub Čolaković Rodoljub "Roćko" Čolaković ( sr-cyr, Родољуб Чолаковић; 7 June 1900 – 30 March 1983) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav politician and writer who served as the 1st Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina#Prime ...

(1953) *

Krste Crvenkovski Krste Crvenkovski () (July 16, 1921 in Prilep – July 21, 2001 in Skopje) was a Yugoslav Communist political leader in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. He was a leader of the League of ...

(1953) *

Ljubo Čupić Čedomir "Ljubo" Čupić ( sr-cyr, Чедомир Љубо Чупић; 1913 – 9 May 1942) was a Yugoslav law student, political commissioner of Communist resistance movement in Nikšić, Montenegro and a decorated war hero of Socialist Federal ...

(1953†) *

Božidarka Kika Damjanović-Marković Božidarka "Kika" Damjanović-Marković (25 September 1920 – 17 January 1996) was a Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav Partisan commander as a participant in the World War II in Yugoslavia, Second World War in Yugoslavia. After World War II, she parti ...

(1953) *

Peko Dapčević Petar "Peko" Dapčević (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Петар Пеко Дапчевић; 25 June 1913 – 13 February 1999) was a Yugoslav communist who fought as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, joined the Partisan uprising in Montenegr ...

(1945) *

Karel Destovnik Karel Destovnik, pen name and nom de guerre Kajuh (Slovene convention: ''Karel Destovnik – Kajuh'', 13 December 1922 – 22 February 1944) was a Slovenian poet, translator, resistance fighter, and Yugoslav people's hero. Life and work ...

(1953) *

Milovan Đilas Milovan Djilas (; , ; 12 June 1911 – 30 April 1995) was a Yugoslav communist politician, theorist and author. He was a key figure in the Partisan movement during World War II, as well as in the post-war government. A self-identified democra ...

(1953, rescinded in 1957) *

Nada Dimić Nada Dimić (6 September 1923 – 17 March 1942) was a Yugoslav Partisan who died in World War II and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Nada Dimić was born in Divoselo near Gospić, Kingdom of Serbs, Croat and Slovenes (modern Cr ...

(1951†) *

Xhevdet Doda Xhevdet Doda ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Џевдет Дода, Dževdet Doda; 1906–1945) was a Yugoslavian teacher by profession who was active in the resistance against German occupation in Kosovo during World War II. Doda was member of the Yugoslav Part ...

(1973†) * Robert Domany (1953†) *

Petar Drapšin Petar Drapšin ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Драпшин; 15 November 1914 – 2 November 1945) was a Yugoslav Partisan commander. Early life and education Drapšin was born to a family of poor peasant farmers in the village of Turija near Srbobr ...

(1953) * Andreana Družina (1953) *

Ratomir Dugonjić Ratomir "Rato" Dugonjić (10 January 1916 – 27 June 1987) was a Yugoslav Partisan fighter in the antifascist liberation struggle of the people of Yugoslavia, Minister in the Communist Government, Ambassador with the Non-Aligned Movement, presid ...

(1953) *

Emin Duraku Emin Duraku (1918 – 23 December 1942) was an Albanian partisan active during World War II, and a national hero of Albania. Duraku was born in Gjakova in 1918. He was an early Albanian member of the Yugoslav communist movement. He returned t ...

(1952†) * Ovadya Estreya (1953†) * Stjepan Filipović (1949†) * Čede Filipovski Dame (1949) *

Ivan Gošnjak Ivan Gošnjak ( sh-Cyrl, Иван Гошњак; 10 June 1909 – 8 February 1980) was a Yugoslav communist who held numerous important offices in Yugoslavia during and after World War II, serving as the Minister of Defence from 1953 to 1967. ...

(1953) *

Petar Gračanin Petar Gračanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Грачанин; 22 June 1923 – 27 June 2004) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician and general in the Yugoslav People's Army. Biography Petar Gračanin was born on 22 June 1923 in Jagodina, then ...

(1951) *

Čedo Grbić Čedo Grbić (8 April 1921 – 4 December 1994) was a Croatian Serb communist politician. Grbić was born in Rajić, a village near Novska. In 1937, he became a member of the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) and a member of the C ...

(1951) * Janko Gredelj (1951†) *

Fadil Hoxha Fadil Hoxha ( Serbian: Фадиљ Хоџа, ''Fadilj Hodža''; 15 March 1916 – 21 April 2001) was a Yugoslavian ethnic Albanian communist revolutionary and politician from Kosovo. He was a member of the Communist party and fought in the Yugosl ...

(1953) *

Većeslav Holjevac Većeslav Holjevac (22 August 1917 – 11 July 1970) was a Croatian and Yugoslav soldier and communist politician. Holjevac was born in Karlovac, at the time in Austria-Hungary. He joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1939. Following t ...

(1951) * Avdo Humo (1953) *

Lizika Jančar Elizabeta "Lizika" Jančar (nom de guerre Majda) (27 October 1919 – 20 March 1943)Traven, Terezija. 1990."Jančar, Lizika." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'' vol. 4, pp. 262–263. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 296. was a Slovene Partisan. Life ...

(1953†) *

Vlado Janić Capo Vlado () is a Slavic masculine given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Vlado Babić (born 1960), Serbian politician *Vlado Badžim (born 1964), Slovenian football player and football coach *Vlado Bagat (1915–1944), Croatian and Y ...

(1951) *

Blagoj Jankov Mučeto Blagoj Jankov Mučeto (Macedonian: Благој Јанков Мучето) was a Macedonian partisan who was declared a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. He was born in 1911 in Strumica, in the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Rep ...

(1951†) *

Vera Jocić Vera Jocić ( sr, Вера Јоцић; mk, Вера Јоциќ; 21 August 1923 – 22 May 1944) was a Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia. She was born in the village of Čento, Sindjelić, Kingdom of Serb ...

(1951†) *

Kuzman Josifovski Pitu Kuzman Josifovski Pitu ( Macedonian: Кузман Јосифовски – Питу; 23 June 1915 – 25 February 1944) was a Macedonian communist partisan and one of the organizers of the Peoples's Liberation Struggle in Macedonia who was decla ...

(1945†) *

Blažo Jovanović Blažo Jovanović (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic; Блажо Јовановић; ; 28 March 1907 – 4 February 1976) was a Montenegrin politician and revolutionary army commander in the Yugoslav Partisans. He served as the first President of the People ...

(1952) *

Radovan Jovanović Radovan Jovanović (Cyrillic: Раде Јовановић ; Parcani (Sopot), Parcani, Sopot, 1904 - Slatina (Sopot), Slatina, Sopot, 25 September 1941) was a Serbian communist partisan.Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o narodnooslobodilačkom ratu naro ...

(1951†) *

Žikica Jovanović Španac Živorad "Žikica" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Живорад „Жикица" Јовановић; 17 March 1914 – 13 March 1942), nicknamed Španac (, "The Spaniard") was a Yugoslav partisan, Spanish-trained commando and republican volunteer in th ...

(1945†) * Olga Jovičić (1951†) *

Jovo Kapičić Jovan "Jovo" Kapičić, born Jovan Kapa, (Cyrillic: Јован Јово Капичић); 2 September 1919 – 9 December 2013) was a Yugoslav Yugoslav Partisans, General and post-war communist politician.''Narodni heroji Jugoslavije''. Belgrade: Ml ...

(1950) *

Osman Karabegović Osman Karabegović (7 September 1911 – 24 June 1996) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian communist politician and a recipient of the Order of the People's Hero. He joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1932. During World War II, he was one of ...

(1952) *

Elpida Karamandi Elpida Karamandi ( rup, Elpida Caramandi, ) was an Aromanian Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav partisian and resistance fighter. She born on 1 January 1920, in Florina, Greece, in an Aromanians, Aromanian family. Her mother was divorced from her husba ...

(1951†) *

Edvard Kardelj Edvard Kardelj (; 27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II ...

(1951) *

Boris Kidrič Boris Kidrič (10 April 1912 – 11 April 1953) was a Slovene politician and revolutionary who was one of the chief organizers of the Slovene Partisans, the Slovene resistance against occupation by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy after Operati ...

(1952) * Đuro Kladarin (1952) * Filip Kljajić (1944†) * Franjo Kluz (1948†) * Fana Kochovska (1953) *

Lazar Koliševski Lazar Koliševski ( mk, Лазар Колишевски ; 12 February 1914 – 6 July 2000) was a Yugoslav communist political leader in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and briefly in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was clos ...

(1952) *

Rade Končar Rade Končar ( sr-cyr, Раде Кончар; 6 August or 28 October 1911 – 22 May 1942) was a Croatian Serb politician and leader of the Yugoslav Partisans in the Independent State of Croatia and Dalmatia during the early stages of World Wa ...

(1942†) *

Sava Kovačević Sava Kovačević ( sr-cyrl, Сава Ковачевић; 25 January 1905 – 13 June 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan divisional commander during World War II, and one of the heroes of the communist Partisan movement. Early life Kovačević was ...

(1943†) * Veljko Kovačević (1951) *

Boris Kraigher Boris Kraigher (February 14, 1914 – January 4, 1967) was a Slovenian communist politician. Kraigher served as the president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia from December 15, 1953 to June 25, 1962. He was a member ...

(1953) *

Josip Kraš Josip Kraš (26 March 1900 – 18 October 1941) was a Croatian communist and Partisans (Yugoslavia), partisan who died in World War II and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Kraš was born in the village of Vuglovec (near Ivanec and ...

(1945†) *

Branko Krsmanović Branko Krsmanović (1915–1941) was a participant in the International Brigades, Spanish Civil War and the Yugoslav Partisans#Operations, National Liberation struggle and Order of the People's Hero, national hero of Socialist Federal Republic of Y ...

(1945†) *

Vicko Krstulović Vicko Krstulović (27 April 1905 – 28 September 1988) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary, the most prominent Yugoslav Partisans, Partisan military commander from Dalmatia during World War II, and a post-war communist politician ...

(1952) *

Dušan Kveder Dušan Kveder (9 April 1915 – 12 March 1966) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav soldier and diplomat from SR Slovenia, Slovenia who served in a number of official capacities during and after the Second World War, including a term as Military Commande ...

(1952) *

(1942†) *

Franc Leskošek Frank Leskošek (nom de guerre Luka; 9 December 1897 Celje – 5 July 1983 Ljubljana) was a Yugoslav politician and partisan commander. Biography Born in Celje, Slovenia, Leskošek worked as a locksmith in his youth. He was drafted in to the Au ...

(1952) *

Nikola Ljubičić Nikola Ljubičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Љубичић; 4 April 1916 – 13 April 2005) was the President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982–1984), a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1984–198 ...

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(1951) * Lepa Radić (1951†) * Darinka Radović (1953†) * Joakim Rakovac (1952†) * Aleksandar Ranković (1945) * Ivo Lola Ribar (1944†) * Slavko Rodić (1949) * Vladimir Rolović (1971) * Franc Rozman (1944†) * Ivan Rukavina (1951) * Ramiz Sadiku (1945†) * Vlado Šegrt (1951) * Ivan Šibl (1951) * Velimir Škorpik (1952†) * Slavko Šlander (1943†) * Milan Spasić (1973†) * Mika Špiljak (1953) * Drago Štajnberger (1943†) * Petar Stambolić (1953) * Dragi Stamenković (1953) * Mladen Stojanović (1942†) * Blagoj Stračkovski (1953†) * Borko Temelkovski (1953) * Milan Tepić (1991†) * Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš (1945†) * Vida Tomšič (1953) * Jovan Veselinov (1952) * Veljko Vlahović (1953) * Rada Vranješević (1951†) * Majda Vrhovnik (1951†) * Bogdan Vujošević (1953) * Ratko Vujović (1953) * Svetozar Vukmanović (1951) * Boro Vukmirović (1945†) * Žarko Zrenjanin (1944†) Josip Broz Tito Bihać 1942.jpg,

was awarded the order three times. Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Bosne i Hercegovine.jpg, President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Bosnia and Herzegovina (1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Crne Gore.jpg, President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Montenegro (1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Hrvatske.jpg, President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Croatia (1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Slovenije.jpg, President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Slovenia (1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Srbije i Makedonije.jpg, President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Serbia and PR Macedonia (1955)

Foreign citizens recipients of the order

Source: * Sergey Biryuzov (1964) * Ivan Bulkin (1945) * Reshit Çollaku (1945†, rescinded in 1948) * Pavel Dmitrienko (1945) * Enver Hoxha (1946, rescinded in 1948) * Boris Kalinkin (1944) * Ivan Konstantinov (1945) * Semyon Kozak (1944) * Vojo Kushi (1945†, rescinded in 1948) * Luigi Longo (1980) * Rodion Malinovsky (1964) * Alexander Managadze (1945) * Grigoriy Okhrimenko (1945) * Alexander Shornikov (1944) * Vladimir Sudets (1964) * Ludvík Svoboda (1946) * Fyodor Tolbukhin (1945) * Vasiliy Ulisko (1945) * Andrey Vitruk (1945) * Pavel Yakimov (1944) * Vladimir Zhdanov (1944) * Michał Żymierski (1946)

Hero Cities

Eight cities were the Order of the People's Hero (one in each Socialist Republic and Socialist Province), and granted the title "Hero City". Dates of the award are given in parenthesis. *

(20 October 1974) *

(7 May 1975) *

(7 May 1970) *

(7 May 1975) *

(7 May 1975) * Priština (7 May 1975) *

(17 May 1974) *

(Zagreb in World War II, history) (7 May 1975)

Public and political organizations recipients of the order

* Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ), volume 2, page 432 * District committee of SKOJ for

* Union of Veterans of People's Liberation War (SUBNOR) * Union of the Spanish Civil War, Spanish War veterans of Yugoslavia

World War II military units recipients of the order

*Brigades ** 1st Proletarian Brigade (Yugoslav Partisans), 1st Proletarian Strike Brigade, volume 2, page 407 (1958) ** 2nd Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) ** 3rd Proletarian (Sandžak) Strike Brigade (1958) ** 4th Proletarian (Montenegrin) Strike Brigade (1958) ** 5th Proletarian (Montenegrin) Strike Brigade (1958) ** 6th Proletarian (East Bosnian) Strike Brigade (1958) ** 1st Lika Proletarian Strike Brigade (1977) ** 2nd Lika Proletarian Strike Brigade (1977) ** 3rd Lika Proletarian Strike Brigade (1974) ** 1st Bosnian Krajina, Krajina Proletarian Strike Brigade (1975) ** 3rd Krajina Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) ** 7th Krajina Strike Brigade (1958) ** 1st Dalmatian Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) ** 2nd Dalmatian Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) ** 3rd Dalmatian Strike Brigade (1958) **12th Slavonian Proletarian Strike Brigade (1977) **13th Proletaraian Strike Brigade "Rade Končar" (1972) **1st Slovenian Proletarian Brigade "Tone Tomšič" (1974) **2nd Slovenian People's Liberation Strike Brigade "Ljubo Šercer" (1979) **10th Herzegovina, Herzegovinian Strike Brigade (after 1952: 17th Proletarian) (1958) ** 1st Vojvodina Strike Brigade (after 1958: 18th Proletarian) (1973) **1st SR Macedonia, Macedonian-Kosovo, Kosovan Proletarian Strike Brigade (after 1951: 15th Proletarian) **3rd SR Serbia, Serbian Proletarian Brigade (1977) **7th Banijan Strike Brigade "Vasilj Gačeša" (1958) **8th Banijan Strike Brigade (1958) **16th Banijan Strike Brigade (1958) **15th Majevica Strike Brigade (1958) *Batallions and regiments ** 2nd Bosnian Krajina, Krajina People's Liberation Partizan Regiment "Dr Mladen Stojanović" (1972) **Tito Escort Battalion, Escort Battalion of the Supreme Command of People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (1958) ** Workers' Battalion of the Užice People's Liberation Partizan Regiment (1979) *Army institutions ** Central Hospital of People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (1968) ** Partizan Hospital on Petrova Gora (1971) **Security and Intelligence Service (Varnostno-obveščevalna služba)

Statistics

A total of 1,322 persons were awarded in Yugoslavia by 1981. Most of the awarded were men (1231) and 91 were women. Most People's Heroes were either miners or Manufacturing, industrial workers (34%), 19% were university and high school students, 18% were farmworkers and 13% were experts of all kinds., volume 2, page 463 Most of the awarded were very young. Half of them joined the Army before their 25th birthday, and only 325 of them were over 30. 42% of the Heroes who died in the war were between 16 and 26 years old, 38% were between 27 and 34. Three Heroes were less than 17 years old when they died. Milka Bosnić was the youngest recipient of the order, she was just 15 when killed during the Raid on Drvar. Most recipients were awarded in the years following World War II, most of them between 1951 and 1953. Tito was the only person to be awarded multiple times, he was awarded the order three times. Of the 955 recipients who died in the war, 77% were killed in combat, about 15% were executed or died in prison, and about 7% died from wounds. Most of the Heroes died in 1943 (about 30%) and in 1942 (27.5%). Nine of them were killed after the war officially ended during the fight with the remaining enemy forces. 55 People's Heroes committed suicide to escape arresting. Most of the recipients of the Order were born in Croatia (21.9%), followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina (20.6%), Montenegro (18.7%), Central Serbia (15%) and Slovenia (11.05%). Most of those who died during World War II died in Bosnia and Herzegovina (32%). In 1957 there were 410 living People's Heroes, in 1975 there were 367, and in 1981 there were 343 living Heroes.

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ZAKON O OSNOVNIM PRAVIMA LICA ODLIKOVANIH ORDENOM NARODNOG HEROJA
(''Law on Basic Rights of Persons Awarded the Order of the People's Hero'')

{{SFRY decorations Awards established in 1943 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia in World War II Orders, decorations, and medals of Yugoslavia, People's Hero Awards disestablished in 1993 Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero, Hero (title)

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Foreign citizens recipients of the order

Hero Cities

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World War II military units recipients of the order

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