Ivan Milutinović (nickname Milutin; sr-cyr, Иван Милутиновић; 27 September 1901 – 23 October 1944) was a

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and an eminent military commander who participated in

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Before the war

In October 1940, during the Fifth Land Conference of the

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held in

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, Milutinović was elected as a member of

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. At this conference Tito formulated the leftist strategy of the CPY as focused on a revolutionary seizure of power in the country in order to organize a Soviet-style administrative organization in Yugoslavia. Besides Milovan Đilas and Boris Kidrič, Milutinović would become one of the major proponents of the policy of leftist errors pursued during the Second World War.

Second World War

On 27 June 1941, Milutinović was elected as a member of the Supreme Staff of the National Liberation Partisan Units of Yugoslavia. During the Uprising in Montenegro, Chetnik commander Bajo Stanišić wanted to negotiate with the Partisans but Ivan Milutinović, as a commander of the Partisan forces in Montenegro, refused to reply to Stanišić's proposal. Milutinović had numerous exhausting polemics with Terence Atherton in futile attempts to convince him to change his positive view about Chetnik leader

Draža Mihailović Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović ( sr-Cyrl, Драгољуб "Дража" Михаиловић; 27 April 1893 – 17 July 1946) was a Yugoslavs, Yugoslav Serb general during World War II. He was the leader of the Chetniks, Chetnik Detachments ...

Death

Ivan Milutinović died on 23 October 1944, when a small boat which was transporting him to

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hit a

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in the

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. He was decorated with the

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The remains of Ivan Milutinović were buried in the Tomb of People's Heroes in

, Republic of Serbia.

Legacy

From 1949 until 1992 Berane was named as Ivangrad () in honour of Milutinović. Until 2006 the Square of the Republic in Podgorica was known as Ivan Milutinović Square. The leading company for waterways in former Yugoslavia and today in Serbia is PIM Ivan Milutinović. Many schools in

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carried Milutinović's name. Some schools in Serbia and Montenegro still do.

References

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External links

Pavle Ljumović: IVAN MILUTINOVIĆ MILUTIN, ČOVJEK I RATNIK
{{DEFAULTSORT:Milutinovic, Ivan 1901 births 1944 deaths Yugoslav Partisans members Generals of the Yugoslav People's Army Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero Montenegrin communists Montenegrin generals Yugoslav military personnel killed in World War II Members of the Central Committee of the 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia Members of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia