Svetomir Đukić (29 May 1882 – 19 October 1960) was the founder of the

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, an officer in the Serbian Army and a general in the

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Early life, family and education

Đukić was born in 1882 in the Principality of Serbia.

Political career

In mid-April 1945 he met with

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who instructed him to meet with the leader of the

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, Ante Pavelić. He was to seek passage through Croatian territory, as well as supplies. He arrived in

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on April 17. He led a Chetnik delegation which carried on talks with Croatian officials. These talks were held on solely between the respective Croat and Serb delegations, without the involvement of

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. On the first day, and Vladimir Predavac had a meeting with Pavelić and Andrija Artuković. On the second day of talks Đukić was joined by Žika Andrić and a representative of Mihailović, Ranko Brašić while Artuković's place was taken by generals Djordje Gruić and

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. After the last meeting, held on April 22, Pavelić agreed to Đukić's requests. Pavelić later confirmed the meeting in his work ''Hrvatska država živi'' (1949).

Personal life

His memoirs ''Iz šume u emigraciju - Dražine poruke Paveliću'' (1955) were printed in

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. He died in 1960.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Djukic, Svetomir 1882 births 1960 deaths People from Kosjerić People from the Kingdom of Serbia Serbian military personnel of the Balkan Wars Serbian people of World War I Chetnik personnel of World War II International Olympic Committee members Burials at Serbian Orthodox monasteries and churches