This is a list of Chetnik

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n title that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force. It derives from the word ''vojevoda'', which in early Slavic meant the ''bellidux'', i.e. the military commander of an area, but it usually had a greater meaning. Among the first modern-day voivodes was Kole Rašić, a late 19th-century Serb revolutionary and guerrilla fighter, who led a cheta of 300 men between

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and

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in Ottoman areas during the Serbo-Turkish War (1876–1878). The others were Rista Cvetković-Božinče, Čerkez Ilija, Čakr-paša, and Spiro Crne. Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević, who knew Spiro Crne personally, wrote and published his biography, ''Spiro Crne Golemdžiojski'', in 1933.

Commanders of Old Serbia and Macedonia (1903–1912), Balkan Wars

* Kosta Milovanović-Pećanac (1904) * Jovan Stojković-Babunski (1905) * Vojislav Tankosić-Voja (1905) * Lazar Kujundžić-Klempa (1905) * Pavle Mladenović-Čiča (1905) * Ljuba Jezdić-Razvigora (1905) * Aksentije Bacetović-Baceta (1905) *

Savatije Milošević Savatije Milošević ( sr-cyr, Саватије Милошевић; 1876 – 1905), known as Vojvoda Savatije, was a Serbian hajduk and Chetnik commander. Life Early life Savatije Miličević Milošević (Саватије Миличевић Ми ...

(1905) *

Borko Paštrović Borko Paštrović (Борко Паштровић; April 12, 1875—December 18, 1912) was a Serbian Chetnik commander and later a major of artillery in the Serbian Army during the First Balkan War. Life Paštrović was born in Kragujevac, Pri ...

(1905) *

Doksim Mihailović Doksim Mihailović ( sr, Доксим Михаиловић; 20 February 1883 – 24 October 1912) was a Macedonian Serb ''voivode'' (military commander), originally a teacher, who joined the Serbian Chetnik Organization to fight in Ottoman Macedon ...

(1905) *

Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski Ilija Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Јовановић, 1878–1913), known as Vojvoda Pčinjski, and by his ''nom de guerre'' Časlav, was a Chetnik commander active between 1904 and 1912, and a member of the Black Hand.http://www.novosti.rs/ ...

(1905) *

Jovan Dovezenski Jovan Stanojković ( sr-cyr, Јован Станојковић, 8 April 1873 – 2 May 1935), known by his ''nom de guerre'', the demonym ''Dovezenski'' (Довезенски), was a Serbian Chetnik commander (''vojvoda''), and participant in the ...

* Vojin Popović-Vuk *

Svetozar Ranković-Toza Svetozar Ranković-Toza ( sr, Светозар Ранковић; 1880 – November or December 1914) was Serbian Chetnik soldier and voivode during the struggle for Macedonia, the Balkan Wars and World War I. He was one of the key Chetnik commande ...

* Trajko Mitrović-Koporan Čauš * Jovan Cvetković-Dolgač * Zafir Premčević * Stojan Simonović-Koruba * Krsta Kovačević-Trgoviški * Trenko Rujanović * Spasa Pavlović-Garda * Rista Cvetković-Božinče * Đorđe Cvetković * Janićije Mićić * Petko Ilić * Rade Radivojević-Dušan * Dragoljub Nikolić * Rista Starački * Jovan Pešić *

Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin ( sr-cyr, Илија Трифуновић-Бирчанин; 1877 – 3 February 1943) was a Serbian Chetnik military commander (''vojvoda'', војвода). He took part in the Balkan Wars and World War I and af ...

* Đorđe Ristić-Skopljanče * Anđelko Stanković * Vladimir Kovačević *

Jovan Grković-Gapon Jovan Grković ( sr-cyr, Јован Грковић; 1879 – 9 October 1912), nicknamed Gapon (Гапон) was a former Serbian Orthodox monk who joined the Serb guerrilla (chetniks) in the Macedonian Struggle (1902–1912). Life Grković was bo ...

* Vanđel Dimitrijević-Skopljanče *

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* Dragiša Kovačević * Dušan Dimitrijević-Dule * Stevan Nedić-Ćela * Todor Krstić-Algunjski * Branivoje Jovanović-Brana *

Milan Vasić Milan Vasić (19 December 1928, Donja Pecka, Mrkonjić Grad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – 26 December 2003, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina) was a Serbian historian. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences a ...

* Milan Vidojević * Pavle Blažarić * Aleksa Komnenić-Hercegovac * Sreten Rajković-Rudnički * Panta Radosavljević * Veličko Domorovski * Rista Maksimović-Giljanče *

Vukajlo Božović Vukajlo Božović ( sr-cyr, Вукајло Божовић; d. 1926), known as Priest Vukajlo (поп Вукајло) was a Serbian Orthodox priest and revolutionary. Božović participated in the Balkan Wars, as a commander of a detachment in Ibar ...

-Prota * Milivoje Dinić * Tasa Donić-Smederevac * Milutin Babović-Telegraph * Petar Mitrozić * Milutin Ivanović *

Vasilije Trbić Vasilije Trbić ( sr-Cyrl, Василије Трбић; 1881 – 1962) was a Serbian Chetnik commander in Macedonia who became a politician in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, first representing the People's Radical Party (NRS) in t ...

* Vojvoda Dragomir is Dragomir Protić * Bogdan Jugović Hajnc * Radoje Pantić * Milorad Pavićević * Milosav Jelić * Dušan Jezdić * Nikola Skadarac (1908) * Petar Koćura (1908) * Micko Krstić * Andjelko Krstić * Bogdan Radenković * Jovan Naumović-Vojvoda Osogovski * Jovan Ćirković * Luka Ćelović * Milorad Gođevac * Nikola Spasić * Ljubomir Kovačević * Vasa Jovanović * Vlada Voskar * Sreten Vukosavljević * Petar Kacarević * Živko Gvozdić *

* Dejan Popović Jekić *

Ljubomir Vulović Ljubomir Vulović ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Вуловић, 6 January 1876 – 27 June 1917), known by his nickname Ljuba (Љуба), was an artillery major in the Serbian Army, conspirator of the May Coup, and member of the Black Hand. Life Lju ...

* Ljuba Čupa * Dane Stojanović *

Tasa Konević Tasa Konević Apostolović ( sr, Таса Коневић Апостоловић; d. 1916) was an Orthodox priest and Macedonian Serb Chetnik from Krapa in Poreče. He was the son of a local Serb chief, Kone Apostolović, who was the leader of the ...

* Trenko Rujanović * Boško Virjanac * Mihailo "Mikajle" Josifović * Sava Petrović-Grmija * Velimir Prelić * Simo Kecojević * Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević *

Toma Smiljanić-Bradina Toma Smiljanić (18 June 1888 in Tresonče, Ottoman Empire – 10 May 1969 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia), known by his nickname Bradina, was a Serbian ethnographer, philologist, dramatist and publicist from what is today North Macedonia. Early ...

* Stevan Simić *

Mihailo Petrović (Chetnik) Mihailo Petrović ( Gradac, Serbia, 30 June 1871 – Raška, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 28 April 1941) was an early member of the Serbian Chetnik Organization and the Society of Saint Sava. He participated in the early Chetnik struggles to liberate Ol ...

* Velimir Karić * Alimpije Marjanovic * Emilio Milutinović * Dragoljub Džilić-Stric * Vidosav Marjanović * Strašimir Miletić * Jovan Arandjelović * Dušan Kalčić * Žika Rafailović * Denko Čuma * Dragoljub Urošević-Podrinac * Smail Smajo Ferovic

Balkan Wars & World War I

* Milija and Pavle Bakić * Stanislav Krakov * Uroš Kostić-Rudinac * Ilija Trifunović (1916; fighting in

Old Serbia Old Serbia ( sr, Стара Србија, Stara Srbija) is a Serbian historiographical term that is used to describe the territory that according to the dominant school of Serbian historiography in the late 19th century formed the core of the ...

during German, Austrian and Bulgarian occupation) *

Vojin Popović Vojin Popović, known as Vojvoda Vuk ( sr, Војин Поповић, војвода Вук; 9 December 1881 – 29 November 1916) was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander), who fought for the Macedonian Serb Chetniks (i.e. komiti) in th ...

(1916) * Kosta Vojinović (1916) *

Puniša Račić Puniša Račić ( sr-cyr, Пуниша Рачић; 12 July 1886 – 16 October 1944) was a Montenegrin Serb leader and People's Radical Party (NRS) politician. He assassinated Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) representatives Pavle Radić and Đuro B ...

(1916) * Mustafa Golubić * Milivoje M. Naumović

World War II

Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland

* Draža Mihailović (1893–1946), supreme commander, ''vojvoda'' of the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army. * (1894–1945), Yugoslav brigadier general, ''vojvoda šumadijski'' (Voivode of

Šumadija Šumadija (, sr-Cyrl, Шумадија) is a geographical region in the central part of Serbia. The area used to be heavily covered with forests, hence the name (from ''šuma'' 'forest'). The city of Kragujevac is the administrative center of th ...

). * Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav captain, ''vojvoda pocerski'' (Voivode of Pocerina). * Nikola Kalabić (1906–1946), Yugoslav lieutenant, ''vojvoda oplenački'' (Voivode of

Oplenac The St. George's Church in Oplenac ( sr-cyrl, Црква Светог Ђорђа на Опленцу, Crkva Svetog Đorđa na Oplencu), also known as Oplenac (Опленац), is the mausoleum of the Serbian and Yugoslav royal house of Karađorđ ...

). *

Dragutin Keserović Dragutin Keserović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Кесеровић; 21 November 1896 – 17 August 1945) was a Yugoslav Chetnik military commander holding the rank of lieutenant colonel and '' vojvoda'' during World War II. Keserović wa ...

(1896–1945), Yugoslav major, ''vojvoda kopaonički'' (Voivode of

Kopaonik Kopaonik ( sr-cyr, Копаоник, ; sq, Kopaoniku) is a mountain range located in Serbia and Kosovo. The highest point is the Pančić's Peak with . The central part of the Kopaonik plateau was declared a national park in 1981 which today cove ...

). * Zvonimir Vučković (1916–2004), Yugoslav lieutenant, ''vojvoda takovski'' (Voivode of

Takovo Takovo ( sr-cyr, Таково) is a village in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 458 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etni� ...

). *

Predrag Raković Predrag Raković ( sh-Cyrl, Предраг Раковић; 10 June 191215 December 1944) was a Yugoslav military officer who joined the Chetnik forces of Draža Mihailović after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941 during World War II. ...

(1912–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, ''vojvoda ljubićki'' (Voivode of Ljubić). * Dušan Smiljanić, Yugoslav captain, ''vojvoda gružanski'' (Voivode of Gruža). * (1907–1945), Yugoslav major, ''vojvoda avalski'' (Voivode of

Avala Avala ( sr-cyr, Авала, ) is a mountain in Serbia, overlooking Belgrade. It is situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and provides a great panoramic view of Belgrade, Vojvodina and Šumadija, as the surrounding area on all sides ...

). * (1913–1944), Yugoslav sublieutenant, ''vojvoda dragačevski'' (Voivode of Dragačevo). * Velimir Piletić (1906–1972), Yugoslav major, ''vojvoda krajinski'' (Voivode of the

Timok Valley The Timok Valley ( sr, Тимочка Крајина, Timočka Krajina; bg, Тимошко, Timoshko; ro, Valea Timocului) is a geographical region in east-central Serbia around the Timok River. The Timok Valley corresponds to parts of two Serbi ...

). * , Yugoslav lieutenant, ''vojvoda valjevski'' (Voivode of

Valjevo Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Kolubara District in western Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the administrative area of Valjevo had 90,312 inhabitants, 59,073 of whom were urban dwell ...

). * (1892–1986), ''vojvoda od Ludmera'' (Voivode of

Ludmer Ludmer ( sr-cyr, Лудмер) is a historical and mountainous region around Bratunac, in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, part of the wider Birač and Podrinje regions. It borders the Osat region. The region is inhabited by ethnic Serbs and Bosn ...

). * Uroš Drenović (1911–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, ''vojvoda'' in Bosnia. *

Petar Baćović Petar Baćović ( sh-Cyrl, Петар Баћовић; 1898 – April 1945) was a Bosnian Serb Chetnik commander ( sh-Latn, vojvoda, sh-Cyrl, војвода) within occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. From the summer of 1941 until April ...

(1898–1945), Yugoslav major, ''vojvoda kalinovički'' (Voivode of

Kalinovik Kalinovik ( sr-cyrl, Калиновик) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 1,093 inhabitants, while the municipality has 2,029 inhabitants. The mu ...

). Named in July 1942. * Petar Samardžić, ''vojvoda'' in Herzegovina. * (1906–1946), ''vojvoda'' in Herzegovina. Named by Birčanin in 1942. *

Radojica Perišić Radojica Perišić (1906 — April 1945) was Serbian priest and Chetnik leader and one of the main leaders of the June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina during the World War II. Perišić was born in Kazanci 1906. During the World War II he w ...

(1906–1945), Orthodox priest, ''vojvoda'' in Golija. * Mirko Marić *

Branko Bogunović Branko "Brane" Bogunović ( sr-Cyrl, Бранко Бране Богуновић; 24 November 1911 – 1945) was one of the commanders of Serb rebels during the Drvar uprising who later became military officer of the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherlan ...

* Danilo Stanisavljević nicknamed Dane Cicvara (1917-1942) - voivode of Lika and Kordun *

Mane Rokvić Mane Rokvić ( sr-Cyrl, Мане Роквић) was a Serbian guerrilla commander during the Second World War. Rokvić briefly commanded of the Yugoslav Partisan 4th detachment of the ''Sloboda Battalion'' during the 1941 Drvar uprising, a spontane ...

(d. 1944). * Vlada Novaković * Karl Novak (1905–1975), Yugoslav captain, ''vojvoda'' in Slovenia. *

Pavle Đurišić Pavle Đurišić ( sr-cyr, Павле Ђуришић, ; 9 July 1909 – April 1945) was a Montenegrin Serb regular officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army who became a Chetnik commander ('' vojvoda'') and led a significant proportion of the Chetniks ...

(1909–1945), Yugoslav captain, ''vojvoda durmitorski'' (Voivode of

Durmitor Durmitor ( Montenegrin: Дурмитор, or ) is a massif located in northwestern Montenegro. It is part of the Dinaric Alps. Its highest peak, Bobotov Kuk, reaches a height of . The massif is limited by the Tara River Canyon on the north, the ...

). Named in December 1941. *

Bajo Stanišić Bajo Stanišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајо Станишић; 1890–1943) was a Montenegrin Serb officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army, who was one of the participants of the Uprising in Montenegro against the Italian occupation forces in 1941. Aft ...

(1890–1943), Yugoslav colonel, ''vojvoda'' in Montenegro. *

Blažo Đukanović Blažo Đukanović (26 November 1883 in Lukovo, Nikšić, Principality of Montenegro – 21 October 1943 in Ostrog monastery, Italian governorate of Montenegro) was a Montenegrin Serb Chetnik brigadier general and political leader in the Italian g ...

(1883–1943), Yugoslav brigadier general, ''vojvoda'' in Montenegro. * (1910–2007), Yugoslav major, ''vojvoda'' in Montenegro. Named in July 1944. * Miljan Anđušić (1895–1946), Yugoslav captain, ''vojvoda Zetski i Skenderijski.'' * Novak Anđušić (1901–1943), ''vojvoda'' in Montenegro. Named by Voivode M. Anđušić in May 1941. * Miloš Radoman (1903–1943), ''vojvoda'' in Montenegro. * Blago Ajković (1899–1943), ''vojvoda'' in Montenegro. Self-styled. *

Vojislav Lukačević Vojislav Lukačević ( sr-cyr, Војислав Лукачевић; 1908 – 14 August 1945) was a Serbian Chetnik commander in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during World War II. At the outbreak of war, he held the rank of captain of the reser ...

(1908–1945), ''vojvoda'' in Raška. *

Zaharije Ostojić Lieutenant Colonel Zaharije Ostojić ( sr-cyr, Захарије Остојић; 1907 – April 1945) was a Montenegrin Serb and Yugoslav military officer who served as the chief of the operational, organisational and intelligence branches o ...

(1907–1945), general command. * Radovan Ivanišević, ''vojvoda dinarski'' (Voivode of the Dinara). Named by Birčanin.

Other

* Kosta Pećanac (1879–1944), ''vojvoda'' of the

Pećanac Chetniks During World War II, Pećanac Chetniks, also known as the Black Chetniks, were a collaborationist Chetnik irregular military force which operated in the German-occupied territory of Serbia under the leadership of '' vojvoda'' Kosta Pećana ...

. Named during the Macedonian Struggle. *

Momčilo Đujić Momčilo Đujić ( sh-Cyrl, Момчилo Ђујић, ; 27 February 1907 – 11 September 1999) was a Serbian Orthodox priest and Chetnik . He led a significant proportion of the Chetniks within the northern Dalmatia and western Bosnia r ...

(1907–1999), ''vojvoda'' of the Dinara Division. Named by King Peter II in 1942. *

Dobroslav Jevđević Dobroslav Jevđević ( sr-Cyrl, Доброслав Јевђевић, ; 28 December 1895 – October 1962) was a Bosnian Serb politician and self-appointed Chetnik commander (, војвода) in the Herzegovina region of the Axis-occupied Ki ...

(1895–1962), ''vojvoda'' of Herzegovina Chetniks. Self-appointed. * Stojan Krstić, commander of the Vardar Chetnik Corps. Named in 1943. * Aleksandar Janković (1921-2019) voivoda of Fruska Gora, Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force pilot, named in 1942 by Kosta Milovanović Pećanac *

. Named during the Macedonian Struggle. * Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav colonel. *

Jezdimir Dangić Jezdimir Dangić (; 4 May 1897 – 22 August 1947) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian Serb Chetnik commander during World War II. He was born in the town of Bratunac in the Austro-Hungarian occupied Bosnia Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. Imprison ...

, Yugoslav major. * Dragiša Vasić (1885–1945), Yugoslav reserve officer. * Aćim Babić, ''vojvoda'' in East Bosnia. Self-styled.

Yugoslav Wars

By Momčilo Đujić

Vojislav Šešelj Vojislav Šešelj ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав Шешељ, ; born 11 October 1954) is a Serbian politician, founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS); he was convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal ...

- named by

on June 28, 1989 * Rade Čubrilo - named by

in 1993

By Vojislav Šešelj

On 13 May 1993: * Zdravko Abramović * Branislav Vakić. * Srećko Radovanović. * Slavko Crnić * Nedeljko Vidaković. * Slavko Aleksić (b. 1956), VRS commander of New Sarajevo Detachment. * "Manda" (1963–2002), VRS commander of the Majevica Lions. * Miroslav Vuković "Ćele". * Milika Dačević "Čeko". *

Tomislav Nikolić Tomislav Nikolić ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Николић, ; born 15 February 1952) is a Serbian retired politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2012 to 2017. A former member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS), he di ...

, SRS politician. * Milan Lančužanin "Kameni". * Zoran Dražilović "Čiča". * Jovo Ostojić. * Ljubiša Petković. * Todor Lazić. * (b. 1956), SRS RS politician. * Dragan Cvetković. * Branislav Gavrilović "Brne", Šešelj's bodyguard. On 20 March 1994: * Vasilije Vidović "Vaske", Šešelj's bodyguard. * (1961–1998), VRS commander of the Bileća Volunteers. *

Nikola Poplašen Nikola Poplašen (Никола Поплашен; born 15 December 1951 in Sombor) is a former Bosnian Serb politician. He was the president of Republika Srpska from late 1998 to 1999. He was removed by the High Representative of Bosnia and Herze ...

, politician. * Mujo Bunjaku alias Oliver Denis Baret (d. 1994), Šešelj's bodyguard. * Rade Čubrilo, commander of TO Medak. * Miodrag Tripković.

Named after Yugoslav Wars

Miodrag Božović Miodrag "Grof" Božović (, ; born 22 June 1968) is a Montenegrin football manager and former player. Playing career Club A tall central defender, Božović played alongside Yugoslav and Montenegrin legends Predrag Mijatović and Dejan Saviće ...

- named by Milo Rakočević in 2007New voivodes with moral affinity
* Andrija Mandić, Montenegrin Serb politician. Named by Milo Rakočević in 2007 * Uroš Šušterič, World War II veteran. Named by Milo Rakočević in 2007.

References

External links

* * {{cite news, last=Gligorijević, first=Jovana, year=2009, title=Vojvode po zanimanju: Đujić i uveoci, journal=Vreme, volume=970, url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=880041 Chetniks