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 Black Hand or The Black Hand may refer to: Extortionists and underground groups * Black Hand (), 1919–1924 Mexican-American raiders of the Tierra Amarilla Land Grant * Black Hand (anarchism) (), a presumed secret, anarchist organization based ...

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Ljubomir R. Vulović (Љубомир Р. Вуловић) was born in

Vukosavci Vukosavci ( sr-Cyrl, Вукосавци) is a village in the municipality of Aranđelovac, Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_ ...

, in the

Kragujevac Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the List of cities in Serbia, fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Se ...

''okrug'' of the

Principality of Serbia The Principality of Serbia () was an autonomous, later sovereign state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution, which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Its creation was negotiated first through an unwritten agre ...

. He finished three years of gymnasium and the artillery NCO school. He was given the rank of lieutenant on 21 March 1898, then elevated to major on 14 March 1899. He was a founding member of the Central Board of Vranje, of the

Serbian Chetnik Organization The Serbian Revolutionary Organization () or Serbian Chetnik Organization (Српска четничка организација / Srpska četnička organizacija) was a paramilitary revolutionary organization with the aim of liberation of Old Se ...

, alongside

Ljuba Čupa Ljubomir S. Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Љубомир С. Јовановић, 1877–25 June 1913), known as Ljuba Čupa (Љуба Чупа), was a Serbian guerrilla fighter, member of the Black Hand (Serbia), Black Hand, soldier in the Balkan Wars, a ...

, V. Karić, S. Zlatičanin, Jovan Nenadović, Dragiša Đurić,

Petar Pešić Petar Pešić (26 September 1871 – 6 September 1944) was a Serbian general and a Sardar of the Kingdom of Montenegro. During his military career, he was the Ministry of Defence (Yugoslavia), Minister of War, the Chief of the General Staff (Yugos ...

, and others.

Nikola Pašić Nikola Pašić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Пашић, ; 18 December 1845 – 10 December 1926) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat. During his political career, which spanned almost five decades, he served five times as prime minis ...

decided to get rid of the most prominent members of the Black Hand movement, by then officially disbanded. Dimitrijević and several of his military colleagues were arrested and tried on false charges of the attempted assassination of Regent

Alexander I Karađorđević Alexander I Karađorđević (, ; – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier ( / ), was King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 16 August 1921 to 3 October 1929 and King of Yugoslavia from 3 October 1929 until Alexander I of Y ...

. On 23 May 1917, following the so-called Salonika Trial, Colonel

Dragutin Dimitrijević Dragutin Dimitrijević ( sr-Cyrl, Драгутин Димитријевић; 17 August 1876 – 26 June 1917), better known by his nickname Apis (Апис), was a Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian army officer and chief of the military intelligence sec ...

, Major Ljubomir Vulović and Rade Malobabić were found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. A month later, on 23 June they were executed by firing squad. After World War II, Apis and his associates were rehabilitated. All three men are buried at the Serbian Military Graveyard in the

Zeitenlik Zeitenlik (, sr-Cyrl, Зејтинлик) is an Allies (World War I), Allied military cemetery and World War I memorial park in Thessaloniki, the largest military cemetery in Greece. It contains the graves of circa 20,000 Serbs, Serbian, Frenc ...

Allied military cementery in the same city.https://www.telegraf.rs/english/2755692-we-were-with-the-last-guardian-of-serbian-cemetery-on-his-90th-birthday-three-years-ago-they-buried-me-but-i-survived-even-that-photo He was married and had a child.

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Order of St. Sava The Order of St. Sava () is an ecclesiastic decoration conferred by the Serbian Orthodox Church and a dynastic order presented by the house of Karađorđević. It was previously a state order awarded by both the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vulovic, Ljubomir 1876 births 1917 deaths Military personnel from Kragujevac People from the Principality of Serbia Royal Serbian Army soldiers Chetniks of the Macedonian Struggle Recipients of the Order of St. Sava Executed regicides People executed for treason against Serbia People executed by Serbia by firing squad

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