List of Chetnik voivodes

Last updated February 20, 2025

This is a list of Chetnik voivodes. Voivode ( Slavic languages for 'war-leader' / 'war-lord') is a Slavic as well as Romanian 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 Niš and Leskovac 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

Balkan Wars & World War I

Milija and Pavle Bakić
Stanislav Krakov
Uroš Kostić-Rudinac
Ilija Trifunović (1916; fighting in Old Serbia during German, Austrian and Bulgarian occupation)
Vojin Popović (1916)
Kosta Vojinović (1916)
Puniša Račić (1916)
Mustafa Golubić
Milivoje M. Naumović
Sofija Jovanović
Milorad Petrović

World War II

Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland

Draža Mihailović (1893–1946), supreme commander, vojvoda of the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army.
Miroslav Trifunović (1894–1945), Yugoslav brigadier general, vojvoda šumadijski (Voivode of Šumadija).
Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda pocerski (Voivode of Pocerina).
Nikola Kalabić (1906–1946), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda oplenački (Voivode of Oplenac).
Dragutin Keserović (1896–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda kopaonički (Voivode of Kopaonik).
Zvonimir Vučković (1916–2004), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda takovski (Voivode of Takovo).
Predrag Raković (1912–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda ljubićki (Voivode of Ljubić).
Dušan Smiljanić, Yugoslav captain, vojvoda gružanski (Voivode of Gruža).
Aleksandar Mihajlović Vili [ sr ] (1907–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda avalski (Voivode of Avala).
Milutin Janković [ sr ] (1913–1944), Yugoslav sublieutenant, vojvoda dragačevski (Voivode of Dragačevo).
Velimir Piletić (1906–1972), Yugoslav major, vojvoda krajinski (Voivode of the Timok Valley).
Neško Nedić [ sr ], Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda valjevski (Voivode of Valjevo).
Pero Đukanović [ sr ] (1892–1986), vojvoda od Ludmera (Voivode of Ludmer).
Uroš Drenović (1911–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda in Bosnia.
Petar Baćović (1898–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda kalinovički (Voivode of Kalinovik). Named in July 1942.
Petar Samardžić, vojvoda in Herzegovina.
Savo Kovač [ sr ] (1906–1946), vojvoda in Herzegovina. Named by Birčanin in 1942.
Radojica Perišić (1906–1945), Orthodox priest, vojvoda in Golija.
Mirko Marić
Branko Bogunović
Danilo Stanisavljević nicknamed Dane Cicvara (1917-1942) - voivode of Lika and Kordun
Mane Rokvić (d. 1944).
Vlada Novaković
Karl Novak (1905–1975), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda in Slovenia.
Pavle Đurišić (1909–1945), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda durmitorski (Voivode of Durmitor). Named in December 1941.
Bajo Stanišić (1890–1943), Yugoslav colonel, vojvoda in Montenegro.
Blažo Đukanović (1883–1943), Yugoslav brigadier general, vojvoda in Montenegro.
Milo Rakočević [ sr ] (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 (1908–1945), vojvoda in Raška.
Zaharije Ostojić (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. Named during the Macedonian Struggle.
Momčilo Đujić (1907–1999), vojvoda of the Dinara Division. Named by King Peter II in 1942.^[1]
Dobroslav Jevđević (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
Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin. Named during the Macedonian Struggle.
Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav colonel.
Jezdimir Dangić, Yugoslav major.
Dragiša Vasić (1885–1945), Yugoslav reserve officer.
Aćim Babić, vojvoda in East Bosnia. Self-styled.

Yugoslav Wars

By Momčilo Đujić

Vojislav Šešelj - named by Momčilo Đujić on June 28, 1989^[2]
Rade Čubrilo - named by Momčilo Đujić in 1993^[3]

By Vojislav Šešelj

On 13 May 1993:

Zdravko Abramović
Branislav Vakić.^[4]
Srećko Radovanović.
Slavko Crnić
Nedeljko Vidaković.
Slavko Aleksić (b. 1956), VRS commander of New Sarajevo Detachment.
Mitar Maksimović [ sr ] "Manda" (1963–2002), VRS commander of the Majevica Lions.
Miroslav Vuković "Ćele".
Milika Dačević "Čeko".
Tomislav Nikolić, SRS politician.
Milan Lančužanin "Kameni".
Zoran Dražilović "Čiča".
Jovo Ostojić.
Ljubiša Petković.
Todor Lazić.
Mirko Blagojević [ sr ] (b. 1956), SRS RS politician.
Dragan Cvetković.
Branislav Gavrilović "Brne", Šešelj's bodyguard.

On 20 March 1994:

Vasilije Vidović "Vaske", Šešelj's bodyguard.
Rade Radović [ sr ] (1961–1998), VRS commander of the Bileća Volunteers.
Nikola Poplašen, politician.
Mujo Bunjaku alias Oliver Denis Baret (d. 1994), Šešelj's bodyguard.^[5]
Rade Čubrilo, commander of TO Medak.
Miodrag Tripković.

Named after Yugoslav Wars

The oldest chetnik duke Mihajlo Jablanički in Tronoša near Loznica 28.Juna 2003 - named the Chetnik duke from Serbia:
Saša Milosavljević [1]
Miodrag Božović - named by Milo Rakočević in 2007^[6]
Andrija Mandić, Montenegrin Serb politician. Named by Milo Rakočević in 2007^[6]
Uroš Šušterič, World War II veteran. Named by Milo Rakočević in 2007.

References

↑ "Momčilo Đujić has died". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
↑ "The Prosecutor of the Tirubal Against Vojislav Seselj". Archived from the original on 2004-12-05. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
↑ "Title of voivode only for military service". Archived from the original on February 19, 2012.^{[ verification needed ]}
↑ "Wednesday, 27 February 2008 Transcript from Šešelj ICTY case". Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ Gligorijević 2009.
1 2 New voivodes with moral affinity Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

External links

"Sešelj: Četničke vojvode oko Sarajeva bile štarešine VRS". Press . Beta. 2008-02-27. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
Gligorijević, Jovana (2009). "Vojvode po zanimanju: Đujić i uveoci". Vreme. Vol. 970.

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[1] "Momčilo Đujić has died". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-02-19.

[2] "The Prosecutor of the Tirubal Against Vojislav Seselj". Archived from the original on 2004-12-05. Retrieved 2017-06-28.

[3] "Title of voivode only for military service". Archived from the original on February 19, 2012.^{[ verification needed ]}

[4] "Wednesday, 27 February 2008 Transcript from Šešelj ICTY case". Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[FOOTNOTEGligorijević2009-5] Gligorijević 2009.

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