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Veljko Kadijević

1925 - 2014

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Veljko Kadijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Кадијевић; 21 November 1925 – 2 November 2014) was a Serbian general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Veljko Kadijević has received more than 207,450 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Veljko Kadijević is the 3,783rd most popular politician (up from 4,845th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Croatia (up from 51st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Croatian Politician.

Veljko Kadijević was the Yugoslavian Minister of Defense during the Yugoslav Wars. He was most famous for being a key figure in the Yugoslavian military's decision to withdraw from Slovenia and Croatia in 1991.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Veljko Kadijević ranks 3,783 out of 19,576Before him are Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Malcolm III of Scotland, Siraj ud-Daulah, Antipater the Idumaean, Hypereides, and Rama II of Siam. After him are Helenus, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Anastasia of Kiev, Ayşe Sultan, Álvaro Obregón, and Louis, Prince Napoléon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Veljko Kadijević ranks 72Before him are Hildegard Knef, David Elazar, Michele Ferrero, William Styron, Moshe Arens, and Leo Esaki. After him are Robert Rauschenberg, Dick Van Dyke, Oscar Peterson, Ernest Gellner, Hilda Gadea, and Charles Chaplin Jr.. Among people deceased in 2014, Veljko Kadijević ranks 44Before him are Mickey Rooney, Karlheinz Böhm, Luise Rainer, P. D. James, Yozo Aoki, and Maurice Duverger. After him are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gyula Grosics, Pete Seeger, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Gerald Edelman, and Udo Jürgens.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Veljko Kadijević ranks 41 out of 700Before him are Margaret of Hungary (1242), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Tomislav Ivić (1933), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ivan Meštrović (1883), and Franciscus Patricius (1529). After him are Dražan Jerković (1936), Siniša Mihajlović (1969), Josip Skoblar (1941), Ante Gotovina (1955), Zoran Milanović (1966), and Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815).

Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, Veljko Kadijević ranks 13Before him are Crispus (305), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Ivan Ribar (1881), Joanna II of Naples (1373), Tomislav of Croatia (null), and Stjepan Radić (1871). After him are Zoran Milanović (1966), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Francis, Duke of Teck (1837), Ivo Josipović (1957), Milka Planinc (1924), and Slavko Kvaternik (1878).