Milisav Koljenšić

Milisav Koljenšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милисав Кољеншић; 31 December 1912 – 26 March 1963) was a Montenegrin Major General with the Yugoslav People's Army. He is notable for being the maternal uncle of Slobodan Milošević.^[1]

Milisav Koljenšić
Born	(1912-12-31)31 December 1912 Danilovgrad, Kingdom of Montenegro
Died	26 March 1963(1963-03-26) (aged 50) Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Allegiance	SFR Yugoslavia
Service/branch	Yugoslav People's Army
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	World War II in Yugoslavia

Career

Prior to the Second World War, he practiced law. In 1941, he joined the Yugoslav Partisans and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. During the war, he was the political commissar of several units. He later graduated from the Yugoslav People's Army Higher Military Academy. After the war he was head of the KOS department and head of the School Security Center.^[2]

He had a brother named Vlado [sr].

Death and legacy

He died from suicide in 1963. He is interred in the Alley of People's Heroes in the Belgrade New Cemetery. His wife Hristina "Kitka" Koljenšić (1922–2017) was interred next to him upon her death.

An elementary school in Danilovgrad is named after him.^[3]

References

1. Vojna enciklopedija, 2nd ed., 1978, Book 4, pg. 427
2. Vojna enciklopedija, 2nd ed., 1978, Book 4, pg. 428
3. Vojna enciklopedija, 2nd ed., 1978, Book 4, pg. 428