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

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.

Milisav Koljenšić

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.

Milisav Koljenšić

An elementary school in Danilovgrad is named after him.

Milisav Koljenšić

References

1912 births

1963 deaths

People from Danilovgrad

Yugoslav Partisans members

Yugoslav communists

Generals of the Yugoslav People's Army

Montenegrin generals

Montenegrin communists

Slobodan Milošević

Suicides by firearm in Serbia

Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery