Branko Mamula

Branko Mamula

Infobox Military Person
name=Branko Mamula
lived=birth date and age|1921|06|21


caption=Branko Mamula circa 1995
placeofbirth= Slavonsko polje near Kordun, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Croatia)
placeofdeath=
allegiance=Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
branch=SFR Yugoslavia
serviceyears=1941-1988
rank=Admiral of the Fleet
commands=
unit=
battles=World War II
awards=
relations=
laterwork=

Branko "Đuro" Mamula (Cyrillic: Бранко Ђурo Мамула) is a former Yugoslav soldier and politician (belonging to the Serbian minority of Croatia). He was the Minister of Defence of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1982 to 1988.

Mamula joined Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1940 and at the start of World War II in Yugoslavia in 1941 he joined the Partisan resistance movement.During the war he was put in charge of numerous units, moving through the ranks of the Partisan army. Before he became the Defence Minister he held rank Admiral as Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslav People's Army from 1967-1982. After becoming Defence Minister in 1983 he was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet.


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