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Franjo Herljević

Bosnian Croat general officer

44°48′34″N 20°29′14″E / 44.80944°N 20.48722°E / 44.80944; 20.48722Allegiance

Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaService/branch

Yugoslav Partisans

Yugoslav People's Army

Yugoslav Ground Forces

Years of service1941–1982Rank

Colonel GeneralCommands heldMilitary Academy (1956–1962)Battles/warsWorld War II in YugoslaviaAwards

Order of the People's Hero (20 December 1951)Spouse(s)Desa HerljevićOther workFederal Secretary of Internal Affairs of the SFR Yugoslavia (1974–1982)

Franjo Herljević (21 June 1915 – 4 May 1998) was a Bosnian Croat general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), who served as the Federal Secretary of Internal Affairs of the SFR Yugoslavia (SFRJ) from 17 May 1974 to 16 May 1982,^[1]^[2] as an active duty military officer.^[3] He also served as a member of the Federal Council for Protection of the Constitutional Order from 1975 to 1984.^[4]

Herljević joined the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) in 1932 and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) in 1940. He participated in the Partisan resistance movement during World War II in Yugoslavia. Afterwards, he studied at the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union, graduating in 1948.^[2]

References

^ (in Serbian) Савезни савет за заштиту уставног поретка у контроли служби безбедности некадашње Југославије (1975–1992) (проф. др Радојица Лазић, Факултет за дипломатију и безбедност, Београд, часопис „Безбедност”, 2/2022)
^ ^a ^b "Preminuo Franjo Herljević" (in Serbian). 6 May 1998. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ Slobodan Stankovic: More Power for Army Generals in Yugoslavia. Radio Free Europe Research, 29 June 1979
^ "Preminuo Franjo Herljevic" [Franjo Herljević has died]. Borba (in Croatian). 6 May 1998. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

Government offices
Preceded by Luka Banović	Federal Secretary of Internal Affairs of the SFR Yugoslavia 17 May 1974 – 16 May 1982	Succeeded by Stane Dolanc
Military offices
Preceded by Milan Šakić	Chief of the Military Academy 1956–1962	Succeeded by Đuro Dulić

Federal Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Vlada Zečević (1945–1946)
Aleksandar Ranković (1946–1953)
Svetislav Stefanović (1953–1963)
Vojin Lukić (1963–1965)
Milan Mišković (1965–1967)
Radovan Stijačić (1967–1971)
Džemal Bijedić (1971)
Luka Banović (1971–1974)
Franjo Herljević (1974–1982)
Stane Dolanc (1982–1984)
Dobroslav Ćulafić (1984–1989)
Petar Gračanin (1989–1991)

v t e Chiefs of the Military Academy (Serbia)
Principality of Serbia (1815–1882)	František Zach Ranko Alimpić František Zach Milojko Lešjanin František Zach Milojko Lešjanin Ljubomir Ivanović Jovan Andjelković Stevan Zdravković Milojko Lešjanin Stevan Zdravković
Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918)	Stevan Zdravković Petar Topalović Stevan Zdravković Dimitrije Đurić Petar Topalović Dimitrije Đurić Stevan Pantelić Jovan Petrović Milovan Pavlović Pavle Bošković Lazar Lazarević Leonid Solarević Mihailo Živković Mihailo Rašić
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1945)	Živko Pavlović Svetomir Matić Miliovoje Nikolajević Ljubomir Pokorni Josif Kostić Sava Tripković Vladimir Cukavac Marko Mihailović Uroš Tešanović
SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)	Savo Orović Ratko Martinović Dušan Vignjević Milorad Janković Milan Šakić Franjo Herljević Đuro Dulić Bogdan Mamula Radislav Klanjšček Ilija Rašković Stojan Asprovski Slavoljub Đokić Pavle Strugar Mato Pehar Veljko Drobac
Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2003)	Momčilo Lazović Tripko Čečović Milan Karajović Momčilo Momčilović Dragan Vojinović Vidosav Kovačević
Republic of Serbia (2006–present)	Vidosav Kovačević Mladen Vuruna Goran Zeković Miroslav Talijan Bojan Zrnić Srđan Blagojević
*Acting Chief