Dušan Stefanović
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Dušan Stefanović (Serbian: Душан Стефановић; Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 16 November 1870 - Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 12 August 1951) was a Serbian general and Minister of War of the Kingdom of Serbia at the beginning of the First World War. After the end of the war in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he continued his service in the rank of divisional general as the head of military missions in France and Greece. From 1924 he was the chancellor of the royal orders and from 1927 he was also the president of the Yugoslav Olympic Committee. He stopped performing both functions in 1931.
Biography[edit]
He was born on 16 November 1870 in Belgrade, to father Pavle, a cavalry major and mother Mileva. He finished elementary school and six grades of high school in Belgrade. He joined the army as a cadet of the 20th class of the Military Academy on 1 September 1887. During his schooling, he passed all military ranks, from corporal to which he was promoted on 15 March 1888, through sub-sergeant (1 October 1888) to sergeant, promoted on 15 September 1889. He graduated on 15 September 1890, as the seventh in rank, when he was promoted to the rank of artillery lieutenant. In October 1892, he enrolled in the Higher Courses of the Military Academy, and in June 1894 he completed his military education. In 1902, he married Mara, the daughter of Kosta Popović, a colonel in the General Staff. He had no children. [1] to further study the French language and practical training in the troupe, on 1 May 1907, he was granted leave to stay in France, where he was in the infantry units in Paris and Toulouse until October 1908. [2]
Active service[edit]
After graduating from the Military Academy, he was appointed a sergeant in the battery of the 1st Division of the Morava Artillery Regiment. He remained in that position until 1 October 1892. After completing his training, he returned to the Morava Artillery Regiment in 1894 as a sergeant of the 2nd Division. He was a sergeant and teacher in the Artillery Non-Commissioned Officer School since 2 October 1894. He was appointed acting commander of the battery in the 2nd Division of the Timok Artillery Regiment on 8 October 1896. Then, on 30 October of the same year, he was transferred to the General Staff as a trainee. After completing the preparations for the General Staff profession, on 15 October 1898, he was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff of the Command of the Šumadija Divisional Area. He was appointed officer of King Milan Obrenović, then commander of the Active Army, on 22 February 1900. He was in that position until August 1 of the same year, and since July 16, he was the Assistant Chief of Staff of the Danube Divisional Area Command.[2]
He was the battalion commander in the infantry units: from 5 March 1901 in the 17th Infantry Regiment, from 31 July in the 2nd Infantry Regiment and from 3 February 1902 in the 6th Infantry Regiment. In April 1902, he was transferred to the position of Acting Chief of Staff of the Cavalry Division Command, until October 11 of the same year, when he was transferred to the Active Army Command. In the command, he was the head of the Reporting Department of the General Staff Department until 10 April 1904, when he was transferred to the position of the acting head of the Reporting Department of the General Staff Operations Department. At the end of March 1905, he returned to the troupe for a while. First, on 31 March he was appointed acting commander of the 12th Infantry Regiment, and then on 18 May 1906, acting commander of the 11th Infantry Regiment. He was in that position until 30 September 1906. Then, until 29 March 1907, he was the head of the Internal Department of the Operational Department of the General Staff, when he was relieved of his duties and made available to the Minister of War. After returning from training in France, he was first appointed commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment, on 8 October 1908. In September 1911, he was transferred from the General Staff to the infantry profession with the same rank, and on 2 April 1912, he was appointed commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment. [2]
Balkan, World War I and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia[edit]
During the Balkan Wars, he commanded the 8th Infantry Regiment, so that after the end of the Second Balkan War, on 15 August 1913, he was appointed chairman of the commission for demarcation with Greece. With the reshuffle of the government of Nikola Pašić, on 4 January 1914, he was appointed Minister of War. he remained in that position until 22 November of the same year, when he was made available. He was appointed military envoy to France on 1 February 1915. In June 1918, he was appointed head of the Military Mission of Serbia in France, where he served until June 1919, when he returned to the newly-formed State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. After the war, he was the manager of the court until 9 November 1919, when he was replaced and put under investigation due to an affair with construction materials. On 1 January 1920, he was appointed assistant commander of the Third Army District, and from 1 October he held the same position in the Second Army District. During that period, he was a government delegate and commissioner in the Commission for Demarcation with Bulgaria. He was appointed military envoy to Greece on 4 November 1921, and on that duty until 17 September 1923, and then made available again. On 17 January 1924, he was appointed Chancellor of the Royal Orders. He was again the president of the commission, but this time for the renewal of the borders with Greece from 1928 to 1929. After completing this duty on April 11, 1929, he retired, and in 1931 he stopped performing the function of Chancellor of the Royal Orders.
During the Second World War, he lived a retired life, not interfering in politics during the occupation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After the liberation in the newly formed Yugoslavia, he lived in Belgrade. He died on August 12, 1951, and was buried in the Topčider Cemetery.[2][1]
Officer advancement[edit]
After graduating from the Military Academy, he was promoted to the rank of artillery lieutenant on 15 September 1890. He became a full-fledged lieutenant on 26 September 1893, a captain of the 2nd class on 22 February 1897, a captain of the 1st class on 22 February 1899, a major on 2 August 1902, a lieutenant colonel on 15 August 1908, a colonel on 13 January 1913, and a general on 20 October 1918 and divisional general on 21 October 1923. [1]
References[edit]
- Translated and adapted from Serbian Wikipedia: https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Бјелајац 2004, p. 279.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Поповић & Милићевић 1998, p. 180-184.
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