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Order of the People's Hero

The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero was a Yugoslav gallantry medal, the second highest military award, and third overall Yugoslav decoration. It was awarded to individuals, military units, political and other organisations who distinguished themselves by extraordinary heroic deeds during war and in peacetime. The recipients were thereafter known as People's Heroes of Yugoslavia or National Heroes of Yugoslavia. The vast majority was awarded to partisans for actions during the Second World War. A total of 1,322 awards were awarded in Yugoslavia, and 19 were awarded to foreigners.

History
Socialist Yugoslavia The bulletin of the Supreme Command of the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia no. 12–13 (December 1941 and January 1942) announced the establishment of the title of "People's Hero" for heroic and self-sacrificing participants of the People's Liberation War. The first person to be awarded the title was Petar Leković. A total of 22 persons were awarded this title. On 15 August 1943, the title was formalized as an order together with Order of the People's Liberation, Order of Bravery, Order of the Partisan Star, Order of Brotherhood and Unity and the Medal for Bravery. At the same time, all the persons who already held the title of the People's Hero were awarded the order. The Order consists of an oval gold badge showing a soldier with rifle and banner superimposed upon a rayed star surrounded by a wreath of laurel. The badge is suspended from a red ribbon, with a narrow white stripe towards each edge. The design for this and the other Orders were undertaken by the painter Đorđe Andrejević Kun and the sculptor Antun Augustinčić. Before 29 November 1943, the title of People's Hero was awarded by the Central Committee of the KPJ, after 1945 it was awarded by the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Yugoslavia, and starting in 1953 by the President of Yugoslavia. making it, at the time, the fourth-highest order after the Order of Yugoslavia, the Order of the Yugoslav Star and the Order of Freedom. The Serbian media ridiculed several proposals to decorate Slobodan Milošević with the Order of the People's hero because he would have had to decorate himself. It was never given to any individuals, but several military units active in the Kosovo War were decorated: ==Notable recipients==
Notable recipients
Because of the large number of awards, only people with Wikipedia articles are listed. The date of the award(s) is given in parentheses. Those marked with a dagger (†) died during the war. They were all awarded posthumously, except for Petar Leković, who was awarded the order before he died in WWII. • Mirče Acev (1945†) • Vera Aceva (1953) • Božidar Adžija (1945†) • Nisim Albahari (1953) • Mihailo Apostolski (1953) • Ljupčo Arsov (1953) • Viktor Avbelj (1951) • Maks Baće (1953) • Vlado Bagat (1948†) • Slobodan Bajić Paja (1952†) • Filip Bajković (1953) • Vladimir Bakarić (1952) • Mitar Bakić (1951) • Rajka Baković (1953†) • Olga Ban (1973†) • Aleš Bebler (1953) • Anka Berus (1953) • Milan Blagojević Španac (1945†) • Vera Blagojević (1953†) • Jakov Blažević (1953) • Antun Blažić (1951†) • Mate Blažina (1953†) • Hasan Brkić (1953) • Zvonko Brkić (1953) • Josip Broz Tito (1944, 1972, 1977) • Boško Buha (1951†) • Rade Bulat (1953) • Marija Bursać (1943†) • Anka Butorac (1949†) • Rudi Čajavec (1951†) • Marijan Čavić (1953†) • Zdravko Čelar (1942†) • Jelena Ćetković (1952†) • Rodoljub Čolaković (1953) • Krste Crvenkovski (1953) • Ljubo Čupić (1953†) • Božidarka Kika Damjanović-Marković (1953) • Peko Dapčević (1945) • Karel Destovnik (1953) • Milovan Đilas (1953, rescinded in 1957) • Nada Dimić (1951†) • Xhevdet Doda (1973†) • Robert Domany (1953†) • Dara Dragišić (1953†) • Petar Drapšin (1953) • Andreana Družina (1953) • Ratomir Dugonjić (1953) • Emin Duraku (1952†) • Ovadya Estreya (1953†) • Stjepan Filipović (1949†) • Čede Filipovski Dame (1949) • Ivan Gošnjak (1953) • Petar Gračanin (1951) • Čedo Grbić (1951) • Janko Gredelj (1951†) • Fadil Hoxha (1953) • Većeslav Holjevac (1951) • Avdo Humo (1953) • Lizika Jančar (1953†) • Vlado Janić Capo (1951) • Blagoj Jankov Mučeto (1951†) • Vera Jocić (1951†) • Kuzman Josifovski Pitu (1945†) • Blažo Jovanović (1952) • Radovan Jovanović (1951†) • Žikica Jovanović Španac (1945†) • Olga Jovičić (1951†) • Jovo Kapičić (1950) • Osman Karabegović (1952) • Elpida Karamandi (1951†) • Edvard Kardelj (1951) • Boris Kidrič (1952) • Đuro Kladarin (1952) • Filip Kljajić (1944†) • Franjo Kluz (1948†) • Fana Kochovska (1953) • Lazar Koliševski (1952) • Rade Končar (1942†) • Sava Kovačević (1943†) • Veljko Kovačević (1951) • Boris Kraigher (1953) • Josip Kraš (1945†) • Branko Krsmanović (1945†) • Vicko Krstulović (1952) • Dušan Kveder (1952) • Petar Leković (1942†) • Franc Leskošek (1952) • Nikola Ljubičić (1953) • Ivan Maček (1952) • Vahida Maglajlić (1951†) • Miha Marinko (1953) • Moma Marković (1953) • Veselin Masleša (1951†) • Sergej Mašera (1973†) • Petar Matić Dule (1951) • Mile Mećava (1953†) • Cvijetin Mijatović (1953) • Veljko Milatović (1953) • Danica Milosavljevic (1953) • Ivan Milutinović (1953†) • Miloš Minić (1953) • Milutin Morača (1951) • Dušan Mugoša (1953) • Mara Naceva (1953) • Kosta Nađ (1951) • Stefan Naumov (1945†) • Nada Naumović (1951†) • Gojko Nikoliš (1951) • Jordan Nikolov Orce (1945†) • Marko Orešković (1945†) • Đorđije Pajković (1953) • Boško Palkovljević (1943†) • Đoko Pavićević (1953) • Kata Pejnović (1968) • Slobodan Penezić (1952†) • Vladimir Perić (1953†) • Dušan Petrović Šane (1952) • Moša Pijade (1953) • Strašo Pindžur (1945†) • Bojan Polak (1952) • Koča Popović (1953) • Miladin Popović (1946†) • Vladimir Popović (1952) • Janko Premrl (1944†) • Ognjen Prica (1945†) • Slobodan Princip (1942†) • Đuro Pucar (1951) • Lepa Radić (1951†) • Darinka Radović (1953†) • Joakim Rakovac (1952†) • Aleksandar Ranković (1945) • Ivo Lola Ribar (1944†) • Slavko Rodić (1949) • Vladimir Rolović (1971) • Franc Rozman (1944†) • Ivan Rukavina (1951) • Ramiz Sadiku (1945†) • Vlado Šegrt (1951) • Ivan Šibl (1951) • Velimir Škorpik (1952†) • Slavko Šlander (1943†) • Milan Spasić (1973†) • Mika Špiljak (1953) • Drago Štajnberger (1943†) • Petar Stambolić (1953) • Dragi Stamenković (1953) • Mladen Stojanović (1942†) • Blagoj Stračkovski (1953†) • Borko Temelkovski (1953) • Milan Tepić (1991†) • Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš (1945†) • Vida Tomšič (1953) • Jovan Veselinov (1952) • Veljko Vlahović (1953) • Rada Vranješević (1951†) • Majda Vrhovnik (1951†) • Bogdan Vujošević (1953) • Ratko Vujović (1953) • Svetozar Vukmanović (1951) • Boro Vukmirović (1945†) • Žarko Zrenjanin (1944†) Josip Broz Tito Bihać 1942.jpg|Josip Broz Tito was awarded the order three times. Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Bosne i Hercegovine.jpg|President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Bosnia and Herzegovina (1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Crne Gore.jpg|President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Montenegro (1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Hrvatske.jpg|President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Croatia (1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Slovenije.jpg|President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Slovenia (1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Srbije i Makedonije.jpg|President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Serbia and PR Macedonia (1955) Foreign citizens Source: • Sergey Biryuzov (1964) • Ivan Bulkin (1945) • Reshit Çollaku (1945†, rescinded in 1948) • Pavel Dmitrienko (1945) • Enver Hoxha (1946, rescinded in 1948) • Boris Kalinkin (1944) • Ivan Konstantinov (1945) • Semyon Kozak (1944) • Vojo Kushi (1945†, • District committee of SKOJ for Drvar • Union of Veterans of People's Liberation War (SUBNOR) World War II military units • Brigades • 1st Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) • 2nd Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) • 3rd Proletarian (Sandžak) Strike Brigade (1958) • 4th Proletarian (Montenegrin) Strike Brigade (1958) • 5th Proletarian (Montenegrin) Strike Brigade (1958) • 6th Proletarian (East Bosnian) Strike Brigade (1958) • 1st Lika Proletarian Strike Brigade (1977) • 2nd Lika Proletarian Strike Brigade (1977) • 3rd Lika Proletarian Strike Brigade (1974) • 1st Krajina Proletarian Strike Brigade (1975) • 3rd Krajina Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) • 7th Krajina Strike Brigade (1958) • 1st Dalmatian Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) • 2nd Dalmatian Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) • 3rd Dalmatian Strike Brigade (1958) • 12th Slavonian Proletarian Strike Brigade (1977) • 13th Proletaraian Strike Brigade "Rade Končar" (1972) • 1st Slovenian Proletarian Brigade "Tone Tomšič" (1974) • 2nd Slovenian People's Liberation Strike Brigade "Ljubo Šercer" (1979) • 10th Herzegovinian Strike Brigade (after 1952: 17th Proletarian) (1958) • 1st Vojvodina Strike Brigade (after 1958: 18th Proletarian) (1973) • 1st Macedonian-Kosovan Proletarian Strike Brigade (after 1951: 15th Proletarian) • 3rd Serbian Proletarian Brigade (1977) • 7th Banijan Strike Brigade "Vasilj Gačeša" (1958) • 8th Banijan Strike Brigade (1958) • 16th Banijan Strike Brigade (1958) • 15th Majevica Strike Brigade (1958) • Battalions and regiments • 2nd Krajina People's Liberation Partizan Regiment "Dr Mladen Stojanović" (1972) • Escort Battalion of the Supreme Command of People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (1958) • Workers' Battalion of the Užice People's Liberation Partizan Regiment (1979) • Army institutions • Central Hospital of People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (1968) • Partizan Hospital on Petrova Gora (1971) • Security and Intelligence Service (Varnostno-obveščevalna služba) Military units of the Kosovo War • 125th Motorized Brigade, Military of Yugoslavia • 549th Motorized Brigade, Military of Yugoslavia ==Statistics==
Statistics
. contains graves of Ivo Lola Ribar, Ivan Milutinović, Đuro Đaković and Moše Pijade. A total of 1,322 persons were awarded in Yugoslavia by 1981. Most of the awarded were men (1231) and 91 were women. Most People's Heroes were either miners or industrial workers (34%), 19% were university and high school students, 18% were farmworkers and 13% were experts of all kinds. Most of the awarded were very young. Half of them joined the Army before their 25th birthday, and only 325 of them were over 30. 42% of the Heroes who died in the war were between 16 and 26 years old, 38% were between 27 and 34. Three Heroes were less than 17 years old when they died. Milka Bosnić was the youngest recipient of the order, she was just 15 when killed during the Raid on Drvar. and the last living overall was Petar Matić Dule (1920–2024). ==See also==
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