Vladimir Rolović
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Vladimir Rolović was a SFRY politician, Ambassador
of Yugoslavia
and National Hero of Yugoslavia who was murdered by Ustasha Croatian emigration while serving as Ambassador in Stockholm
.
. He came from a poor family, his childhood was spent in his home village, where he finished elementary school. Despite of the difficult conditions, he continued education in Bar
, Peć
and Cetinje
, and enrolled in the Faculty of Law at the Belgrade University
.
In 1935 he became a member of SKOJ
-a, and in the beginning 1936 of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. In 1940 he was elected to the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in Montenegro
.
Due to the revolutionary work, he was arrested in the 1935 in Cetinje
and in 1938 in Belgrade
.
After the occupation of Kingdom of Yugoslavia
during World War II, he returned to his native country, and was actively involved in preparations for the uprising.
In December 1941 he participated in the attack on the Pljevlja
. He served as political commissioner for the first Montenegrin partisan battalion. He was a director of the political department of the first Dalmatian, fifteenth Majevica and seventeenth east Bosnian Division.
He served as a member of the Montenegro
government, as assistant of federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, member of the city Committee Communist party of Belgrade, and ambassador of Yugoslavia
in Norway
, Japan
and finally Sweden
.
In Stockholm
on April 7, 1971 he was attacked by a group of Ustaša members in a terrorist attack on the Yugoslav embassy, and was mortally wounded. Eight days later, on April 15, he succumbed to his injuries. The assassins Miro Barešić
and Anđelko Brajović were caught and convicted in Sweden
.
He was named as a national hero of SFRY on April 9, 1971.
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
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and National Hero of Yugoslavia who was murdered by Ustasha Croatian emigration while serving as Ambassador in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
.
Biography
He was born on May 21, 1916, in the village of Brčeli near BarBar, Montenegro
Bar is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has a population of 17,727...
. He came from a poor family, his childhood was spent in his home village, where he finished elementary school. Despite of the difficult conditions, he continued education in Bar
Bar, Montenegro
Bar is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has a population of 17,727...
, Peć
Pec
Peć or Pejë is a city and municipality in north-western Kosovo and Metohija - Serbia, and the administrative centre of the homonymous district. Governor of city is Ali Berisha....
and Cetinje
Cetinje
Cetinje , Цетиње / Cetinje , Italian: Cettigne, Greek: Κετίγνη, Ketígni) is a town and Old Royal Capital of Montenegro. It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro...
, and enrolled in the Faculty of Law at the Belgrade University
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...
.
In 1935 he became a member of SKOJ
Skoj
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-a, and in the beginning 1936 of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. In 1940 he was elected to the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
.
Due to the revolutionary work, he was arrested in the 1935 in Cetinje
Cetinje
Cetinje , Цетиње / Cetinje , Italian: Cettigne, Greek: Κετίγνη, Ketígni) is a town and Old Royal Capital of Montenegro. It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro...
and in 1938 in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
.
After the occupation of Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...
during World War II, he returned to his native country, and was actively involved in preparations for the uprising.
In December 1941 he participated in the attack on the Pljevlja
Pljevlja
Pljevlja is a town and municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro. The city lies at an altitude of...
. He served as political commissioner for the first Montenegrin partisan battalion. He was a director of the political department of the first Dalmatian, fifteenth Majevica and seventeenth east Bosnian Division.
He served as a member of the Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
government, as assistant of federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, member of the city Committee Communist party of Belgrade, and ambassador of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and finally Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
In Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
on April 7, 1971 he was attacked by a group of Ustaša members in a terrorist attack on the Yugoslav embassy, and was mortally wounded. Eight days later, on April 15, he succumbed to his injuries. The assassins Miro Barešić
Miro Barešic
Miro Barešić was a terrorist, Croatian nationalist militant convicted for the murder of the Yugoslavian ambassador to Sweden in 1971 and later released as a demand made in the hijacking of a Scandinavian Airlines domestic flight.-Early life:Miro Barešić was born on 10 September 1950 in Šibenik,...
and Anđelko Brajović were caught and convicted in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
He was named as a national hero of SFRY on April 9, 1971.