# List of Chetnik voivodes

This is a list of Chetnik voivodes. Voivode(Slavic languagesfor'war-leader'/'war-lord') is a Slavic as well as Romanian title that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force. It derives from the word vojevoda, which in early Slavic meant the bellidux, i.e. the military commander of an area, but it usually had a greater meaning. Among the first modern-day voivodes was Kole Rašić, a late 19th-century Serb revolutionary and guerrilla fighter, who led a cheta of 300 men between Niš and Leskovac in Ottoman areas during the Serbo-Turkish War (1876–1878). The others were Rista Cvetković-Božinče, Čerkez Ilija, Čakr-paša, and Spiro Crne. Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević, who knew Spiro Crne personally, wrote and published his biography, Spiro Crne Golemdžiojski, in 1933.

## Commanders of Old Serbia and Macedonia (1903–1912), Balkan Wars

* Jovan Atanacković
* Mihailo Ristić (diplomat)
* Svetislav Simić
* Denko Krstić
* Dimitrije Dimitrijević (Chetnik)
* Nikola Omoranski
* Rista Ognjanović
* Cene Marković
* Zivojin Balugdzic
* Atanasije Petrovic Tasko
* Anta Todorovic
* Jovan Cakic
* Mihailo Suskalovic
* Kosta Milovanović-Pećanac
* Jovan Stojković-Babunski
* Vojislav Tankosić-Voja
* Lazar Kujundžić-Klempa (Velika Hoča)
* Savatije Milošević (Velika Hoča)
* Živojin Milovanović (Velika Hoča)
* Pavle Mladenović-Čiča (1905)
* Aksentije Bacetović-Baceta (1905)
* Ljuba Jezdić-Razvigora
* Borko Paštrović
* Naum Markovic
* Doksim Mihailović
* Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski
* Mihailo Ristić-Džervinac
* Jovan Dovezenski
* Vojin Popović-Vuk
* Svetozar Ranković-Toza
* Trajko Mitrović-Koporan Čauš
* Jovan Cvetković-Dolgač
* Zafir Premčević
* Rista Cvetkovic
* Stojan Simonović-Koruba
* Krsta Kovačević-Trgoviški
* Trenko Rujanović
* Spasa Pavlović-Garda
* Rista Cvetković-Božinče
* Anđelko Aleksić (1904, Šuplji Kamen)
* Đorđe Cvetković (1904, Šuplji Kamen)
* Janićije Mićić
* Petko Ilić
* Rade Radivojević-Dušan (1907)
* Dragoljub Nikolić
* Rista Starački
* Jovan Pešić
* Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin
* Đorđe Ristić-Skopljanče
* Anđelko Stanković (Chetnik)
* Vladimir Kovačević
* Jovan Grković-Gapon
* Vanđel Dimitrijević-Skopljanče
* Aleksandar Blagojević-Kočanski
* Dragisa M. Kovacevic
* Dušan Dimitrijević-Dule
* Stevan Nedić-Ćela
* Todor Krstić-Algunjski
* Branivoje Jovanović-Brana
* Milan Vasić
* Milan Vidojević
* Pavle Blažarić
* Aleksa Komnenić-Hercegovac
* Sreten Rajković-Rudnički
* Panta Radosavljević
* Veličko Domorovski
* Rista Maksimovic-Giljance
* Vukajlo Božović-Prota
* Aleksandar Pavlovic (Chetnik)
* Milivoje Dinić
* Tasa Donić-Smederevac
* Milutin Babović-Telegraph
* Petar Mitrozić
* Milutin Ivanović
* Vasilije Trbić
* Vojvoda Dragomir is Dragomir Protić
* Bogdan Jugović Hajnc
* Danilo Smiljkovic
* Radoje Pantić
* Milorad Pavićević
* Milosav Jelić
* Dušan Jezdić
* Nikola Skadarac (1908)
* Petar Koćura (1908)
* Micko Krstić
* Andjelko Krstić
* Bogdan Radenković
* Jovan Naumović-Vojvoda Osogovski
* Jovan Ćirković
* Luka Ćelović
* Milorad Gođevac
* Nikola Spasić
* Ljubomir Kovačević
* Vasa Jovanović
* Vlada Voskar
* Sreten Vukosavljević
* Petar Kacarević
* Živko Gvozdić
* Vukajlo Božović
* Dejan Popović Jekić
* Ljubomir Vulović
* Ljuba Čupa
* Dane Stojanović
* Tasa Konević
* Trenko Rujanović
* Boško Virjanac
* Mihailo "Mikajle" Josifović
* Sava Petrović-Grmija
* Velimir Prelić
* Simo Kecojević
* Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević
* Toma Smiljanić-Bradina
* Stevan Simić
* Mihailo Petrović (Chetnik)
* Velimir Karić
* Alimpije Marjanovic
* Emilio Milutinović
* Dragoljub Džilić-Stric
* Vidosav Marjanović
* Strašimir Miletić
* Jovan Arandjelovic (Chetnik)
* Dušan Kalčić
* Žika Rafailović
* Denko Čuma
* Dragoljub Urošević-Podrinac
* Smail Smajo Ferovic
* Mara Kuckova
* David Dimitrijevic (Chetnik)
* Nikola Jankovic-Kosovski
* Blagoja Kusic
* Zivan Zivanovic
* Temeljko Barjaktarevic
* Arandjel Bojkovic
* Konstantin Minovic (1905)
* Petar Todorovic (Chetnik) (1905)
* Aleksa Jovanovic Kodza
* Panta Srećković
* Ditko Aleksić
* Dragiša Stojadinović
* Omilj Glisic
* Manojlo Anastasijevic-Bego
* Rista Cvetkovic (Celopek)

## Balkan Wars & World War I

* Milija and Pavle Bakić
* Stanislav Krakov
* Uroš Kostić-Rudinac
* Ilija Trifunović (1916; fighting in Old Serbia during German, Austrian and Bulgarian occupation)
* Vojin Popović (1916)
* Kosta Vojinović (1916)
* Puniša Račić (1916)
* Mustafa Golubić
* Milivoje M. Naumović
* Sofija Jovanović
* Milorad Petrović

## World War II
### Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland

* Draža Mihailović (1893–1946), supreme commander, vojvoda of the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army.
* Miroslav Trifunović (1894–1945), Yugoslav brigadier general, vojvoda šumadijski (Voivode of Šumadija).
* Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda pocerski (Voivode of Pocerina).
* Nikola Kalabić (1906–1946), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda oplenački (Voivode of Oplenac).
* Dragutin Keserović (1896–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda kopaonički (Voivode of Kopaonik).
* Zvonimir Vučković (1916–2004), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda takovski (Voivode of Takovo).
* Predrag Raković (1912–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda ljubićki (Voivode of Ljubić).
* Dušan Smiljanić, Yugoslav captain, vojvoda gružanski (Voivode of Gruža).
* Aleksandar Mihajlović Vili [sr] (1907–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda avalski (Voivode of Avala).
* Milutin Janković [sr] (1913–1944), Yugoslav sublieutenant, vojvoda dragačevski (Voivode of Dragačevo).
* Velimir Piletić (1906–1972), Yugoslav major, vojvoda krajinski (Voivode of the Timok Valley).
* Neško Nedić [sr], Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda valjevski (Voivode of Valjevo).
* Pero Đukanović [sr] (1892–1986), vojvoda od Ludmera (Voivode of Ludmer).
* Uroš Drenović (1911–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda in Bosnia.
* Petar Baćović (1898–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda kalinovički (Voivode of Kalinovik). Named in July 1942.
* Petar Samardžić, vojvoda in Herzegovina.
* Savo Kovač [sr] (1906–1946), vojvoda in Herzegovina. Named by Birčanin in 1942.
* Radojica Perišić (1906–1945), Orthodox priest, vojvoda in Golija.
* Mirko Marić
* Branko Bogunović
* Danilo Stanisavljević nicknamed Dane Cicvara (1917-1942) - voivode of Lika and Kordun
* Mane Rokvić (d. 1944).
* Vlada Novaković
* Karl Novak (1905–1975), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda in Slovenia.
* Pavle Đurišić (1909–1945), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda durmitorski (Voivode of Durmitor). Named in December 1941.
* Bajo Stanišić (1890–1943), Yugoslav colonel, vojvoda in Montenegro.
* Blažo Đukanović (1883–1943), Yugoslav brigadier general, vojvoda in Montenegro.
* Milo Rakočević [sr] (1910–2007), Yugoslav major, vojvoda in Montenegro. Named in July 1944.
* Miljan Anđušić (1895–1946), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda Zetski i Skenderijski.
* Novak Anđušić (1901–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro. Named by Voivode M. Anđušić in May 1941.
* Miloš Radoman (1903–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro.
* Blago Ajković (1899–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro. Self-styled.
* Vojislav Lukačević (1908–1945), vojvoda in Raška.
* Zaharije Ostojić (1907–1945), general command.
* Radovan Ivanišević, vojvoda dinarski (Voivode of the Dinara). Named by Birčanin.

### Other

* Kosta Pećanac (1879–1944), vojvoda of the Pećanac Chetniks. Named during the Macedonian Struggle.
* Momčilo Đujić (1907–1999), vojvoda of the Dinara Division. Named by King Peter II in 1942.
* Dobroslav Jevđević (1895–1962), vojvoda of Herzegovina Chetniks. Self-appointed.
* Stojan Krstić, commander of the Vardar Chetnik Corps. Named in 1943.
* Aleksandar Janković (1921-2019) voivoda of Fruska Gora, Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force pilot, named in 1942 by Kosta Milovanović Pećanac
* Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin. Named during the Macedonian Struggle.
* Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav colonel.
* Jezdimir Dangić, Yugoslav major.
* Dragiša Vasić (1885–1945), Yugoslav reserve officer.
* Aćim Babić, vojvoda in East Bosnia. Self-styled.

## Yugoslav Wars
### By Momčilo Đujić

* Vojislav Šešelj - named by Momčilo Đujić on June 28, 1989
* Rade Čubrilo - named by Momčilo Đujić in 1993

### By Vojislav Šešelj

On 13 May 1993:
* Zdravko Abramović
* Branislav Vakić.
* Srećko Radovanović.
* Slavko Crnić
* Nedeljko Vidaković.
* Slavko Aleksić (b. 1956), VRS commander of New Sarajevo Detachment.
* Mitar Maksimović [sr] "Manda" (1963–2002), VRS commander of the Majevica Lions.
* Miroslav Vuković "Ćele".
* Milika Dačević "Čeko".
* Tomislav Nikolić, SRS politician.
* Milan Lančužanin "Kameni".
* Zoran Dražilović "Čiča".
* Jovo Ostojić.
* Ljubiša Petković.
* Todor Lazić.
* Mirko Blagojević [sr] (b. 1956), SRS RS politician.
* Dragan Cvetković.
* Branislav Gavrilović "Brne", Šešelj's bodyguard.
On 20 March 1994:
* Vasilije Vidović "Vaske", Šešelj's bodyguard.
* Rade Radović [sr] (1961–1998), VRS commander of the Bileća Volunteers.
* Nikola Poplašen, politician.
* Mujo Bunjaku alias Oliver Denis Baret (d. 1994), Šešelj's bodyguard.
* Rade Čubrilo, commander of TO Medak.
* Miodrag Tripković.

## Named after Yugoslav Wars

* The oldest chetnik duke Mihajlo Jablanički in Tronoša near Loznica 28.Juna 2003 - named the Chetnik duke from Serbia:
* Miodrag Božović - named by Milo Rakočević in 2007
* Andrija Mandić, Montenegrin Serb politician. Named by Milo Rakočević in 2007
* Uroš Šušterič, World War II veteran. Named by Milo Rakočević in 2007.